Sting has revealed his collaboration with Shaggy, album '44/876', was "a happy accident".
The two artistes became friends when the "Oh Carolina" hitmaker joined the former Police rocker on stage to rap on his hit "Roxanne".
Then, Shaggy, 44, went on to send Sting a song called "Don't Make Me Wait", which took them into the studio -- initially to work on a Sting record but it soon graduated into a collective effort.
"We then started working on an album which was supposed to be mine," Sting, 66, told HELLO! magazine.
Shaggy, 49, added: "But I jumped on every song."
Sting continued: "It's a conversation between two people from different cultures and it is based on mutual affection and I think the joy comes off the tracks. It's a happy accident."
Disclaimer: No Business Standard Journalist was involved in creation of this content