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"I Hung My Head" is a song written by the singer-songwriter Sting and released on the 1996 album Mercury Falling. It reflects Sting's childhood fondness for TV Westerns, as well as his avowed interest in country music, but also tackles deeper and more philosophical themes of life, death, justice and redemption. It tells the story of a boy who shoots a stranger, the resulting shame, and the consequences he faces.

Blue Highway released a bluegrass version of the song in 1999 on their self-titled album Blue Highway. In 2002, Johnny Cash covered the song in the album American IV: The Man Comes Around. Sting re-recorded the song in an orchestral version for his 2010 album Symphonicities.

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Relationships

lyricist and composer:Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/16562 [info]
Wikidata:Q16846147 [info]

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1996-07-26I Hung My Head (live, 1996-07-26: Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN, USA)liveSting4:51
1996-10-23I Hung My Head (live, 1996-10-23: Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia)liveSting4:42
2005-04-14I Hung My Head (live, 2005-04-14: Mizzou Arena, Columbia, MO, USA)liveSting5:03
2010-09-21I Hung My HeadliveSting7:23
2011-10-01I Hung My Head (live, 2011-10-01: Beacon Theatre, New York City, NY, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen?:??
2017-04-12 – 2017-04-13I Hung My Head (live, 2017-04-12-2017-04-13: Olympia, Paris)liveSting5:01
Hung My Head (live)liveSting4:50
I Hung My HeadcoverThe Cash Stevens5:08
I Hung My HeadcoverJohnny Cash3:54
I Hung My HeadSting4:41
I Hung My HeadSting5:32
I Hung My HeadBlue Highway3:42
I Hung My HeadSting4:42
I Hung My HeadSting?:??