"Like a Beautiful Smile," meanwhile, combines a trickily off-kilter 7/8 time signature, a catchy melody straight from the Stevie Wonder songbook and lyrics courtesy of a well-known Shakespeare sonnet ("Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day") - all to refreshingly breezy effect. "I haven't a clue what it means," Sting laughingly says about the song. "It just sounds happy, joyful and hopeful. And I quite enjoy stealing from Shakespeare, because he never complains!"
"Like a Beautiful Smile," meanwhile, combines a trickily off-kilter 7/8 time signature, a catchy melody straight from the Stevie Wonder songbook and lyrics courtesy of a well-known Shakespeare sonnet ("Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day") - all to refreshingly breezy effect. "I haven't a clue what it means," Sting laughingly says about the song. "It just sounds happy, joyful and hopeful. And I quite enjoy stealing from Shakespeare, because he never complains!"