Everyone loved the songs "Englishman In New York" and "We'll Be Together" and "Fragile"... but here is one of his finest...

From his 1987 smash-hit album, "Nothin' Like The Sun", here's his politically charged, bitterly truthful ode to those who ended up missing under this heartless dictator's rule.


Sting
They Dance Alone (Gueca Solo)


Why are these women here dancing on their own?
Why is there this sadness in their eyes?
Why are the soldiers here
Their faces fixed like stone?
I can't see what it is that they despise

They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
They're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone
They dance alone

It's the only form of protest they're allowed
I've seen their silent faces scream so loud
If they were to speak these words
they'd go missing too
Another woman on the torture table
what else can they do

They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
They're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone
They dance alone

One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance
One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance

Ellas danzan con los desaparecidos
Ellas danzan con los muertos
Ellas danzan con amores invisibles
Ellas danzan con silenciosa angistia
Danzan con sus padres
Danzan con sus hijos
Danzan con sus esposos
Ellas danzan solas
Danzan solas

Hey Mr. Pinochet
You've sown a bitter crop
It's foreign money that supports you
One day the money's going to stop
No wages for your torturers
No budget for your guns
Can you think of your own mother
Dancin' with her invisible son

They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
They're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone
They dance alone

Simply beautiful.

That song as well as the album is the shit, but it just doesn't measure up to Fragile.

Cool Pick Man

chickengrease said:

You cannot compare the two... they have totally different sentiments. I saw Sting perform this live - and during the song, the "mothers, daughters and sisters" came out with the photos of these missing people pinned to their clothes... dancing this very zombie-ish dance. It was breathtaking.

Not taking away from "Fragile"... that song in itself is amazing... but, you gotta show the love for this one.

One more thing..I've always thought it sounded like Chaka doin background vocals on We'll Be Together.

rdhull said:

Close a Back-Up Chaka Singer-Vesta Williams. She had a Solo Career for a While&does other Projects.

mistermaxxx said:

THAT WAS VESTA!!!? Congratulations Vesta!!?? damn!

rdhull said:

Yep. She did alot of Work at that time with Sessions.