Sting took to Instagram to perform a song he “rarely” plays anymore to show support for Ukraine.
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“Russians” is the third track off Sting’s 1985 debut solo album The Dream of the Blue Turtles and was written as commentary about the Cold War United States and Soviet Union.
The song criticizes the doctrine of mutual assured destruction and pleas for hope that the two nations would be able to find common ground.
“I’ve only rarely sung this song in the many years since it was written, because I never thought it would be relevant again,” Sting captioned his Instagram post. “But, in the light of one man’s bloody and woefully misguided decision to invade a peaceful, unthreatening neighbor, the song is, once again, a plea for our common humanity.”
He continued: “For the brave Ukrainians fighting against this brutal tyranny and also the many Russians who are protesting this outrage despite the threat of arrest and imprisonment - We, all of us, love our children. Stop the war.”
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