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“Fields of Gold” by Sting

From the album Ten Summoner’s Tales (1993)

“Fields of Gold” by Sting appears on 21 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1993 and 2024. It was first released in 1993 on the album Ten Summoner’s Tales. Its best result is #22 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #46 alternative song of 1993 and #1,162 alternative song of all time.

21countdowns

9stations

#22best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1993–2024years charted

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"Fields of Gold" is the quiet center of Ten Summoner's Tales, Sting's fourth solo album, from 1993. He wrote it looking out at the barley fields that surrounded his manor house in Wiltshire, and co-produced it with Hugh Padgham, who also engineered and mixed. It's a hushed, patient ballad, all soft acoustic shimmer and room to breathe, with Sting singing close to the microphone like he's afraid to wake somebody.

Critics praised the song's gentle balladry and his vocal, and it won one of BMI's Pop Songs Awards in 1994. Kevin Godley directed the video, which turns Sting into a golden silhouette wandering through a darkened village past very British sights like a red telephone box.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

#787 of all time

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1993	22	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993	107
1993	64	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 1993	91
1993	28	Q101 Chicago, IL	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993	101

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1999	711	107.7 The End	The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	1077
1999	532	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
2000	532	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	532	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2001	96	Virgin Radio	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	500
2002	532	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2003	532	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2004	532	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2004	265	WXPN	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004)	885
2004	92	Virgin Radio	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	500
2005	533	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2005	151	Virgin Radio	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	500
2006	339	Virgin Radio	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006)	500
2007	860	WTMD	WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time	897
2009	426	WYEP	WYEP 913 Essential Songs	913
2012	148	WYEP	WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown	500
2020	571	WXPN	WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time	2020
2024	229	WYEP	WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years	1049

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