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Moon over Bourbon Street

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299:, a beautiful book about this vampire which is a vampire by accident. He's immortal and he has to kill people to live, but he's been left with his conscience intact. He's this wonderful, poignant soul who has to do evil, yet wants to stop. Once again, it's the duality which interested me." He also said that although it was inspired by the Rice novel that "there was one moonlit night in the French Quarter of New Orleans where I had the distinct impression that I was being followed ..." (an occurrence which also contributed to the tune's genesis). 33: 413: 67: 52:
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Sting himself has said of the composition..."That was inspired by a book by Anne Rice, called
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The title of the song references the historic French Quarter of New Orleans route of
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Sting has said that he composed the song in New Orleans and that it was inspired by
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of the city. The song reached No. 44 on the British singles chart.
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In 2003, Sting re-recorded the song as a B-side on the single '
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Moon Over Bourbon Street

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Single
Sting
The Dream of the Blue Turtles
B-side
The Ballad of Mack the Knife
Genre
Pop rock
jazz
Label
A&M
Songwriter(s)
Sting
Producer(s)
Sting
Russians
We Work the Black Seam
Sting's
The Dream of the Blue Turtles
UK singles chart
Anne Rice
Interview with the Vampire
French Quarter
double bass
Send Your Love
Bourbon Street

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