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"Wrapped Around Your Finger" was released as the follow-up to the worldwide hit "Every Breath You Take." In Britain, it reached No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1983, [ 5 ] and in the US, it was instead released as the fourth single from Synchronicity (after "Every Breath You Take," "King of Pain," and " Synchronicity II ").
The Cranberries were an Irish rock band formed in Limerick in 1989. The band was originally named The Cranberry Saw Us, and featured singer Niall Quinn, guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist Mike Hogan (Noel's brother), and drummer Fergal Lawler; Quinn was replaced as lead singer by Dolores O'Riordan in 1990, and the group changed their name to the Cranberries.
The Cranberries were an Irish rock band formed in Limerick in 1989, originally under the name The Cranberry Saw Us. Although widely associated with alternative rock, the band's sound incorporates post-punk and rock elements.
The lyrics of "Tea in the Sahara" were inspired by the Paul Bowles book The Sheltering Sky. The first section of that book is called "Tea in the Sahara". In it, the character Port is told a story in which three sisters wait for a prince to join them for tea in the Sahara Desert, but the prince never returns. [1]
The album marked a significant reduction in the reggae influences that were a part of the band's first four studio albums, instead featuring production-heavy textures and liberal use of synthesizers that, at times, drove entire songs ("Synchronicity I", "Wrapped Around Your Finger").
In 1990, "Linger" was released on a demo tape with "Dreams" in Ireland only in the middle of that year under their initial band name, the Cranberry Saw Us. [9] In 2017, an acoustic, stripped-down version of "Linger" was released as the lead single from the band's seventh studio album, Something Else. [10] "Linger" is written in the key of D ...
"King of Pain" was released as the second single in the US and the fourth single in the UK, taken from their fifth and final album, Synchronicity (1983). The song was released after the eight-week appearance of "Every Breath You Take" on top of the charts.
The turning of her face to alabaster, seems to lend itself to the theory that he has gotten what he wanted from her and now the "servant is your master." In a complex relationship with a married woman it seems like through some sort of potential threats or intimidation to reveal the relationship he has gained control of her.