Desert Rose

~ Recording by Sting

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2Desert Rose4:46Sting & Cheb MamiBrand New DayStingAlbum
  • -1999-09-01
A&M Records
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New DayStingAlbum
  • JP1999-09-22
A&M RecordsPOCM-1281
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New DayStingAlbum
  • GB1999-09-27
  • US1999-09-28
A&M Records0694904432
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New DayStingAlbum
  • DE1999-09-27
A&M Records490 451 2
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New DayStingAlbum
  • XE1999-09-27
A&M Records490 425 2
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New DayStingAlbum
  • US1999-09-28
A&M Records490 451 2
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New DayStingAlbum
  • FR1999-09-28
A&M Records4906422
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New DayStingAlbum
  • CA1999-09-28
A&M Records0694904432
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New DayStingAlbum
  • CA1999-09-28
A&M RecordsCD 500443
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New DayStingAlbum
  • XE1999-09-28
A&M Records490 451 2, 490 451-2
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New DayStingAlbum
  • GB1999-09-28
A&M Records490 425 2, 490 425-2
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New DayStingAlbum
A&M Records490 451 2
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New DayStingAlbum
A&M Records490 450 2
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New Day (BMG club edition)StingAlbum
A&M Records, Inc., BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)0694904432, D131425
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New DayStingAlbum
A&M Records490 425 2
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New Day (Limited edition)StingAlbum
A&M Records490 425-2
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New Day (with bonus disc)StingAlbum
A&M Records490 873-2
1.13Desert Rose4:48StingThe Very Best of… Sting & The PoliceSting & The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2002-02-18
A&M Records493 252-2
1.13Desert Rose4:48StingThe Very Best of Sting & The PoliceSting & The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-10-01
UTV Records, A&M Records069 493 252-2, 493 252-2
1.6Desert Rose4:45StingO Clone InternacionalVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
Som Livre23222
1.13Desert Rose4:48StingThe Very Best of Sting & The PoliceSting / The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • -2002
A&M Records493 315-2
1.13Desert Rose4:48StingThe Very Best of… Sting & The PoliceSting & The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records493 252-2
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New DayStingAlbum
  • US2003-09-23
A&M RecordsB0001047-19
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New DayStingAlbum
  • US2004-05-11
A&M RecordsB0002428-36
2.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New DayStingAlbum
  • US2004-05-11
A&M RecordsB0002428-36
1.3Desert Rose4:48StingKiss 92, 9: 80’s‐90’s - Todays (disc 2)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)
1.13Desert Rose4:48StingThe Very Best of Sting & The PoliceSting / The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records, Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)UICY-8175
2.5Desert Rose4:51StingThe Best of 25 YearsStingAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2011-10-21
A&M Records0602527839318
1.8Desert Rose4:51StingThe Best of 25 YearsStingAlbum + Compilation
  • -2011-10-24
A&M Records
2.5Desert Rose4:51StingThe Best of 25 YearsStingAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2011-10-24
3.2Desert Rose4:51Sting25 YearsStingAlbum + Compilation
  • US2011-11-27
A&M Records0252776022
1.8Desert Rose4:51StingThe Best of 25 YearsStingAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records, Ltd., Cherrytree RecordsB0016372-01
2.5Desert Rose4:51StingThe Best of 25 YearsStingAlbum + Compilation
1.7Desert Rose4:51StingThe Best of 25 Years (12 track A&M 2011 release)StingAlbum + Compilation
A&M RecordsB0015941-02
2.5Desert Rose4:51StingThe Best of 25 YearsStingAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2012-01-04
Universal International (Japanese label; release must say “制作:Universal International” AND have no logos other than “Universal Music”)UICY-91793, UICY-91794
2.5Desert Rose4:51StingThe Best of 25 YearsStingAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records476 224-2
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New DayStingAlbum
  • US2016-09-30
A&M Records0600753704523
7.2Desert Rose4:46StingThe Studio CollectionStingAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2016-09-30
Cherrytree Records060075370447
1.4Desert Rose4:47Sting with Cheb MamiDuetsStingAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2021-03-19
Cherrytree Records00602435364995
1.4Desert Rose4:47Sting with Cheb MamiDuetsStingAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2021-03-19
A&M Records, Cherrytree Records, Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.)UICY-15974
1.4Desert Rose4:47Sting with Cheb MamiDuetsStingAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2021-03-19
A&M Records
1.4Desert Rose4:47Sting with Cheb MamiDuetsStingAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2021-03-19
Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)UICY-79483
1.2Desert Rose4:45Sting feat. Cheb MamiBrand New Day (Expanded Edition)StingAlbum
  • XW2024-10-02
A&M Records
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New Day (Expanded Edition)StingAlbum
  • JP2025-07-11
A&M RecordsUICY-16296
1.2Desert Rose4:50Sting feat. Cheb MamiArabian Dance Party, Volume 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New DayStingAlbum
A&M Records, Inc.CD-0443
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New DayStingAlbum
A&M Records0694904432
1.17Desert Rose4:48StingSacred LoveStingAlbum
1.13Desert Rose4:46StingThe Very Best of Sting & The PoliceSting & The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records
Bootleg
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New DayStingAlbum
490 425-2
1.3Desert Rose4:46StingThe Best OfStingAlbum + Compilation
2.1Desert Rose4:48Sting & Cheb MamiDuetosStingAlbum + Compilation
  • -2009
(unknown)
1.4Desert Rose4:47StingDuetsStingAlbum + Compilation
  • -2021
1.2Desert Rose4:46StingBrand New DayStingAlbum

Relationships

engineer and mixer:Simon Osborne (engineer/producer)
co-producer:Simon Osborne (engineer/producer)
producer:Kipper (Mark Eldridge)
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
clarinet:Branford Marsalis (saxophonist)
clavinet and piano:Jason Rebello
darbuka:Ettamri Mustapha
drum machine [drum programming] and keyboard:Kipper (Mark Eldridge)
drums (drum set):Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer)
Manu Katché
fiddle and Northumbrian pipes:Kathryn Tickell
guitar:Dominic Miller (guitarist)
Hammond organ:Don Blackman
Dave Hartley (pianist)
pedal steel guitar:B.J. Cole
percussion:Mino Cinelu
trumpet:Chris Botti
background vocals:Tawatha Agee
Dennis Collins (backing vocalist)
Joe Mendez
Janice Pendarvis
Althea Rodgers
Marlon Saunders
Darryl Tookes
Veneese Thomas
Ken Williams (songwriter)
guest vocals:Cheb Mami
vocals:Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
sampled by:These Days On This Frigid Earth by The Gates of Sleep
stream video for free:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3lWwBslWqg [info]
recording of:Desert Rose

Related works

Desert Rose

additional lyricist:Cheb Mami
lyricist and composer:Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
publisher:GM Sumner (in 1999)
Magnetic Publishing Ltd. (in 1999)