We Work the Black Seam

"We Work the Black Seam"
Single by Sting
from the album The Dream of the Blue Turtles
B-side	"The Dream of the Blue Turtles"
Released	June 17, 1985 (1985-06-17)
Recorded	November 1984 – March 1985
Studio	Blue Wave Studio, Saint Philip, Barbados and Le Studio, Morin-Heights, Quebec, Canada
Genre	Pop rock jazz rock
Length	5:42
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Sting
Producer(s)	Sting and Pete Smith
Sting singles chronology
"Moon Over Bourbon Street" (1986) "We Work the Black Seam" (1985) "We'll Be Together" (1987)

"We Work the Black Seam" is a 1986 song by Sting and is the sixth single from his debut studio album The Dream of the Blue Turtles. It was released as a single in Germany, New Zealand and Australia. The song expresses about the miners strike in the United Kingdom in 1984 and 1985.