Invisible Sun

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"Invisible Sun"

Single by The Police
from the album Ghost in the Machine
Released	1981
Format	vinyl record (7")
Recorded	1981
Genre	New Wave
Length	3:44
Label	A&M Records
Writer(s)	Sting
Producer(s)	Stewart Copeland, Sting, Andy Summers
Chart positions
#2 (UK)
The Police singles chronology
"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" (1981)	"Invisible Sun" (1981)	"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" (1981)

Invisible Sun is a hit single by rock group The Police, released in 1981.

The single was only released in the United Kingdom, as the first single from the album Ghost in the Machine, where it reached number 2 in the charts. The song is about the tensions in Northern Ireland. Due to the subject of the song, Bono from rock group U2 performed duets of it with Sting when U2 and The Police appeared at the same concerts: the first such instance was in 1982 at a festival in Gateshead, England, and two subsequent instances occurred at the last two shows of Amnesty International's A Conspiracy of Hope Tour in 1986. [1]

The song is a departure from Police songs before it; "Invisible Sun" contains a dark, looping synthesizer beat, and powerful, haunting lyrics. Among other things, the lyrics refer to the ArmaLite rifle carried by the soldiers mentioned in the song. The music video for "Invisible Sun" features a collection of video clips taken from the conflict in Northern Ireland. Due to its subject matter, it was banned by the BBC.