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If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
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"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"
7-inch vinyl single
Single by Sting
from the album The Dream of the Blue Turtles
B-side
"Another Day"
Released
9 July 1985
Format
7"
12"
Genre
Pop rock
Length
4:14
Label
A&M
Songwriter(s)
Sting
Producer(s)
Sting and Peter Smith
Sting singles chronology
"Spread a Little Happiness"
(1982) "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"
(1985) "Love Is the Seventh Wave"
(1985)
"Spread a Little Happiness"
(1982) "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"
(1985) "Love Is the Seventh Wave"
(1985)
"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" is the first single released from Sting's solo debut album The Dream of the Blue Turtles. It is also the opening track of the album, and is featured on Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994 as well as The Very Best of Sting & The Police.
Contents
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1 Song information
2 Single release
3 Music video
4 Track listings
5 References
Song information[edit]
Like much of the album, the song has heavy jazz influences, and was a major hit, peaking at number one on the US Album Rock Tracks chart for three weeks. On the US pop chart, it peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 17 on the US R&B chart,[1] number 26 on the UK Singles Chart,[2] and number 18 on the Australian Kent Music Report singles chart.[3]
Live performances of the song are featured on the DVD edition of Bring On the Night and on the CD and DVD editions of ...All This Time.
A portion of the song was later used for Sting's 1987 hit "We'll Be Together" from ...Nothing Like the Sun.
The song was also performed at The Brits in February 1995 with M People. He duetted on the song with the band's lead singer, Heather Small and this track was given the dance treatment by the band who were also backed by a 100-strong Gospel Choir at the Earls Court Arena during the annual music awards show.
Sting said that he wrote the song as an "antidote" to the Police's 1983 song, "Every Breath You Take", which he also wrote.[4] The song was also lampooned by The Dead Milkmen in the song "If You Love Somebody, Set Them on Fire," from their 1990 album Metaphysical Graffiti.
Single release[edit]
The single B-side consists of a studio recording of the song "Another Day" which would appear the following year in a live version on Sting's live album Bring On the Night.
The US and France 12" singles also contains two remixes of "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free": the "Jellybean Mix" by John 'Jellybean' Benitez and the "Torch Mix" by William Orbit of Torch Song.
Music video[edit]
The music video was directed by Godley and Creme in 1985. It was shot in Paris on a soundstage, with each of the musicians performing separately and the footage then overlaid onto the final version.
Track listings[edit]
7" US and Canada single (AM-2738)
"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" – 4:14
"Another Day" – 3:59
12" US single (SP-12132)
"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" (Extended Remix by John "Jellybean" Benitez) – 8:00
"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" – 4:14
"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" (Torch Song Mix, Produced by William Orbit) – 4:52
"Another Day" – 3:59
12" US Promotional single (SP-17324)
"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" – 4:14
"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" – 4:14
12" France single (392 018-1)
"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" (Torch Song Mix, Produced by William Orbit) – 4:52
"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" (Remix by John "Jellybean" Benitez) – 8:00
"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" – 4:14
"Another Day" – 3:59
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 552.
Jump up ^ Sting in the UK Charts, The Official Charts.
Jump up ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 295. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
Jump up ^ sting.com official site
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Speedy Trial Act
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The Speedy Trial Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 2080, as amended August 2, 1979, 93 Stat. 328, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3161–3174[1]), establishes time limits for completing the various stages of a federal criminal prosecution.
Contents
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1 Procedural time limits
1.1 Delays which are not included in the Act
2 Juvenile proceedings
3 Constitutional basis
4 References
5 External links
Procedural time limits[edit]
The Act establishes time limits for completing the various stages of a federal criminal prosecution. The information or indictment must be filed within 30 days from the date of arrest or service of the summons.[2] Trial must commence within 70 days from the date the information or indictment was filed, or from the date the defendant appears before an officer of the court in which the charge is pending, whichever is later.[3]
Moreover, in order to ensure that defendants are not rushed to trial without an adequate opportunity to prepare, Congress amended the Act in 1979 to provide a minimum time period during which trial may not commence.[4] Thus, the Act provides that trial may not begin less than 30 days from the date the defendant first appears in court, unless the defendant agrees in writing to an earlier date.[5] In United States v. Rojas-Contreras, 474 U.S. 231 (1985), the Supreme Court held that this 30-day trial preparation period is not restarted upon the filing of a substantially similar superseding indictment.
