Wrapped Around Your Finger

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“Wrapped Around Your Finger”
Single by The Police from the album Synchronicity
Released	July 1983 (1983-07)
Format	7", 12"
Recorded	1983
Genre	New Wave
Length	5:13
Label	A&M - AM 127
Writer(s)	Sting
Producer	The Police
The Police singles chronology
"Every Breath You Take" (1983) "Wrapped Around Your Finger" (1983) "Synchronicity II" (1983) Alternate covers French 7-inch single cover

"Wrapped Around Your Finger" is the second UK single from The Police's 1983 album Synchronicity. It was released worldwide by A&M Records and featured non-album track "Someone To Talk To" as a b-side.

It has a relatively slow, almost foreboding feel, which occasionally changes to become somewhat lighter. It reached #7 in the UK charts in July 1983 and was the fourth single from Synchronicity to chart in the US, making it to #8 on the Billboard chart in March of 1984.

Contents 1 Cover versions 2 Credits 3 Track listing 3.1 7": A&M / AM 127 3.2 12": A&M / AMX 127 3.3 12": A&M / SP17264 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Cover versions

• On the CD Policia! - A Tribute to the Police, the Christian metalcore band, Underoath did this song for a cover song. Also on the CD, are many other modern bands that did covers for The Police.
• Brazilian alternative rock band Skank played an upbeat version of this song in Spanish language, titled "Estaré Prendido En Tus Dedos" ("I'll Be Bound to Your Fingers", or in the song context, a translation of the chorus line, "I'll be wrapped around your finger"), in their live album Skank MTV ao vivo.
• Dutch alternative rock/grunge band Green Lizard did a cover version of this song on their debut album Identity in 2000.
• Costarican Rock band Nada plays a sensual acoustic version of it every once in a while on their shows, this version has not yet been recorded.

[edit] Credits

• Sting - Fretless bass guitar, lead and backing vocals
• Andy Summers - Guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Someone To Talk To", effects
• Stewart Copeland - Drums

[edit] Track listing

[edit] 7": A&M / AM 127

1. "Wrapped Around Your Finger" - 5:14
2. "Someone To Talk To" - 3:08

• also released on picture disc (AMP127). One per member.

[edit] 12": A&M / AMX 127

1. "Wrapped Around Your Finger" - 5:14
2. "Someone To Talk To" - 3:08
3. "Message In A Bottle" (Live) - 4:52
4. "I Burn For You" - 4:50

[edit] 12": A&M / SP17264

1. "Wrapped Around Your Finger" - 5:14
2. "Wrapped Around Your Finger" (Live) - 5:21
3. "Murder By Numbers" - 4:37
4. "Someone To Talk To" - 3:08

• US promo 12"

[edit] References

• Wrapped Around Your Finger - technical notes on the music video from director Daniel Pearl.

[edit] External links

• Wrapped Around Your Finger video at YouTube

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