I Hung My Head
~ Song
Wikipedia
"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.
Relationships
| lyricist and composer: | Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/16562 [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q16846147 [info] |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| 1996-07-26 | I Hung My Head (live, 1996-07-26: Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN, USA) | live | Sting | 4:51 |
| 1996-10-23 | I Hung My Head (live, 1996-10-23: Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia) | live | Sting | 4:42 |
| 2005-04-14 | I Hung My Head (live, 2005-04-14: Mizzou Arena, Columbia, MO, USA) | live | Sting | 5:03 |
| 2010-09-21 | I Hung My Head | live | Sting | 7:23 |
| 2011-10-01 | I Hung My Head (live, 2011-10-01: Beacon Theatre, New York City, NY, USA) | cover and live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 2017-04-12 – 2017-04-13 | I Hung My Head (live, 2017-04-12-2017-04-13: Olympia, Paris) | live | Sting | 5:01 |
| Hung My Head (live) | live | Sting | 4:50 | |
| I Hung My Head | cover | The Cash Stevens | 5:08 | |
| I Hung My Head | cover | Johnny Cash | 3:54 | |
| I Hung My Head | Sting | 4:41 | ||
| I Hung My Head | Sting | 5:32 | ||
| I Hung My Head | Blue Highway | 3:42 | ||
| I Hung My Head | Sting | 4:42 | ||
| I Hung My Head | Sting | ?:?? | ||