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I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying / This Was Never

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I love this CD though, don't get me wrong. It seems as of late Sting likes to write his best songs on his CD singles, like the CD single "You Still Touch Me". That song is weak but the rest of the CD is superb. Why does he do this, Mercery Falling was filled with mediocre songs at best but his CD singles songs are great. Take the song "Giacomo's Blues", a 4 minute instrumental of pure bliss that would make Miles Davis jealous. I don't like where Sting is going with his music but buy this CD single right now. I'm not kidding. What are you waiting for. R.I.PKenny KirklandI'll miss you

"I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" was a minor hit for Sting that later became a duet with country star Toby Keith. It holds up fairly well which is more than one can say about the music video where Sting sports an absurd haircut and an alien wearing a cowboy hat line dances. The joy of the CD single comes not from the title track but three other Sting songs which were not released on any albums. "This was Never Meant to Be" is a gloomy but ironic song that really seems to be a throwback to the sweeping songs of the 1940s. "Giacomo's Blues" is a wonderful instrumental and fans of Sting's "Dream of the Blue Turtles" phase will enjoy it. "Beneath a Desert Moon" is a hidden gem of a song as Sting takes on ancient Egyptian politics, religion and society with a catchy chorus, interesting rhymes and strange if somewhat haunting background vocals that seem to be trying to capture the flow of the Nile. While probably too esoteric even by Sting's standards to have been included on a major album, it really ranks as one of his most unappreciated songs. Fans of Sting looking to drill a little deeper into his music should check out this CD single.

I just wanted to reply to the first review...Sting did a duet with Toby Keith of this song and they each recorded a seperate single for it as well. I love this song, its a got a great feel to it and it also tugs at the heart strings a bit

I just love this song! I heard it on the radio two or three times before I listened to the whole CD. But I'm confused. Is Sting the only person who ever recorded this song? Anyone! I could've sworn the version I heard was by Hal Ketchum. Maybe I was dreaming. Does anyone know who wrote this song?

Anyway, this is a fine mini selection of music, and so atypical of Sting, I think. Sting's one-of-a-kind voice really shines in both "I'm So Happy" and in "This Was Never Meant to Be," and this CD shows us what a broad range of music Sting is capable of performing and performing quite well.

And I gotta say, I really love this short CD format, too. Here's to there being more of these short CDs to come!

The singles (or mini-albums) from (and before) Mercury Falling were actually all mostly interesting, feautering "rare" songs that were edited from the album(s) like for example on this single; This Was Never Ment To Be (song from the movie "The Grotesque" casting Sting and his wife, Trudie - good song by the way). Yes, there are several EP's coming from the release of Mercury Falling - You Still Touch Me is another of my recommendation (two new, previously unreleased songs there as well - and good songs too).

This was before Brand New Day (a great album no doubt about that), but the remixes on almost every single released, of almost every sing on it (Desert Rose, After The Rain... and so on and on and on...). Also the countless remixes from his resent album, Sacred Love, irritates me a little - remixes are ok for simple pop/hip hop/rap-music, not music of the Sting-kind, or at least not so many - and usually, in my opininon, it is almost always the original that matters. Remixes can be really boring actually.

But, as mentioned, this single belongs in your Sting-collection!

I'm So happy that I can't stop Crying is one of the best songs that Sting has done in the 90's.sting does well on this Mini-Set.he has his own style.

I hear this damn happy song at work atleast 10 times a day!!! I hate it..... it is the worse Sting has ever put out!!! I'M NOT HAPPY!!