If the indictment is dismissed at the defendant's request, the Act's provisions apply anew upon reinstatement of the charge.[6] If the indictment is dismissed at the request of the government, the 70-day clock is tolled during the period when no indictment is outstanding, and begins to run again upon the filing of the second indictment.[7] If trial ends in a mistrial, or the court grants a motion for a new trial, the second trial must begin within 70 days "from the date the action occasioning the retrial becomes final."[8]
Delays which are not included in the Act[edit]
Certain pretrial delays are automatically excluded from the Act's time limits, such as delays caused by pretrial motions.[9] In Henderson v. United States, 476 U.S. 321, 330 (1986), the Supreme Court held that § 3161 excludes "all time between the filing of a motion and the conclusion of the hearing on that motion, whether or not a delay in holding that hearing is 'reasonably necessary.'" The Act also excludes a reasonable period (up to 30 days) during which a motion is actually "under advisement" by the court.[10] Other delays excluded from the Act's time limits include delays caused by the unavailability of the defendant or an essential witness (18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(3)); delays attributable to a co-defendant (18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)); and delays attributable to the defendant's involvement in other proceedings, including delay resulting from an interlocutory appeal.[11] (Note, however, that the 30-day defense preparation period provided for in 3161(c)(2) is calculated without reference to Section 3161(h) exclusions).
A defendant may not expressly waive his rights under the Speedy Trial Act.[12] However, if the trial judge determines that the "ends of justice" served by a continuance outweigh the interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial, the delay occasioned by such continuance is excluded from the Act's time limits.[13] The judge must set forth, orally or in writing, his or her reasons for granting the continuance.[14]
The Act provides a sanction of dismissal for violation of its time limits that may be with or without prejudice to reprosecution. In assessing whether dismissal should be with prejudice, the court must consider the seriousness of the offense, the circumstances leading to dismissal, and the impact that reprosecution would have on the administration of the Act and on the administration of justice.[15] In United States v. Taylor, 487 U.S. 326 (1988), the Supreme Court held that a trial court must examine each statutory factor in deciding to dismiss charges with prejudice. The Court in Taylor found that a minor violation of the time limitations of the act that did not prejudice the defendant's trial preparation did not justify the dismissal with prejudice of an indictment charging serious drug offenses.
While a defendant cannot unilaterally waive his rights under the Speedy Trial Act, he can forfeit his right to obtain a dismissal of the case for a claimed violation of the Act by failing to move for dismissal prior to trial. The statute provides that "[f]ailure of the defendant to move for dismissal prior to trial...shall constitute a waiver of the right to dismissal under this section."[16]
Juvenile proceedings[edit]
The Speedy Trial Act is inapplicable to juvenile delinquency proceedings, which have their own speedy trial provision.[17] Furthermore, the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD) provides its own time limits for persons incarcerated in other jurisdictions.[18] In such a case, the government must comply with both the time limits of the IAD and the Speedy Trial Act.
Constitutional basis[edit]
Main article: Speedy Trial Clause
A defendant's right to a speedy trial has constitutional and statutory underpinnings in addition to the Speedy Trial Act.[19] Federal statutes of limitations provide a time frame within which charges must be filed. Moreover, Rule 48 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, grants trial courts discretion to dismiss cases that are not brought to trial promptly.[20]
Even if a charge is brought within the period provided by the statute of limitations, a defendant may be able to show that preaccusation delay has violated his or her Fifth Amendment due process rights. To obtain a dismissal of the charges by reason of pre-indictment delay, a defendant has the burden of establishing that the government engaged in intentional delay to gain a tactical advantage, and that he suffered actual prejudice.[21]
A defendant's rights under the Speedy Trial Clause of the Sixth Amendment are triggered by "either a formal indictment or information or else the actual restraints imposed by arrest and holding to answer a criminal charge."[22] (As noted above, any delay before this time must be scrutinized under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, not the Sixth Amendment's Speedy Trial Clause.[23] In Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514 (1972), the Supreme Court set out a four-factor test for determining whether delay between the initiation of criminal proceedings and the beginning of trial violates a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial. The test requires the court to consider the length of the delay, the cause of the delay, the defendant's assertion of his or her right to a speedy trial, and the presence or absence of prejudice resulting from the delay.[24]
In United States v. Loud Hawk, 474 U.S. 302 (1986), where the reason for the 90-month delay (interlocutory appeals) did not weigh against the government, the Supreme Court held that the possibility of prejudice occasioned by the delay was not sufficient to establish a Sixth Amendment speedy trial violation. Moreover, the courts of appeals routinely reject Sixth Amendment speedy trial challenges in the absence of a showing of prejudice.[25] However, in Doggett v. United States, 505 U.S. 647 (1992), the Supreme Court held that an "extraordinary" eight-and-one-half-year delay between the defendant's indictment and arrest, which resulted from the government's "egregious persistence in failing to prosecute [him]," violated his right to a speedy trial even in the absence of "affirmative proof of particularized prejudice."[26]
Where there are successive state and federal prosecutions, the general rule is that the federal constitutional speedy trial right does not arise until a federal accusation against the defendant is made. Thus, a prior state arrest based on the same facts as the subsequent federal charge does not implicate the federal constitutional guarantee.[27]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Title 18, Chapter 208 of the United States Code from the Legal Information Institute
Jump up ^ 18 U.S.C. § 3161(b).
