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Best voice mail recording ever? Sting records ditty on 'Tonight Show'

Jimmy Fallon knows that when he gets a great singer as a guest on "The Tonight Show," he needs to use them to their full potential. So when Sting sat down Thursday night, Fallon had him sing — a ring tone.Always game, Sting was completely up to the task. The pair warmed up a bit first by getting Sting to do falsetto scat versions of classic instrumental ringtones (re-dubbed "Stingtones"). And t
Sting, Jimmy Fallon
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Jimmy Fallon knows that when he gets a great singer as a guest on "The Tonight Show," he needs to use them to their full potential. So when Sting sat down Thursday night, Fallon had him sing — a ring tone.

Always game, Sting was completely up to the task. The pair warmed up a bit first by getting Sting to do falsetto scat versions of classic instrumental ringtones (re-dubbed "Stingtones"). 

And then came the big finale! A young man was picked randomly from the audience to have Sting record a personal voice mail message on his phone. Using the Police's 1979 hit "Message in a Bottle" for a tune, he reworked the lyrics on the spot: "Sorry I'm away / Looks like you missed me, yo! / You just leave your name when you hear the beep, oh! / I hope that you will leave a / I hope that you will leave a message on my voice mail, yeah."

Sting wasn't the first to offer cellular assistance to an audience member: Steven Tyler gave someone from the crowd a personalized rockin' version of Aerosmith's "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing" back in April.

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