The Police - Invisible Sun (Official Music Video)

The Official Music Video for Invisible Sun. Taken from The Police - Ghost in the Machine.
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Lyrics:
One, two, three, four, five, six
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
I don't want to spend the rest of my life
Looking at the barrel of an Armalite
I don't want to spend the rest of my days
Keeping out of trouble like the soldiers say
I don't want to spend my time in hell
Looking at the walls of a prison cell
I don't ever want to play the part
Of a statistic on a government chart
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope when the whole day's done
It's dark all day and it glows all night
Factory smoke and acetylene light
I face the day with me head caved in
Looking like something that the cat brought in
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope when the whole day's done
And they're only going to change this place
By killing everybody in the human race
They would kill me for a cigarette
But I don't even wanna die just yet
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope when the whole day's done
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
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#ThePolice #InvisibleSun #GhostintheMachine

[@bop52465]

When this is the only footage you get to seen of Northern Ireland (as a Yank) in the early 80s, it stays with you.

[@paulmcdonough1093]

i was a soldier there in belfast

[@rheattegainer3368]

Exactly

[@Donegallass72schannel-bo2jg]

Because you clearly weren’t meant to

[@coolcatsguitars]

Yea me too as a yank, I only just now watched a doc about the "Troubles" as they called it, on youtube. im told im half Irish by birth yet i dont think i want to visit there, really a shame

[@samueljosephmcglynn8701]

​@coolcatsguitars You should visit. It's a beautiful place. Friendly people.

[@purplepelican69]

The Police weren't around very long as a unit - but long enough to become one of the greatest bands of all time. Immortality guaranteed.

[@purple8289]

About as long as the Beatles were which seems long enough.

[@britgilbert8736]

Absolutely

[@macmacreynolds8712]

They managed to make five albums between 1978 and 83, which is an impressive achievement!

[@macmacreynolds8712]

@D Z The Beatles lasted a little longer than the Police. 1962-70 and 1977-84, respectively.

[@johnblanchett9691]

@@macmacreynolds8712 Beatles were playing in Hamburg starting August of 1960 ... if we are getting factual✌

[@EVER4BEATLES]

Such a legendary song . Back in the early 80s when music and bands meant something. I miss these type of songs and the great artists who performed them.. we now dwell in a society where its all rubbish.

[@mikekaraoke]

Well not all of it is, but know what you mean!

[@ivanmay7890]

Ghost in the Machine is still an amazing album, even 40 years later.

[@TheGodParticle]

It's good but I think it had too much brass, trumpet, sax etc.

[@kurtspringer4071]

It's currently 104am in south dakota and I'm listening to ghost in the machine on vinyl.

[@shewolfcub3]

@@TheGodParticle its better than zenyatta middatta fuck that garbage album

[@marknewton3765]

@@kurtspringer4071 you have good taste in music...

[@jonanpie7]

:')

[@azapro911]

One of the best songs The Police ever did.

[@walendxweg]

+azapro911 XX

[@nelloqueendrumcover4173]

i don't like it more .. too creepy

[@PaweCzarnecki]

because of that its great

[@Hansjakopp]

your mum is creepy

[@coqui1550]

The video is somewhat somber, but very real.

[@jerryhoward8133]

Three extremely talented people who made some of the most relevant and powerful music ever created.

[@paulmcivor5246]

Jerry, I like your style..

[@zoltore23]

@@paulmcivor5246 AWWW!

[@12cm32]

I was an underground coal miner for 30 years. Still here, listening to The Police, best music ever...

[@arfurmo8844]

Excellent song and video, apart from the colour overlay. Let the people from the past speak for themselves.

[@danielkokal8819]

my gramp was a miner for 40 yrs. walked with a hunch. I wouldnt go into a coal mine for 5 minutes.

[@robertmoe2937]

If you're a coalminer who likes Sting you might want to look into "We Work the Black Seam", that is if you haven't heard it already.

