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[[Jeff Seitz]]: "[[Only You]] was recorded at [[Rock City Sound Studios]] which happened to be located adjacent to the sound stage where [[Sting]] was filming [[Brimstone & Treacle (film) | Brimstone and Treacle]]. During pauses in filming [[Sting]] would record demos with the use of a drum machine. On a day off before our preparation to go out on another tour, I was visiting the film set and found [[Sting]] in the studio. He asked if I would put some drums on the demos he had recorded, so the studio staff got a bass drum, snare drum, hihat, a crash and a ride cymbal together and I recorded several tracks while listening to the drum machine as a click track.
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At the time, I don't know what his intentions were for the demos although some were used in the film. There are some [[The Police | Police]] "band tracks" in the film and resulting soundtrack record that were recorded at another studio while on the Ghost In The Machine Tour.
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My memory of what I recorded has faded but I remember playing an interesting reggae type rhythm over [[Children's Crusade]]. The instrumentation was piano, upright bass and drums without a vocal. That song later appeared with a vocal and rerecorded backing track on [[The Dream Of The Blue Turtles]] with [[Omar Hakim]] on drums."
  
 
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"Children's Crusade"
If song was released as a single, include single cover art. Otherwise, include album cover artwork to replace the 45 rpm, if available.
Recorded by Sting
Released: 1985
Recorded: March - April 1985
Length: 5:00
Album(s): The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
Label(s): A&M
Writer(s): Sting
Producer(s): Sting & Pete Smith
Studio(s): Blue Wave Recording Studio
Released as single? YES, B-SIDE, or NO

"Children's Crusade" is a song written by Sting and recorded by Sting in 1985.

About the song

Jeff Seitz: "Only You was recorded at Rock City Sound Studios which happened to be located adjacent to the sound stage where Sting was filming Brimstone and Treacle. During pauses in filming Sting would record demos with the use of a drum machine. On a day off before our preparation to go out on another tour, I was visiting the film set and found Sting in the studio. He asked if I would put some drums on the demos he had recorded, so the studio staff got a bass drum, snare drum, hihat, a crash and a ride cymbal together and I recorded several tracks while listening to the drum machine as a click track. At the time, I don't know what his intentions were for the demos although some were used in the film. There are some Police "band tracks" in the film and resulting soundtrack record that were recorded at another studio while on the Ghost In The Machine Tour. My memory of what I recorded has faded but I remember playing an interesting reggae type rhythm over Children's Crusade. The instrumentation was piano, upright bass and drums without a vocal. That song later appeared with a vocal and rerecorded backing track on The Dream Of The Blue Turtles with Omar Hakim on drums."

Personnel

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Release History

Albums

Children's Crusade appears on the following album releases:

Cover art Album title Release date Release country
Sting-album-dreamblueturtles.jpg The Dream Of The Blue Turtles 1985-06-01 Country

Singles

CD Singles

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7" Singles

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12" Singles

Cover art Catalog no. A-side song(s)/B-side song(s) Release date Release country
Stub.gif Catalog no. "A-side song"/"B-side song" (add more songs as necessary) YYYY-MM-DD Country

Video

"SONG TITLE" appears on the following video and dvd releases:

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Awards, nominations, and certifications

Awards

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Year Winner Award Category
YYYY WINNER (album, song, producer, etc.) AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.) CATEGORY

Nominations

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Year Nominee Award Category
YYYY NOMINEE (album, song, producer, etc.) AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.) CATEGORY

Certifications

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Country Certifier Classification Certification
COUNTRY CERTIFIER (RIAA, IFPI...) CLASSIFICATION (Album, singles, foreign artist...) CERTIFICATION (Gold, Platinum, Diamond...)

Lyrics

Young men, soldiers, nineteen fourteen
Marching through countries they'd never seen
Virgins with rifles, a game of charades
All for a children's crusade

Pawns in the game are not victims of chance
Strewn on the fields of Belgium and France
Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade
All of these young lives betrayed

The children of England would never be slaves
They're trapped on the wire and dying in waves
The flower of England face down in the mud
And stained in the blood of a whole generation

Corpulent generals safe behind lines
History's lessons drowned in red wine
Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed
All for a children's crusade

The children of England would never be slaves
They're trapped on the wire and dying in waves
The flower of England face down in the mud
And stained in the blood of a whole generation

Midnight in Soho nineteen eighty four
Fixing in doorways, opium slaves
Poppies for young men, such bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed
All for a children's crusade

Quotations and trivia

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Alternative and cover versions

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See also

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External links

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References

source: records, magazines, Jeff Seitz