Jump up ^ 18 U.S.C. § 3161(c)(1).
Jump up ^ Speedy Trial Act Amendments of 1979, Pub. L. No. 96-43, Section 3, 93 Stat. 327.
Jump up ^ 18 U.S.C. § 3161(c)(2).
Jump up ^ 18 U.S.C. § 3161(d)(1).
Jump up ^ 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(6).
Jump up ^ 18 U.S.C. § 3161(e).
Jump up ^ 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(1)(F).
Jump up ^ 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(1)(J).
Jump up ^ 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(1)(E).
Jump up ^ See, e.g., United States v. Saltzman, 984 F.2d 1087, 1090-1092 (10th Cir. 1993).
Jump up ^ 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(8)(A).
Jump up ^ 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(8)(A).
Jump up ^ 18 U.S.C. § 3161(a)(1)–3161(a)(2).
Jump up ^ 18 U.S.C. § 3162(a)(2).
Jump up ^ See 18 U.S.C. § 5036 (speedy trial provision of the Juvenile Delinquency Act)
Jump up ^ See 18 U.S.C. Appendix 2, § 2, Articles III-VI.
Jump up ^ Larson, Aaron (31 August 2016). "What are Speedy Trial Rights". ExpertLaw. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
Jump up ^ See Rule 48(b), Fed. R. Crim. P. (authorizing trial court to dismiss indictment if there is "unnecessary delay" in presenting the charge to a grand jury, in filing an information, or in bringing a defendant to trial).
Jump up ^ United States v. Lovasco, 431 U.S. 783 (1977); United States v. Marion, 404 U.S. 307, 324 (1971).
Jump up ^ United States v. Marion, 404 U.S. 307, 320 (1971).
Jump up ^ United States v. MacDonald, 456 U.S. 1, 7 (1982)).
Jump up ^ Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. at 530-533.
Jump up ^ See, e.g., United States v. Tannehill, 49 F.3d 1049, 1054 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 116 S. Ct. 167 (1995); United States v. Baker, 63 F.3d 1478, 1497 (9th Cir. 1995), cert. denied, 116 S. Ct. 824 (1996).
Jump up ^ Doggett v. United States, 505 U.S. at 652, 655, 657.
Jump up ^ United States v. Walker, 710 F.2d 1062, 1069 (5th Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1005 (1984).
External links[edit]
Sec. 9-17.000 - Speedy Trial Act Of 1974 from the United States Attorney's Manual
Sec. 628. Speedy Trial Act of 1974 from the Criminal Resource Manual of the United States Attorneys' Office
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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
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"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
Single by Roberta Flack
from the album First Take
Released
March 7, 1972 (1972-03-07)
Recorded
1969
Genre
Soul
vocal jazz
Length
5:22
4:15 (1972 radio edit)
Label
Atlantic 2864
Songwriter(s)
Ewan MacColl
Producer(s)
Joel Dorn
Roberta Flack singles chronology
"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow"
(1972) "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
(1972) "Where Is the Love"
(1972)
"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow"
(1972) "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
(1972) "Where Is the Love"
(1972)
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" from First Take
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"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 folk song written by British political singer/songwriter Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, who later became his wife, to sing. At the time, the couple were lovers, although MacColl was married to someone else. Seeger sang the song when the duo performed in folk clubs around Britain. During the 1960s, it was recorded by various folk singers and became a major international hit for Roberta Flack in 1972, winning the Grammy Awards for Record and Song of the Year. Billboard ranked it as the No. 1 song of the year for 1972.[1]
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History[edit]
There are two differing accounts of the origin of the song. MacColl said that he wrote the song for Seeger after she asked him to pen a song for a play she was in. He wrote the song and taught it to Seeger over the telephone.[2] Seeger said that MacColl, with whom she had begun an affair in 1957, used to send her tapes to listen to whilst they were apart and that the song was on one of them.[3]
The song entered the pop mainstream when it was released by the Kingston Trio on their 1962 hit album New Frontier and in subsequent years by other pop folk groups such as Peter, Paul and Mary, The Brothers Four, and the Chad Mitchell Trio, and by Gordon Lightfoot on his 1966 debut album Lightfoot!
