The Empty Chair (song)
| "The Empty Chair" | |
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| Single by Sting | |
| from the album Jim: The James Foley Story and 57th & 9th | |
| Released | 23 December 2016 |
| Genre | Classical |
| Length | 3:17 |
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| "The Empty Chair" on YouTube | |
"The Empty Chair" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Sting. Co-written by Sting and American record producer J. Ralph, the song was released as the lead single from the soundtrack album of 2016 documentary film Jim: The James Foley Story.
"The Empty Chair" was nominated for the 2017 Academy Award in the Best Original Song category. Both Sting and J. Ralph have previously received nominations in the same category; Sting was nominated three times before while J. Ralph had two previous nominations.
Sting recorded a separate version of the song with a guitar, instead of piano, for his studio album 57th & 9th.