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"Wrapped Around Your Finger" is the second UK single (and fourth US single) from The Police's 1983 album ''Synchronicity''. Written by Sting; it was released worldwide by A&M Records and featured the non-album track "Someone to Talk To" as a B-side in the UK, while a live version of "Tea in the Sahara" was the US B-side. The song was also featured in a music video where The Police performed in a set filled with candles. The video was performed in a faster speed than the song, and was slowed down to synchronise with the song. ==Background== Like other tracks on ''Synchronicity'', such as "Every Breath You Take" and "King of Pain," "Wrapped Around Your Finger" was a personal song for Sting. He said in an interview, Every Breath You Take,' 'Wrapped Around Your Finger' were all about my life."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sting.com/discography/index/album/albumId/158/tagName/Singles%20(The%20Police) )〕 Sting described "Wrapped Around Your Finger" as "a spiteful song about turning the tables on someone who had been in charge."〔 Like other Police songs from this period, it features mythological and literary references, including the Scylla and Charybdis monsters of Greek mythology, and the German legend of Faust. It has a relatively slow, almost foreboding feel in the beginning verses, modulating to evoke a lighter, triumphant feel during the chorus. "Wrapped Around Your Finger" was released as the follow-up to the worldwide hit "Every Breath You Take." In Britain, it reached number 7 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1983,〔(The Police in the UK Charts ), The Official Charts.〕 and in the US, it was instead released as the fourth single from ''Synchronicity'' (after "Every Breath You Take," "King of Pain," and "Synchronicity II"). The single reached No. 8 on the ''Billboard'' chart in March 1984. The British picture sleeve for "Wrapped Around Your Finger" was released in three colour variations: blue, red, and yellow.〔 The single was also released on a picture disc, featuring the face of either Sting, Andy Summers, or Stewart Copeland.〔 Out of the twelve thousand copies released, however, ten thousand had Sting's face on it, while Summers and Copeland appeared on one thousand each (making the latter two variations somewhat rare.)〔 The B-side of the song in Britain, "Someone to Talk To," was written by guitarist Andy Summers. Sting refused to provide vocals, leaving Summers to sing. Summers expressed disappointment at this, saying, "Maybe I had just split up from my wife. It was a nice thing I had on the guitar and I was disappointed that Sting wouldn't sing it. That would have given it more of an official stamp."〔 Drummer Stewart Copeland said of this conflict, "Andy did his best on vocals but I too was disappointed that Sting didn't sing it. He was very touchy about lyrics."〔 The American B-side, "Tea in the Sahara" (live), comes from the Synchronicity Tour. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wrapped Around Your Finger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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