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!  colspan="2" | <big>'''"How Insensitive"'''</big>
 
!  colspan="2" | <big>'''"How Insensitive"'''</big>
 
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|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:1996_french_promotional_card_1.jpg|thumb|center|French promo card]] [[Image:1996_french_promotional_card_2.jpg|thumb|center|French promo card]]
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|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:1996_french_promotional_card_1.jpg|thumb|center|French promo card for [[Red Hot + Rio]] (front)]] [[Image:1996_french_promotional_card_2.jpg|thumb|center|French promo card [[Red Hot + Rio]] (back)]]
 
|- style="background-color: #E6E6E6;"
 
|- style="background-color: #E6E6E6;"
 
!  colspan="2" | Recorded by [[Sting]] & Antonio Carlos Jobim
 
!  colspan="2" | Recorded by [[Sting]] & Antonio Carlos Jobim
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Released:</b>
 
| <b>Released:</b>
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| [[1996-11-05]]
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| [[1994-12-11]] ([[Antônio Brasileiro]])
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[[1996-11-05]] ([[Red Hot + Rio]])
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Recorded:</b>
 
| <b>Recorded:</b>
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|  [[1994]] (?)
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|  September [[1993]] – January [[1994]]
 
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|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Length:</b>
 
| <b>Length:</b>
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|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Album:</b>
 
| <b>Album:</b>
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| [[Red Hot + Rio]]
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| [[Antônio Brasileiro]] / [[Red Hot + Rio]]
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Label(s):</b>
 
| <b>Label(s):</b>
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| Antilles, Verve Records
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| Columbia ([[Antônio Brasileiro]])
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Antilles, Verve Records ([[Red Hot + Rio]])
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Writer(s):</b>
 
| <b>Writer(s):</b>
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| [[Sting (person) | Sting]]
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| Antônio Carlos Jobim / Norman Gimbel (English lyrics)
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Producer(s):</b>
 
| <b>Producer(s):</b>
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| [[Stewart Copeland]], [[Sting (person) | Sting]], [[Andy Summers]], [[Nigel Gray]]
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| Daniel Jobim, Paulo Jobim
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Studio(s):</b>
 
| <b>Studio(s):</b>
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| [[Surrey Sound Studios]]
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| Som Livre Studios (Rio de Janeiro) and [[The Hit Factory]]  
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Released as single?</b>
 
| <b>Released as single?</b>
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| Yes
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| NO
 
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=About the song=
 
=About the song=
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[[Sting]] wrote the song when he was lying drunk in a hotel room in Munich, Germany. In "The Independent" from September 16, [[1993]] he mentions that he had done a TV show with [[The Police]], so it was probably the night after [[1979-05-29]]. He had the bass line in mind and started walking around the room, which led to the song's "original" title "Walking Round The Room."
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[[Sting]] had performed the song live on various occasions before recording for a [[1994]] album by Antônio Carlos Jobim. It was also released on the [[Red Hot + Rio]] compilation.
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[[Andy Summers]] has also performed the song live.
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[[Stewart Copeland]] mentioned that this song started as a rocker. The famous guitar chord was Andy's contribution. According to engineer Chris Gray they had a Scamp rack [S24 ADT] at [[Surrey Sound Studios]]: "It’s modules of processors. You get different ones that fit into the racks (echoes and flangers) and there was one in particular that was a sort of phaser/chorus/flanger/close echo/double-tracking module. When those guitar chords come in on Walking On The Moon, that is purely the sound of that Scamp rack. They used that one a lot."
 
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There are several versions that are way longer than the LP track. A 7:15 minute version is basically the same as the one on the LP, but it offers another chorus and different improvised vocal chants in the coda. This longer mix doesn't yet feature the Roland GR-500 guitar synthesizer that produces the bubbling sounds. You can hear much clearer that the famous bass notes are also played by a piano.
 
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If you think 7:15 minutes are quite long: there's also another extended version that lasts 8:51 minutes ! This version features a 2 minute [[Andy Summers]] guitar solo over a late bridge and [[Sting]]'s and Stewart's vocal variations.
 
