In 1983, sometime between the M*A*S*H finale, the shock of seeing Darth Vader’s face, and the Cabbage Patch Riots, the Police issued the year’s music blockbuster. The trio’s fifth and final album, Synchronicity, was almost immediately the best-selling album released that year. Just one more reason I love 80’s music!

It won the band three Grammys, and its centerpiece, “Every Breath You Take” was the year’s top single, while “Wrapped Around Your Finger” and “King of Pain” made the Top 10. The Police’s MTV-sponsored Synchronicity tour was one of the year’s biggest, and then a few years later the Police executed their biggest trick by breaking up at their commercial peak!

Four decades after its release, we’ll finally be able to hear a little more of the song “Every Breath You Take.”

An upcoming box-set edition of the Police’s final album “Synchronicity” will include the demo version. An upcoming box-set edition of the Police’s final album “Synchronicity” will include the demo version.

The demo sounds incredibly different without Andy Summers’ familiar and catchy guitar line. Listen as the Police’s ‘Every Breath You Take’ Comes to Life here: Listen to The Police’s Demo Version of “Every Breath You Take” from the Band’s Deluxe ‘Synchronicity’ Reissue (americansongwriter.com) And find out more behind the scenes with “Every Breath You Take” like where Sting wrote the famous song. Thanks for your beautiful music, Sting and The Police!