Sting wrote this when he was visiting actor Peter O'Toole at his house in Ireland (at the time, O'Toole was dating Sting's soon-to-be girlfriend and future wife, Trudie Styler). He gave it to Grace Jones, who recorded it in 1981, and The Police recorded their version the next year when the band agreed they could do it better than Jones.
This was the first song recorded for the album, which The Police worked on in the Caribbean island of Montserrat. The session went well because the song was easy to play and the band was familiar with Jones' version.
This is one of the few Police songs that Sting occasionally played at his solo shows. It was in the set list for his first solo tour in 1985.
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