[@shitpants9602]

"underground coal miner". Is there such a thing as an above ground coal miner? 😂

[@christinescarff4920]

There used to be a song ‘ Been a miner for a thousand years ‘ ! Of course Margaret Thatcher had it in for you miners, but then Arthur Scargill refused to compromise at all and really sold you all down the river for his own extreme ideology !! I remember the Miners’ strike, so well portrayed of course in the film ‘ Billy Elliot’.

[@alanmacseoin7626]

Still gives me goosebumps after all these years .

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

Is one of them "Invisible." You know what Geese say: "I Goose to be an Invisible Bump."

[@jenniferziff2196]

Same

[@vwvwvhauntwvwvwwvwvwvwvwv8646]

I understand now. Because of this comment.

[@vwvwvhauntwvwvwwvwvwvwvwv8646]

The Police are British counterintelligence, Alan. It's not a big secret.

[@penrodbarker3144]

@@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 You are the reason why I believe abortion should be legal

[@Allusionary]

To reinforce what others have said below, 39 years later and this song is as relevant to our current situation as it was to Northern Ireland in 1981. One of the best aspects of this song is that it's understated instead of loud and blaring. A brilliant work.

[@jedimasterjoe5386]

Bring back the black and tans

[@robertogiovanelli1709]

I am number 100 🙂👍👌

[@auburn_and_cordsdude7415]

Its also relevant in 2022 when i think about what Ukrainians are going through at the moment.

[@victoriabegdorian3735]

@@jedimasterjoe5386 Free and Unite Ireland

[@jedimasterjoe5386]

@@victoriabegdorian3735 shut it tiag

[@FuturisticNostalgiaFilms]

most. underrated. police. song. ever. made.

[@marlasteelepetpsychi]

agreed

[@BsideArchive]

My vote for most underrated Police song is Omegaman, but this one certainly doesn't get the praise it deserves either

[@tramlad2]

One of their very best, a bit more dark and brooding sound

[@MrMikeRobare]

Absolutely. Fucking. Agree.

[@michaelsaxonson251]

That's basically every song the Police made except Roxanne

[@andrewbedell-thepassingstr3746]

Back in the 80s when I was at school I heard the police on the radio and used to think they were a pretty decent band. I listen now in my 50s and appreciate how good they actually we're.. 🙂

[@bicyclexx7]

I don't believe I'm that old !

[@johndrake2729]

Yep. Wrote a lot of great classics.

[@beckyhicks5889]

I was 14 in the Fall of 1983 when I first heard this song and saw this video on MTV. I had learned and kept track the violence in Northern Ireland from the time I was 12 years old in 1981. I was very moved by the meaning of this song and the video. I'm 54 now and love this song as much as I did back then. What a band! What a masterpiece!❤

[@andrewisotope8146]

The wokes band this video, the wokes back then were just getting started, what killjoy wankers hey?

[@johnnyenglish9622]

You will never get a band this good again. The imagery of a terrible time in Northern Ireland.

[@craggler5882]

It spoke to more than Ireland. It's still more than relevant now. More so.

[@T00D_HOWARD]

should have lived through it mater

[@TheConservativeinaction]

Easily one of their best most underrated songs.

[@redskies4530]

Hi I recommend a song called 'The Bond Villain' By Robert Nix

[@joeblow4785]

There has to be an invisible sun It gives its heat to everyone There has to be an invisible sun That gives us hope when the whole day's done

[@IotaEtaSigma]

Yes, there is am invisible sun, and his name is Jesus Christ. I know that for a fact.

[@SuperTreemendus]

​@@IotaEtaSigmaYou poisonous individual! If you know it's JC then please provide us all with the evidence?

[@valleyofthedolls]

​@@IotaEtaSigmaplease stop and let's enjoy the music

[@thewomble1509]

@@valleyofthedolls Each to their own, oh tolerant one,

[@hugoff10k86]

Very hard to understand how this song is underrated. One of the best police song in my mind

[@keithjones6023]

Love this song, and the video matches the mood of the song perfectly!

