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Interpretations of the lyrics vary widely. [8] [9] Writing in Entertainment Weekly about a 1996 Sting tour, Chris Willman said: "The late-inning number that really gets [the crowd] galvanized is the edgy old Police staple that has the most old-fashioned unresolved rock tension in it, 'Synchronicity II'—which, after all, is a song about a domestic crisis so anxiety-producing that it wakes up ...
[3] In the US version of the single, "De Do Do Do De Da Da Da" was paired with "Friends", a composition by Andy Summers. "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" was released as the follow-up single to " Don't Stand So Close to Me " in Britain, and was released as the debut single from Zenyatta Mondatta in America.
In the most common version Sting is reading a copy of Carl Jung's Synchronicity (1960) on the front cover along with a superimposed negative image of the actual text of the synchronicity hypothesis. A photo on the back cover also shows a close-up, but mirrored and upside-down, image of Jung's book.
The oft-misunderstood “Every Breath You Take” became their first and only U.S. chart-topper and is arguably the biggest song of the 1980s, while “King of Pain,” “Wrapped Around Your ...
"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").
After the Synchronicity tour wrapped in March 1984, the Police went on what seemed like just a temporary hiatus at the time, with Sting recording his 1985 full-length solo debut, The Dream of the ...
[2] "Miss Gradenko" Stewart Copeland Synchronicity: 1983 [8] "Mother" Andy Summers Synchronicity: 1983 [8] "Murder by Numbers" † Sting Andy Summers Non-album single B-side of "Every Breath You Take" 1983 [14] "Next to You" Sting Outlandos d'Amour: 1978 [1] "No Time This Time" Sting Reggatta de Blanc: 1979 [2] "Nothing Achieving" † Stewart ...
"Tea in the Sahara" is a song by the British new wave band the Police. Written by Sting, the song appeared on the band's final album, Synchronicity. It was written about the Paul Bowles novel The Sheltering Sky. A live version of "Tea in the Sahara" appeared as the B-side to "King of Pain" in Britain and "Wrapped Around Your Finger" in America.