Consider Me Gone
| "Consider Me Gone" | |
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| Recorded by Sting | |
| Released: | 1985-06-01 |
| Recorded: | March - April 1985 |
| Length: | 4:21 |
| 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 |
"Consider Me Gone" is a song written by Sting and recorded by Sting in 1985.
Contents
About the song
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Personnel
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Release History
Albums
Consider Me Gone appears on the following album releases:
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The Dream Of The Blue Turtles | 1985-06-01 | Country |
Singles
CD Singles
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7" Singles
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AM 272 | " Love Is The Seventh Wave"/"Consider Me Gone" (live) | 1985-MM-DD | England |
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AM 392 035-7 | " Love Is The Seventh Wave"/"Consider Me Gone" (live) | 1985-MM-DD | France |
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AM 390 035-7 | " Love Is The Seventh Wave"/"Consider Me Gone" (live) | 1985-MM-DD | The Netherlands |
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K 9859 | " Love Is The Seventh Wave"/"Consider Me Gone" (live) | 1985-MM-DD | New Zealand |
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AM 2767 | "Fortress Around Your Heart"/"Consider Me Gone" (live) | 1985-MM-DD | Canada |
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AMRS 1484 | "Fortress Around Your Heart"/"Consider Me Gone" (live) | 1985-MM-DD | South Africa |
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AM-2767 | "Fortress Around Your Heart"/"Consider Me Gone" (live) | 1985-MM-DD | USA |
12" Singles
| Cover art | Catalog no. | A-side song(s)/B-side song(s) | Release date | Release country |
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X-13230 | "Love Is The Seventh Wave"/"Consider Me Gone" (live) | 1985-MM-DD | Australia |
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AMY 272 | "Love Is The Seventh Wave"/"Consider Me Gone" (live) | 1985-MM-DD | England |
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AM 392 035-1 | "Love Is The Seventh Wave"/"Consider Me Gone" (live) | 1985-MM-DD | France |
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AM 392 035-1 | "Love Is The Seventh Wave"/"Consider Me Gone" (live) + poster! | 1985-MM-DD | Germany |
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AMS-43008 (red vinyl) | "Fortress Around Your Heart"/"Consider Me Gone (live)" | 1985-MM-DD | Mexico |
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SP-17339 (promo) | "Fortress Around Your Heart"/"Consider Me Gone (live)" | 1985-MM-DD | USA |
Video
"SONG TITLE" appears on the following video and dvd releases:
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Awards, nominations, and certifications
Awards
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| YYYY | WINNER (album, song, producer, etc.) | AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.) | CATEGORY |
Nominations
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| YYYY | NOMINEE (album, song, producer, etc.) | AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.) | CATEGORY |
Certifications
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| COUNTRY | CERTIFIER (RIAA, IFPI...) | CLASSIFICATION (Album, singles, foreign artist...) | CERTIFICATION (Gold, Platinum, Diamond...) |
Lyrics
There were rooms of forgiveness In the house that we share But the space has been emptied Of whatever was there There were cupboards of patience There were shelf loads of care But whoever came calling Found nobody there After today, consider me gone Roses have thorns and shining waters mud And cancer lurks deep in the sweetest bud Clouds and eclipses stain the moon and the sun And history reeks of the wrongs we have done After today, consider me gone I've spent too many years at war with myself The doctor has told me it's no good for my health To search for perfection is all very well But to look for heaven is to live here in hell After today, consider me gone
Quotations and trivia
Sting recorded a demo for this song in 1980 with the intention of using to record it for Zenyatta Mondatta. Nigel Gray commented that too many of Sting's demos sounded like a nightclub band (probably also referring to Demolition Man, I Burn For You and Shadows In The Rain, which didn't sound like The Police at all). The first two of these songs were given to other artists and eventually recorded by The Police a year later. Shadows In The Rain was completely reconstructed. Consider Me Gone didn't see the light of day until Sting worked on his first solo album.
(On a rarely spread recording of some of Sting's Zenyatta demos the jazzy version of "Shadows In The Rain" is wrongly labelled as "Consider Me Gone"... maybe Nigel got his hands on this and didn't check further before his book interview...)
Alternative and cover versions
- On 2009-05-20 Sting recorded a version with Christian McBride for his album Conversations With Christian
See also
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External links
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References
sources: various, Behind The Boards II: The Making Of Rock 'n' Roll's Greatest Records Revealed (demo)
