Little Wing

A cover of Jimmy Hendrix's classic "Little Wing" done with Sting's classic slow, jazzy, bluesy, style. Perfect for a romantic interlude with that special someone. Little Wing is a cover of the Jimi Hendrix song of the same name. Hendrix was one of Sting’s main influences, and Sting has since covered some of his music, including Purple Haze. Sting saw Hendrix in a Newcastle club when he was 15 years old. Sting: I met Gil Evans one night in Ronnie Scott’s club in London. He’d been a hero of mine since I was fifteen. He reminded me of one of those wise elders from Star Trek who are the only survivors of a planet after some holocaust, the sole guardians of all the knowledge of their race. I went backstage after the show to introduce myself and was amazed and flattered that he had ever heard of me. He told me he liked the bass line of “Walking on the Moon” I went home on cloud nine. I sang with his band a couple of years later in a little club in Greenwich Village called Sweet Basil. His fifteen piece band was crammed onto the tiny stage so that there was no room for me. So, I sung on the floor, squashed between two tables. One day I aspire to the stage. Anyway, we did three songs together. One by Tony Williams, called “There Comes a Time”, and two songs by Jimi Hendrix that Gil has performed for years, “Little Wing” and “Up From the Skies”. “The Jimi Hendrix Experience” was one of the first bands I ever saw. I was fifteen and had just bought Jimi’s first single “Hey Joe”. He was appearing at the club Go-Go in Newcastle. I’d never seen or heard anything like it in my life and don’t suppose I ever will.

Little Wing Lyrics Sting From The Album ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987) [Chorus 1] Well, she's walking through the clouds With a circus mind That's running wild Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams And fairy tales That's all she ever talks about Riding with the wind [Chorus 2] When I'm sad she comes to me With a thousand smiles She gives to me free [Chorus 3] It's alright, she says It's alright Take anything you want from me Anything Fly on, little wing [Chorus 1] Well, she's walking through the clouds With a circus mind That's running wild Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams And fairy tales That's all she ever thinks about Riding with the wind [Chorus 2] When I'm sad she comes to me With a thousand smiles She gives to me free [Chorus 3] It's alright, she says It's alright Take anything you want from me Anything Fly on, little wing [Outro] Anything Anything Anything Written By Jimi Hendrix Release Date October 13, 1987