  
 
=Personnel=
 
=Personnel=
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* [[Sting (person) | Sting]] - Lead vocals, fretless bass guitar, guitar
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* [[Sting (person) | Sting]] - vocals
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* [[Andy Summers]] - Lead guitar
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* Ron Carter - bass
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* [[Stewart Copeland]] - Drums
 
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=Ads=
 
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This ad was printed in Record Mirror and NME (November 24, [[1979]]):[[Image:1979_11_24_tourad.jpg|80px]]
 
  
 
=Release History=
 
=Release History=
 
==Albums==
 
==Albums==
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''"[[Walking on the Moon]]"'' appears on the following album releases:
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''"[[How Insensitive]]"'' appears on the following album releases:
  
 
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| [[Image:Police-album-reggattadeblanc.jpg|40px]]
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| [[Image:stub.gif|40px]]
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| [[Reggatta de Blanc]]
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| [[Antônio Brasileiro]]
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| [[1979-10-02]]
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| [[1994-12-11]]
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| United Kingdom
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| Brazil
 
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
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| [[Image:Police-album-everybreathyoutakethesingles.jpg|40 px]]
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| [[Image:stub.gif|40 px]]
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| [[Every Breath You Take: The Singles]]
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| [[Red Hot + Rio]]
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| [[1986]]
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| [[1996-11-05]]
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| United Kingdom
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| worldwide
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
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| [[Image:Police-album-greatesthits.jpg|40px]]
 
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| [[Greatest Hits (album)|Greatest Hits]]
 
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| [[1992-10-02]]
 
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| United Kingdom
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
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| [[Image:Police-album-messageinaboxthecompleterecordings.jpg|40 px]]
 
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| [[Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings]]
 
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| [[1993-09-30]]
 
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| United Kingdom
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
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| [[Image:Police-album-live!.jpg|40px]]
 
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| [[The Police Live!]]
 
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| [[1995-06-13]]
 
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| United Kingdom
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
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| [[Image:Police-album-everybreathyoutaketheclassics.jpg|40px]]
 
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| [[Every Breath You Take: The Classics]]
 
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| [[1995-09-12]]
 
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| United States
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
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| [[Image:Police-album-thepolice.jpg|40px]]
 
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| [[The Police (album)|The Police]]
 
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| [[2007-06-11]]
 
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| United States
 
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|}
 
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==Singles==
 
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"[[Walking on the Moon]]" was released both as a 7" single and a 12" single and also as part of the [[Six Pack]].
 
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===7" Singles===
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
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| [[Image:walkingonthemoon.jpg|40px]]
 
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| AMS 7494
 
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| "[[Walking on the Moon]]"/"[[Visions of the Night]]"
 
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| [[1979-11-23]]
 
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| United Kingdom
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
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| [[Image:sixpack.jpg|40px]]
 
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| A&M P66001C
 
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| "[[Walking on the Moon]]"/"[[Visions of the Night]]"
 
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| [[1980-05-01]]
 
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| United Kingdom
 
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|}
 
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===12" Singles===
 
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! Catalog no.
 
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! A-side song(s)/B-side song(s)
 
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! Release date
 
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! Release country
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
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| [[Image:walkingonthemoon.jpg|40px]]
 
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| AMSP 7494
 
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| "[[Walking on the Moon]]"/"[[Visions of the Night]]"
 
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| [[1979-11-23]]
 
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| United Kingdom
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
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| [[Image:radiosample.jpg|40px]]
 
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| SAMP 5
 
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| "[[The Bed's Too Big Without You]]"/"[[So Lonely]]"/"[[Can't Stand Losing You]]"/"[[Roxanne]]"/"[[Message In A Bottle]]"/"[[Walking On The Moon]]"
 
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| [[1980-MM-DD]]
 
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| UK
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
==Video==
 
==Video==
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''"[[Walking on the Moon]]"'' appears on the following video releases:
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''"[[How Insensitive]]"'' appears on the following video releases:
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! Release date
 
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! Release country
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
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| [[Image:police-aroundtheworld.jpg|40px]]
 
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| [[Around the World]]
 
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| [[1983-02-01]]
 
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| United Kingdom
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
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| [[Image:police-everybreathyoutakethevideo.jpg|40px]]
 
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| [[Every Breath You Take: The Videos]]
 
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| [[1986-11-01]]
 
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| United Kingdom
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
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| [[Image:police-greatesthitsdvd.jpg|40px]]
 
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| [[Greatest Hits (long video)]]
 
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| [[1992-09-01]]
 
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| United Kingdom
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
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| [[Image:police-outlandostosynchronicities.jpg|40px]]
 
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| [[Outlandos to Synchronicities: A History of The Police Live!]]
 
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| [[1995-05-01]]
 
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| United Kingdom
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
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| [[Image:Live_Ghost_In_The_Machine_DVD.jpg|40px]]
 
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| [[Live Ghost In The Machine]]
 
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| [[2001-10-01]]
 
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| Japan
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
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| [[Image:police-everybreathyoutakethedvd.jpg|40px]]
 
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| [[Every Breath You Take: The DVD]]
 
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| [[2003-04-07]]
 
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| United Kingdom
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
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| [[Image:Police-syncronicityconcertdvd.jpg|40px]]
 
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| [[Synchronicity Concert]] (DVD)
 
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| [[2005-09-01]]
 
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| United Kingdom
 
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|}
 
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=Lyrics=
 
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'''Lyrics are property and copyright of their owners, and provided here for educational purposes only.'''
 
