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Sting wrote this when he was visiting actor Peter O'Toole at his house in Ireland. He gave it to Grace Jones, who recorded it in 1981. The Police recorded their version the next year.
This was the first song recorded for the album, which The Police worked on in the Caribbean island of Montserrat. The session went well because the song was easy to play and the band was familiar with Jones' version.
The Police decided to record this when they agreed they could do it better than Jones.
One of the few Police songs that Sting occasionally plays at his shows. It was in the set list for his first solo tour in 1985.
A live version recorded by Sting in Paris on his first solo tour appears on Sting's 1986 album Bring On The Night.
Sting re-recorded this for 1993 movie Demolition Man, starring Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes. He laid down the basic tracks, and let the movie producers remix it with a techno beat for the film.
The album title comes from an Arthur Koestler book about the conflicting nature of man. The album cover is 3 symbols representing the band. Stewart Copeland is on the left, Sting is in the middle, and Andy Summers is on the right.
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Comments:
One of the greatest things about "The Police" is that the band enjoys to play music. You can hear that in "Demolition Man".
- franki, mars, ID
Even though Sting chose to record it as well, Grace's version remains the best-known edition of the song. Largely due to the groundbreaking video from her "One Man Show", which included the clone army.
- Reno, Copenhagen, Denmark
Manfred Mann covered this in 1983.
- Steve, St. Louis, MO