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Desert Rose (4:46)

Cover of The Very Best Of Sting And The Police

From The Very Best Of Sting And The Police and 20 other releases

“Desert Rose” is a single by Sting from his album Brand New Day (1999). The song peaked at #15 in the UK Singles Chart and #17 in the US Billboard Hot 100.

The song is noted for Sting’s duet performance with Algerian raï singer Cheb Mami, creating a distinct world music feel to the song. It also has a popular music video featuring Sting taking a trip through the desert in a Jaguar S-Type and then going to a nightclub to perform the song with Cheb Mami. After shooting the video, Sting’s manager Miles Copeland III approached Jaguar about a collaboration, and the auto company featured the video in their prominent television advertisements during the year 2000.

Also included on the single releases were club remixes by Victor Calderone. One remixed version of the song was used in an alternative edit of the video, which included more sexually explicit footage.
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  • isitbeer30yet

    sweet intoxication of love

    21 May 10:20pm Reply

  • sandymtz

    ¸.•*♫♪*¨*•｡♪*♪♥♫¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪" I dream of love as time runs through my hand*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫*¨*•.¸♥¸¸.•*♫♪*¨*•｡♪*♪♥♫¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ I dream of rain ♥I lift my gaze to empty skies above*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸.•*♫♪*¨*•｡♪*♪♥♫¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪¸¸.•*¨*•♫*¨*•.¸♥¸¸.•*♫♪*¨*•｡♪*♪♥♫¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ I close my eyes ♥the rare perfume is the sweet intoxication of LOVE "¸.•*♫♪*¨*•｡♪*♪♥♫¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪¸¸.•*¨*•♫*¨*•.¸♥¸¸.•*♫♪*¨*•｡♪*♪♥♫¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪

    16 May 7:40pm Reply

  • starlune

    The older Sting gets, the sexier he becomes! [2]

    6 May 10:45am Reply

  • BitchOfAgnesi

    satellite radio technical difficulties music

    23 Apr 4:45am Reply

  • doowniwevets

    I believe that the live version from Live in Berlin, despite not having Cheb Mami, is the best version.

    25 Mar 2:25am Reply

  • Gellies

    The older Sting gets, the sexier he becomes!

    7 Mar 4:12pm Reply

  • DamianMosely90

    Tippy top!

    4 Mar 4:04pm Reply

  • sschnitzius

    top!

    26 Feb 4:14pm Reply

  • sandymtz

    Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫*¨*•.¸♥¸¸.•*♫♪*¨*•｡♪*♪♥♫¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪

    22 Feb 10:17pm Reply

  • AgentUnknown

    Yes it's arabic

    16 Feb 9:06pm Reply

  • yaxiho

    YASHA ♡

    11 Feb 3:43pm Reply

  • DamianMosely90

    i like the foreign singing (arabic?)

    7 Feb 12:00pm Reply

  • t1nzk

    Ageless song, one of my all time fav.

    30 Jan 1:10pm Reply

  • julieguyette

    Pure Genius!!

    27 Jan 4:15am Reply

  • Entea8

    wow found this song on the Billboard Hot 100 - Top 50 Singles of 2000 @No.50 awesome song

    18 Jan 1:36pm Reply

  • mackcee

    my song

    2 Jan 10:41pm Reply

  • discmann

    Thanks M. Danceflooor :-)

    25 Dec 2012 Reply

  • davidbowiegirl

    Great song

    16 Dec 2012 Reply

  • isaralove

    Love this song Love the music....

    14 Dec 2012 Reply

  • bsbo

    ♡♥ღ♫ღ♥♡

    27 Nov 2012 Reply
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