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<pre>
 
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Lyrics
 
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belong
 
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here.
 
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</pre>
 
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=Quotations and trivia=
 
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''This section needs more information.''
 
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=See also=
 
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''This section needs more information.''
 
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=References=
 
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sources: discogs.com
 
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[[Category:Songs (The Police)]][[Category:Songs (Sting)]]
 
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!  colspan="2" | <big>'''"How Insensitive"'''</big>
 
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|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:45rpm.png|thumb|center|If song was released as a single, include single cover art. Otherwise, include album cover artwork to replace the 45 rpm, if available.]]
 
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|- style="background-color: #E6E6E6;"
 
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!  colspan="2" | Performed by [[Sting]] / [[Andy Summers]]
 
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|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
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| <b>Writer(s):</b>
 
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| Antonio Carlos Jobim / Norman Gimbel / Vinicius De Moraes
 
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|}
 
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'''"How Insensitive"''' is a song written by Antonio Carlos Jobim / Norman Gimbel / Vinicius De Moraes and performed by [[Sting (person) | Sting]] on [[1991-03-05]], [[1991-03-10]] and [[1995-04-18]] (at least) --- and by [[Andy Summers]] on [[2008-11-19]] (at least).
 
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=About the song=
 
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''This section needs more information.''
 
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=Personnel=
 
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''This section needs more information.''
 
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==Video==
 
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"How Insensitive" appears on the following video and dvd releases:
 
 
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! Cover art
 
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=Lyrics=
 
=Lyrics=
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'''Lyrics are property and copyright of their owners, and provided here for educational purposes only.'''
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<pre>
 
<pre>
 
How insensitive
 
How insensitive
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=Quotations and trivia=
 
=Quotations and trivia=
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''This section needs more information.''
 
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=Alternative and cover versions=
 
 
''This section needs more information.''
 
''This section needs more information.''
  
 
=See also=
 
=See also=
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''This section needs more information.''
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* [[1991-03-05]]
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* [[1991-03-10]]
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* [[1995-04-18]]
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* [[2008-11-19]]
  
 
=External links=
 
=External links=
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''This section needs more information.''
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL6cCNQzOKc audio]
  
 
=References=
 
=References=
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''This section needs more information.''
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sources: discogs.com, wikipedia
  
 
[[Category:Songs (Sting)]]
 
[[Category:Songs (Sting)]]
 
[[Category:Songs (Andy Summers)]]
 
[[Category:Songs (Andy Summers)]]

Latest revision as of 00:24, 21 September 2024

"How Insensitive"
French promo card for Red Hot + Rio (front)
French promo card Red Hot + Rio (back)
Recorded by Sting & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Released: 1994-12-11 (Antônio Brasileiro)

1996-11-05 (Red Hot + Rio)

Recorded: September 1993 – January 1994
Length: 3:44
Album: Antônio Brasileiro / Red Hot + Rio
Label(s): Columbia (Antônio Brasileiro)

Antilles, Verve Records (Red Hot + Rio)

Writer(s): Antônio Carlos Jobim / Norman Gimbel (English lyrics)
Producer(s): Daniel Jobim, Paulo Jobim
Studio(s): Som Livre Studios (Rio de Janeiro) and The Hit Factory
Released as single? NO

About the song

Sting had performed the song live on various occasions before recording for a 1994 album by Antônio Carlos Jobim. It was also released on the Red Hot + Rio compilation. Andy Summers has also performed the song live.

Personnel

  • Sting - vocals
  • Ron Carter - bass

Release History

Albums

"How Insensitive" appears on the following album releases:

Cover art Album title Release date Release country
Stub.gif Antônio Brasileiro 1994-12-11 Brazil
Stub.gif Red Hot + Rio 1996-11-05 worldwide

Video

"How Insensitive" appears on the following video releases:

Cover art Video title Release date Release country
40px United Kingdom of Ipanema 2011-MM-DD Country

Lyrics

Lyrics are property and copyright of their owners, and provided here for educational purposes only. 

How insensitive
I must have seemed
When he told me that he loved me
How unmoved and cold
I must have seemed
When she told me so sincerely
Why he must have asked
Did I just turn and stare in icy silence
What was I to say
What can you say 
when a love affair is over

Now he's gone away
And I'm alone with the memory of his last look
Vague and drawn and sad
I see it still
All his heartbreak in that last look
Why he must have asked
Did I just stood and stare in icy silence
What was I to do?
What can one do 
when a love affair is over, over?

Quotations and trivia

This section needs more information.

See also

External links

References

sources: discogs.com, wikipedia

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