[@kzcb9630]

How long were they together for?

[@hugoff10k86]

@@kzcb9630 from 1976 to 1984

[@RichV20]

The other Police songs are timeless or a universal theme. This one is kid of dated due to the specific context, but still vague enough where it isn't.

[@stj971]

IS THE BEST!

[@semilife]

The Police made some instantly recognisable signature songs, but had a habit of creating absolute underrated gems like this. I have been listening to The Police since the early 80s and they never tire on me, will always come back to their music eventually. An exploration of the dark and troubled times in Northern Ireland.

[@mikekaraoke]

Why not since the late 70's 78/79??

[@KurtFuller]

When I was a kid (late 80s) I listened to it every night, laying in my bedroom and looking to the stars through my window. I always imagined that I built a space gear and traveled through the universe and to far planets.

[@thereisnosanctuary6184]

Best time to be a lad

[@delliv5451]

Wow... I had and I still have the exact same imagination and desire..

[@davidmccrory5604]

Yer they really grew some good shit back then hey space cadet

[@juanitaespinoza6619]

Evocative of a time in my youth when I had wings to fly through a limitless universe full of dreams.

[@Jatadhari1000]

​@@davidmccrory5604you must've had a terrible childhood to have no imagination as a child . My sympathies

[@williammccready7278]

This song is absolutely haunting now, released in late 1981. I had just joined the Army, a 17 year old kid. As many have said, one of their forgotten gems. 43 years ago, an absolutely incredible song from an unforgettable album!

[@kingbuckyduck5669]

The way this video ends at 4:16 with Sting singing the words, “All I want is a place somewhere, far away from the cold night air!” really adds to how poignant this song is and perfectly describes the fear in Northern Ireland during the IRA days. That lyric was taken from the song “Wouldn’t It Be Lovely?” from the musical “My Fair Lady”.

[@jamesheath7601]

That bit’s beautiful

[@shawnkavanagh2951]

"the IRA days"? You mean the days where Crown forces killed with impunity?

[@aaronholmes8568]

@@shawnkavanagh2951 neither side is squeaky clean here Shawn. Between the crown forces, the loyalist factions and the republican factions, there's blood on everyone's hands. All I can hope for now is we try to move on and live and love in this wee country and try to be accepting of each others cultures, languages, etc. I hope that you can find peace with the past like I did and we can be neighbours. I was raised protestant (small P) and only in my adult life have I learned to accept and love my Irish roots as well as my british ones.

[@Madasin_Paine]

@@aaronholmes8568 Empire and tyranny isn't just about color nor just religion, its about free will and who wields it. Justice for me (the crown, the cartel, the robber barons) not for thee.

[@greigmartin9148]

@@aaronholmes8568 good man. 👍

[@JD-zw4pz]

The best band of the 80's hands down

[@brianbiechele1908]

Oh, you mean The Clash.

[@globalturfwar]

Quite literally the most depressing songs ever written. And one of the most beautiful - because it was about something real and not teen angst narcissism

[@phibsterletgamer1774]

Totally agree other bands were good at it too , depeche mode especially, omd , big country simple minds list goes on . The Police had a very distinctive sound a lot of teens could learn a lot from 80s music

[@domingosjenilson2840]

Muito bon

[@andromedav.4474]

globalturfwar YES!! 👍

[@tcb9775]

That's real. I need to show my kids these jams when they are old enough 🙂

[@johnaylmer3690]

@@phibsterletgamer1774 The sad thing is todays Teen is lead to believe Ed Sheeran is talented,so if your unlucky enough as a teen where your parents/older sibling was into shite music in the first place before Simon Cowell and the likes came and murdered music, created a horrible picture of popular music where teens think because it's played on the radio it must be good,most people around them are listening to the same shite because that's all they have ever heard,so they know no better!! We can't judge Teens for that! In reality the finger should be pointed at other people.. Just go and pick any random week from the 60's/70's/80's and look at the top 50 singles charts, you will know probability 10 and more of these tracks from each week that you will not only know, you will love so many of those tracks... In a way I feel privileged to grow up in a time where music was real,fresh,new and with a concept behind it that you were learning about the world around you without even knowing at times.....But sadly those time are gone:( Now shaking your ass and having a cool hairstyle sells records.. Please listen to the 2018 British Christmas singles chart number one!!!! Seriously,How did we get here?

