Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot

"Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot"
Single by Sting
from the album Mercury Falling
Released13 February 1996
StudioLake House (Wiltshire)
GenreAdult contemporary[1]
Length6:43
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Sting
Producer(s)
Sting singles chronology
"This Cowboy Song"
(1995)
"Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot"
(1996)
"You Still Touch Me"
(1996)
Music video
"Sting - Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot" on YouTube

"Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot" is a song by the English musician Sting. It was released as the lead single from his fifth solo studio album Mercury Falling on 13 February 1996. The soul-influenced track was inspired by a friend suffering from AIDS, and the impact such an event can have on one's outlook on life.[2]

"Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot" reached the top 20 in Sting's native UK.[3] The song was nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 1997 Grammy Awards.[4]

  1. ^ "Sting – Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Q – Sting Interview". sting.com. May 1996. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Sting Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  4. ^ Kot, Greg (8 January 1997). "Pumpkins a Smash with 7 Grammy Nominations". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 25 February 2023.