Synchronicity II - The Police

Personally, I think the best Police track is 'Synchronicity II', as it displays an amount of aggression that is not equalled in any other piece of music I know. The title refers to Carl Jung's theory of Synchronicity. It tells the story of an emasculated husband and harried father whose home, work life, and environment are terrible and depressing. One of the best lines in the track is 'every single meeting with his so-called superior/is a humiliating kick in the crotch', as the visual image underlines the music so well.

According to Sting: 'Jung believed there was a large pattern to life, that it wasn't just chaos. Our song 'Synchronicity II' is about two parallel events that aren't connected logically or causally, but symbolically.'

I have two copies of this single: the regular UK single featuring the B-side 'Once upon a daydream', and a Brazilian copy, which features the earlier single 'Wrapped around your finger' on the B-side. 'Synchronicity II' reached number 17 in the UK singles chart.

My collection: 7" single no. 1166 / no. 3247
Found: Record fair, 1990 / London, October 20, 2000
Cost: 5 guilders / 1 pound
Tracks (no. 1166): 'Synchronicity II' / 'Wrapped around your finger'
Tracks (no. 3247): 'Synchronicity II' / 'Once upon a daydream'