[@juliegogola4647]

This song is just 1 of the many great songs on "Ghost in the machine", The Police were such a great band.

[@PatriciaMoreno-ff8pr]

Yes they were great ! I love the Police ! Great songs !Their music takes me back to the mid 80's or so, hanging out with my ex. A simpler, carefree time as I navigated my late teens, and frankly felt quite lost as far as what I was going to do for the rest of my life. And yet my social circle and the great music of that time, kept me going and gave me some fond & lasting memories.

[@juliegogola4647]

@@PatriciaMoreno-ff8pr I was about 11 or 12 when I first heard and loved the Police, I had a crush on Andy Summers and THEN Sting, then back to Andy Summers. I hadn't crushed on Stewart Copeland though. From them, I went on to Iron maiden, a heavy metal British band, etc. Great times.

[@Revere71]

"Ghost" IS their BEST album. Full stop.

[@juliegogola4647]

@@Revere71 I did enjoy the 3 albumns by the Police BEFORE "Ghost in the machine". I am almost 100% sure that "Ghost in the machine" had been the bands 4th albumn. With "Regatta de Blanc", "Outlandos D'amour, Zenyatta Mondatta coming FIRST. Then "Ghost in the machine", and "Synchronicity" being last. BUT, for sure "Ghost in the machine" is made up of songs that are just way different than past songs by The Police.

[@Yakkymania]

⁠​⁠@@juliegogola4647Outlandos D’Amour was before Regatta de Blanc, but other than that you’re correct.

[@katelynneshouse2834]

Happy 39th Anniversary to one of the most poignant and utterly fantastic songs ever.......❤

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

Would not it be weird, if, " ", was an "Invisible Sum."

[@ecclestonsangel]

This song has as much relevance here in our country as it did for the Irish troubles in the 70s and 80s. It's very subtle and not in your face, which is why it's timeless. And Stewart Copeland is a rock GOD!

[@TYKCUF]

It's actually about the Khameer Rouge in the early 70's. You know Pol Pot and friends!

[@richiehoyt8487]

​@@TYKCUF I assume you're trolling - wasn't a lot of 'factory smoke and acetylene light' in and around Pnohm Pen when the Khmer Rouge were 'runnin ting'. Plenty dirt farming though! And for all that Northern Ireland was a sh1† - show that very nearly went 'full Yugoslavia', compared to Cambodia, really, it was Peppa Pig...

[@saintgeorge6706]

Hauntingly beautiful.

[@jimfin12]

Thats right Steptoe.

[@LuvMyRoadKingClassic]

Sure is...

[@robinsss]

could this have inspired U2's first album?

[@Iugeer]

@@robinsss e

[@heloisasantosoliveira5017]

Yes.

[@celticwarrior9123]

Thank God 🙏Belfast has come a long way since this video was made.

[@elena16350]

No it hasn’t, thanks to the hopeless politicians, English Irish and EU.

[@paulmcdonough1093]

wrong you dont live there

[@mygoogle1594]

Brexit has undermined the Stormont agreement.

[@shitpants9602]

It has indeed. Anyone who reckons it hasn't has never been to the city or wasn't alive during this time.

[@Brecconable]

@@mygoogle1594Incorrect. It is the EU that has undermined Stormont.

[@wolfwebshow]

This song is a masterpiece, wish I could like the video more than once

[@briandavis8939]

Well some of the video was shot where I live dark days but best times living in Belfast still live here

[@mikekaraoke]

@@briandavis8939 You misread his comment lol

[@brandonedge]

Listening since 82 when I was 3. I'm told I would dance to The Police with headphones holding on to the stereo before I could walk.

