Writer: Sting
Producer: Hugh Padgham and the Police
Recorded: Late 1982/early 1983 in Montserrat
Released: May 1983
| Players: | Sting — vocals, bass Andy Summers — guitar Stewart Copeland — drums |
| Album: | Second Helping (A&M, 1983) |
The fourth single from the Police's Synchronicity album, “Synchronicity II” reached Number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
A companion piece to the album's other title track, “Synchronicity II” is the record's hardest rocker and was promoted with a post-apocalyptic video that featured the three Police members playing makeshift, primitive-looking instruments.
Synchronicity is a term psychologist Carl Jung created as part of his theories on the collective unconsciousness and mystical coincidence. Singer-bassist Sting was going through psychoanalysis while writing songs for the album.
The Police's most successful album, Synchronicity topped charts around the world, including in the U.S. and U.K.
The album received the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal.
