Song · Sting
“Be Still My Beating Heart” by Sting
From the album …Nothing Like the Sun (1987)
“Be Still My Beating Heart” by Sting appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1988. It was first released in 1987 on the album …Nothing Like the Sun. Its best result is #82 on the WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #240 alternative song of 1988.
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Sting wrote and arranged "Be Still My Beating Heart" for ...Nothing Like the Sun, the second solo album he released on A&M in 1987, and for the guitar he called in his old Police bandmate Andy Summers. Neil Dorfsman and Hugh Padgham mixed a track that carries itself with cool, grown-up poise.
In America it became the album's second single, and by mid-January 1988 radio was grabbing it: that week it ranked fourth among the most-added tracks at stations reporting to Billboard. It climbed to No. 15 on the Hot 100 and No. 2 on the mainstream rock chart, and in 1989 it drew Grammy nominations for Song of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. Years later it turned up in the 2000 film Dolphins, which Sting also scored.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 82 | WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY | WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 | 100 |
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