MacColl made no secret of the fact that he disliked all of the cover versions of the song. His daughter-in-law wrote: "He hated all of them. He had a special section in his record collection for them, entitled 'The Chamber of Horrors'. He said that the Elvis version was like Romeo at the bottom of the Post Office Tower singing up to Juliet. And the other versions, he thought, were travesties: bludgeoning, histrionic, and lacking in grace."[4]
Roberta Flack version[edit]
The song was popularised by Roberta Flack in 1972 in a version that became a breakout hit for the singer. The song first appeared on Flack's 1969 album First Take. Her rendition was much slower than the original, as an early solo recording by Seeger ran two and a half minutes long whereas Flack's is more than twice that length.[citation needed]
Flack's slower and more sensual version was used by Clint Eastwood in his 1971 directorial film debut, Play Misty for Me, during a lovemaking scene. With the new exposure, Atlantic Records cut the song down to four minutes and released it to radio. It became a very successful single in the United States where it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and easy listening charts in April 1972 for six week runs on each list.[5] It reached #14 on the UK Singles Chart.[citation needed] In Canada, it was No.1 for three weeks in the RPM magazine charts.
In 2014, two films featured the song: Flack's version was heard twice in the superhero film X-Men: Days of Future Past, set largely in 1973, while a "cover" of it was performed by one of the protagonists in The Inbetweeners 2 for comic effect.
In 2015, Flack's version was used as the outro in episode 88 of the television series Mad Men.
In 2016, Flack's version was featured in the finale episode of the HBO series The Night Of.
In 2016, Flack's version was played in the background of Episode 3, in the FX Cable TV Miniseries The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story.
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Aaron Neville
Acker Bilk (instrumental)
Alfie Boe
Alison Moyet
Amanda Palmer
Andy Williams
Ann Hampton Callaway
Appendix Out
Bert Jansch
Bobby Vinton
Bob Monkhouse
Bonnie Dobson
Bradley Joseph
Brian Kennedy
Carla Cook
Celine Dion
The Chi-Lites
Chie Ayado
Christy Moore
Chris Walker
Cindytalk
Coldcut and Joanna Law
Conner Reeves
David Cook
Diana Ross
Don McLean
Edward Woodward
Easther Bennett
Elvis Presley
Emily Barker
Engelbert Humperdinck
Fatman Scoop
The Flaming Lips and Erykah Badu
The Flaming Lips and Amanda Palmer
George Michael
Gordon Lightfoot
Gregorian
Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne
Harry Connick, Jr.
Isaac Hayes
Jeffrey Gaines
Jeffrey Osborne
Jennifer Hudson
Joe and Eddie
Johnny Cash
Johnny Mathis
Jonathan & Charlotte
Jools Holland
Jordan Rudess
José Carreras
Josh Krajcik
Journey South
Judy Collins
June Tabor
Kathy Hampson's New Elastic Band
Kate Ceberano
Kate Havnevik
Kitty White
Lauryn Hill
Lea Michele (Glee Cast)
Leona Lewis
Marcia Griffiths
Marianne Faithfull
Maria Taylor
Mary Travers
Mathilde Santing
Matt Cardle
Mel Tormé
Michael Kaeshammer
Michael Sweet
Miley Cyrus
Nana Mouskouri
Natasha Marsh
Nils Lofgren
Nu:Tone
Offa Rex
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Paul Mounsey
Paul Potts
Peter, Paul and Mary
Peter Blakeley
Petula Clark
Pig Orchestra
Rachel Z
Ray Conniff
Regine Velasquez
Richard Marx
Sarah McQuaid
Satori
Scooter (band)
Shirley Bassey
The Smothers Brothers
Stereophonics
Steven Houghton
Sylvia McNair
Tally Koren
Tamera Foster
The Temptations
Timmy Thomas
Toots Thielemans
Val Doonican
Vanessa Williams
Vern Gosdin
Vikki Carr
Wayne Newton
Way Out West
We Five
See also[edit]
List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1972
List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1972 (U.S.)
List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1970s
List of number-one singles of 1972 (Canada)
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972
Jump up ^ Quarrington, Paul; Doyle, Roddy (2010). Cigar Box Banjo. Greystone Books. p. 89. ISBN 9781553656296. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
Jump up ^ Picardie, Justine (1995). "The first time ever I saw your face". In De Lisle, Tim. Lives of the great songs. London: Penguin. pp. 122–26. ISBN 978-0-14024957-6.
Jump up ^ Brocken, Michael (2003), The British Folk Revival, 1944–2002, Ashgate, p. 38, ISBN 978-0-7546-3282-5 : quoting MacColl's daughter-in-law, Justine Picardie.
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 93.
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