I Can't Stop Thinking About You Explained

I Can't Stop Thinking About You
Cover:	Sting I Can't Stop Thinking About You.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Sting
Album:	57th & 9th
Recorded:	May 2016
Genre:	Rock
Length:	^[1]
Label:	A&M
Producer:	Martin Kierszenbaum
Prev Title:	And Yet
Prev Year:	2013
Next Title:	50,000
Next Year:	2016

"I Can't Stop Thinking About You" is a song by English singer-songwriter Sting from his twelfth studio album, 57th & 9th. It was released as the album's lead single on 1 September 2016. The song peaked at number two on Billboard's Adult Alternative Songs chart in the United States, becoming Sting's first hit on the chart since 2004's "Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing)", which reached number 14.^[2]

Promotion

Sting debuted the studio version of "I Can't Stop Thinking About You" – and performed the song live – on 31 August 2016 in the Red Bull Sound Space at L.A. radio station KROQ.^{[3] [4]}

On 27 October 2016, Sting released for free on YouTube an acoustic version of "I Can't Stop Thinking About You".^[5]

Personnel

• Sting – vocals, bass guitar
• Dominic Miller – guitars
• Martin Kierszenbaum – organ
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
• Rhani Krija – percussion
• The Last Bandoleros (Jerry Fuentes, Derek James and Diego Navaira) – backing vocals

Charts

Chart (2016–17)	Peak position
France (SNEP)^[6]	52
Slovenia (SloTop50)^[7]	26

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
Worldwide	1 September 2016	Digital download	A&M Records
United States^[8]	7 November 2016	Adult contemporary radio

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sting - I Can't Stop Thinking About You . Sting . YouTube . 28 September 2016 . 18 August 2021.
2. Rutherford. Kevin. Sting Scores First Adult Alternative Songs Chart Hit in 12 Years. Billboard. 29 September 2016. 16 September 2016.
3. Reed . Ryan . 31 August 2016 . Sting Teases '57th & 9th' LP With Hard-Hitting New Song – "I Can't Stop Thinking About You" highlights singer's rock-influenced 12th solo album . Rolling Stone . 31 August 2016.
4. Web site: Sting – I Can't Stop Thinking About You – Live @ KROQ Red Bull Sound Space 2016 (3:45) . 31 August 2016 . YouTube . 31 August 2016.
5. Web site: Sting – I Can't Stop Thinking About You . 27 October 2016 . YouTube . 5 November 2016.
6. Web site: Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 46, 2016). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. fr. 19 November 2016.
7. Web site: SloTop50 – Slovenian official singles chart. slotop50.si. 28 August 2018. 28 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180828203221/https://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2016&week=39. dead.
8. Web site: Hot/Modern/AC Future Releases – Hot Adult Contemporary Rock Songs and Release Dates – .... AllAccess.