Message in a Bottle (live, 1981: Amnesty International Gala, Theatre Royal, London, UK)

Name: Message in a Bottle
Duration: 4 min 46 s

~ Recording by Sting

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.2	Message in a Bottle	4:46	Sting	The Secret Policeman’s Concert	Various Artists	Album + Live	ES1982	Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)	I-204.368
1.2	Message in a Bottle	4:47	Sting	The Secret Policeman’s Concert	Various Artists	Album + Live	XE1982	Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group), Springtime Records	204 368-320
1.2	Message in a Bottle	3:44	Sting	The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball: The Music	Various Artists	Album + Live	US1982	Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group), Springtime Records	ILPS 9698
1.2	Message in a Bottle	4:46	Sting	The Secret Policeman’s Concert	Various Artists	Album + Live	XE1992	Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC)	CCSCD351
1.2	Message in a Bottle	4:47	Sting	The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball: The Music	Various Artists	Album + Live	US1992	Rhino (reissue label)	R2 71048

recording engineer:	Tim Summerhayes
producer:	Martin Lewis (humorist)
guitar:	Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
vocals:	Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)

recorded at:	The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball (1981-09-09 – 1981-09-12)

recorded at:	Theatre Royal (Drury Lane, 1812–present) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1981)
mixed at and edited at:	Basing Street Studios (fka Island Studios till 1975, became Sarm West Studios in 1982) in Notting Hill, Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom

recording of:	Message in a Bottle (in 1981: cover, live)

lyricist and composer:	Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)

publisher:	EMI Blackwood Music Inc. GM Sumner Virgin Music, Inc. (US arm of Virgin’s publishing company)

later parody versions:	Massage in a Brothel Message in the Bible
later translated versions:	El mensaje en la botella
music quoted in:	Another Part of Me