Music video by Sting performing Shape Of My Heart . (C) 1992 A&M Records.
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Ten Summoner's Tales is the fourth solo studio album by the rock musician Sting. The title is a combined pun of his family name, Sumner, and a character in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, the summoner. Released in 1993, it explores themes of love and morality in a noticeably upbeat mood compared to his previous release, the introspective The Soul Cages released in 1991 after the loss of both his parents in 1987.
The backing track of "Shape of My Heart" was used, in a slightly altered way, by rapper Nas on his song "The Message" on the 1996 album It Was Written. In the later 1990s and the 2000s, it became a popular sample in R&B and hip hop songs, possibly inspired by Nas' usage. It has been sampled or interpolated in the following:
"Take Him Back" by Monica from the 1998 album The Boy Is Mine
"Release Me" by Blaque from the 1999 album Blaque
"Never Let Go" by Hikaru Utada from the 1999 album First Love (re-recorded instrumental)
"Emotional" by Carl Thomas from the 2000 album Emotional
"Ways of the World" by Lil' Zane from the 2000 album Young World: The Future
Some live renditions of the 2001 song "Je Moest Waarschijnlijk Gaan" by Brainpower
"Rise & Fall" by Craig David from the 2002 album Slicker Than Your Average (re-recorded instrumentals, and chorus sung, with new lyrics, by Sting)
"Shape" by the Sugababes from the 2002 album Angels with Dirty Faces (included the original chorus vocals as well as the song's B-section)
"Ways to Avoid the Sun" by Rain (2003) has a similar melody, which was probably inspired by this song.
"I Crave You" by Shontelle from the 2008 album Shontelligence
"For My Soldiers" by Pastor Troy from the 2008 album Attitude Adjuster (included some of the song's original chorus)
The song has also been covered by several artists:
Ann-Margret on the soundtrack to the 1996 TV movie Blue Rodeo
Lee Ritenour, featuring Steve Lukather and Andy McKee, on the 2010 album 6 String Theory
Vybz Kartel
"Shape Of My Heart"
He deals the cards as a meditation
And those he plays never suspect
He doesn't play for the money he wins
He don't play for respect
He deals the cards to find the answer
The sacred geometry of chance
[Studio version:] The hidden law of a probable outcome
[Live version:] The hidden laws of a probable outcome
The numbers lead a dance
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
He may play the Jack of diamonds
He may lay the Queen of spades
He may conceal a King in his hand
While the memory of it fades
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
That's not the shape, the shape of my heart
And if I told you that I loved you
You'd maybe think there's something wrong
I'm not a man of too many faces
The mask I wear is one
But those who speak know nothing
And find out to their cost
Like those who curse their luck in too many places
And those who fear a loss
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
That's not the shape of my heart
That's not the shape, the shape of my heart
