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Title: Sting – If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1985, Pop,     London, England
Matrix #: SP-12132
Condition: VG+ very clean 

Cultural Facts:

1. Scene Ecology: Cut with New York A-team players (Branford Marsalis, Omar Hakim, Darryl Jones), linking pop stardom to the jazz session world.

2. Media Narrative: The lyric was widely misread as “breakup advice,” turning a philosophical line into a pop-culture quote machine.

3. Personal Struggle: Sting has spoken about growing up working-class in Wallsend, feeling trapped and using music as an escape route.

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