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“We'll Be Together” by Sting
From the album …Nothing Like the Sun (1987)
“We'll Be Together” by Sting appears on 11 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1987 and 2004. It was first released in 1987 on the album …Nothing Like the Sun. Its best result is #24 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #29 alternative song of 1987, #3,068 alternative song of all time and #182 of the '80s.
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"We'll Be Together" led the charge for ...Nothing Like the Sun, Sting's second solo album, as its first single in 1987, and it started out as a jingle. Kirin Brewery Company wanted a song for a beer commercial and asked only that the word "together" be in it; Sting dashed it off in a few minutes, and the brewer and his label both liked what they heard.
You'd never guess it was a rush job. It's slick, strutting dance-rock with a funky bounce, produced by Sting and Bryan Loren and mixed by Paul McKenna, and near the end Sting folds in words from his own 1985 song "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free". The first recording had Eric Clapton on guitar, while other takes used Loren; the Clapton version surfaced later on the 1994 collection Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994. The single came backed with "Conversation with a Dog".
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 53 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 | 107 |
| 1987 | 24 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987 | 91 |
| 1987 | 41 | WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY | WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1987 | 99 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 138 | 91X | 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) | 191 |
| 1999 | 1528 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 1999 | 289 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2000 | 1529 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1531 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1528 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1532 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1532 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
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