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Song · 1999 · Synthpop

Desert Rose

1999

★ 4.1 editorial score

An Arabic descant improvised by Cheb Mami without hearing Sting's lyric, and both halves came out about longing.

Genre

Synthpop World Pop rock Pop

Subject

Longing Lost love

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