Duets

Duets is a compilation album by English musician Sting. It was released on 19 March 2021 through A&M Records. Background Duets compiles 17 collaborations spanning from 1992's "It's Probably Me" with Eric Clapton from the Lethal Weapon 3 soundtrack to new songs, recorded remotely, with Melody Gardot, Zucchero and Gashi. The standard "My Funny Valentine", recorded by Sting and Herbie Hancock as the theme song for the 2005 Japanese movie Ashura, was released as a single on 11 March 2021. "Englishman/African In New York", a reworking of Sting's "Englishman in New York" recorded with African artist Shirazee was released as a non-album digital-only single on 19 March 2021. Shirazee had previously covered the song as "African in New York" with Sting's approval. Sting and Shirazee released a music video and performed the song on ABC's Good Morning America. An interactive website was launched to complement the album, with details about each song, photos, as well as newly-recorded video commentaries from Sting. The album was originally scheduled to be released in November 2020, but was delayed due to manufacturing delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Several titles, such as "Simple" in performance with Ricky Martin, "Message in a Bottle" with All Saints, "Spirits" with Pato Banton from the film Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and "Always on Your Side" in duet with Sheryl Crow, are not included in the album.