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Language of Birds

Sting

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  1. Released on A&M Records, also Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden), Every Breath You Take (The Police) and Roxanne (The Police)

  2. Part of The Last Ship, also The Last Ship, Dead Man’s Boots and And Yet

  3. Written by Rob Mathes, also Practical Arrangement, Ballad of the Great Eastern and I Love Her but She Loves Someone Else

  4. Released on Cherrytree Records, also Poker Face (Lady Gaga), Bad Romance (Lady Gaga) and Paparazzi (Lady Gaga)

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

  • Sting wrote 227 songs on fono

  • Sting’s most frequent co-writer is Dominic Miller (19 songs together)

  • Rob Mathes’s most frequent co-writer is Sting (7 songs together)

  • Sting first appears on fono in 1978, 35 years before this song

Credits

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Written by
Rob Mathes and Sting
Part of
The Last Ship
Released on
A&M Records and Cherrytree Records

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  1. 1MusicBrainz Language of Birds was written by Rob Mathes

    Language of Birds was written by Rob Mathes

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz Language of Birds was written by Sting

    Language of Birds was written by Sting

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz Language of Birds is part of the release The Last Ship

    Language of Birds is part of the release The Last Ship

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz A&M Records is the label of the song Language of Birds

    A&M Records is the label of the song Language of Birds

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz Cherrytree Records is the label of the song Language of Birds

    Cherrytree Records is the label of the song Language of Birds

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz Language of Birds was released on 2013-01-01

    Language of Birds was released on 2013-01-01

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026