[@everythingexplored5233]

Most underrated police song

[@archad007]

I visited Belfast in 80's as teenager. I was camping in front of the railway station when police came and escorted me and some other people in an armored car like the one in video to the police station. They put us in the room, brought us a heater, in the morning made a coffee for us and drove back to railway station. Was the best experience with police I ever had. I remember there were soldiers with machine guns on almost every corner...I visited Northern Ireland last year again, it's a huge difference. Normal country now

[@patcom1013]

Its not a country (and never was).

[@Anw120]

The British police took you in like that? Sounds cool as hell, but wondering - what compelled them to bring you in?

[@skepticscircle1497]

@@Anw120 They thought they were eyes for the IRA.

[@annescholey6546]

It's had its share of pain

[@crickcrot]

Anne Scholey yep and the pain was self inflicted religious tribalism.

[@tufty7026]

Andy’s guitar tone and thematic solo are killer on this track.

[@johndrake2729]

Superb classic. Writing is tops, too.

[@LuckenbachTexas7499]

One of the very best songs on my combat patrol playlist when I served in the military. Even the young troops could dig this song.

[@cinqo7]

It just doesn't get any better at one of the coolest intro of any song ever!

[@nealharrison4703]

Black

[@mikehead9126]

I was in the seventh grade in 1981 when I saw this on TV.

[@Lazarus_81]

And ending

[@tomt6142]

@@mikehead9126 Wow that's incredible.

[@sillycrow3834]

cinqo7 fuck yeah! Absolutely!

[@ruthdixon7807]

the thumping bassline that runs through the verse drops away into a chasm for the chorus. absolutely fantastic.

[@Tabish29]

The synth. The snare. The lyrics. Andy's screeching work in the back. Seriously hard to get any more musical.

[@MsFanmail]

the police most serious song they ever did and my favourite

[@olivierroger7799]

Right man

[@thebunk8588]

@@olivierroger7799 the only serious one i think lol

[@jaymadsen6489]

@@thebunk8588 you should probably read more of their lyrics. I'm not their biggest fan but this was not their only serious song

[@edvinlaine]

Fragile is serious enough.

[@mikey_suzefour]

@@edvinlaine Sting solo made Fragile his own after 9/11 - It's very sorrowful.

[@MilkAndCornbreadd]

An absolutely amazing and chilling track by The Police. For me, it still stands out as their best single. I find that it brings me to a very nostalgic place in my life at the tender age of 10 at the time it was released.

[@RichardFriendartist]

we are about the same age. I got into the Police at about age 11 and saw them live at age 13. So cool to have seen them in person back then!

[@henrystowe6217]

So was their song "One World" off the same recording. Insane, eh?

[@stanleydolan5609]

Most likely their most bold song they put out, knowing of the response after the release, but for inspiration to those whom faced oppression. Which makes this song relevant to this day , since history tends to repeating itself in the end for greed.

[@giorgiarozza6617]

One of the best songs of the Twentieth century

[@serekithegreat]

The Cops! Hell of a band, and Sting is a musical genius. Stewart Copeland on percussion just adds to this bands musical perfection. ✌🏾😎

[@MrGugwe]

The Cops! 😂

[@naomi-gd3pg]

That would be The Police

[@britgilbert8736]

serekithegreat don’t forget Andy summers amazing guitarist all 3 of them are perfectionist at their craft

[@Reuben007Ash]

So realistic song . black & white video tells everything , makes me so sad . its truly takes me back in time . Bravo Police .

[@MrSteviebabe]

+Reuben Binyamin Its only a matter of time...things have a habit of going around!!!

[@Noodles37UK]

+Reuben Binyamin Can't believe how they're getting away with today's self obsessed unimaginative shite.

[@Noodles37UK]

Yeah, maybe sitting down and actually writing and composing will come back into fashion.Stevie Babe

[@MrSteviebabe]

This is all beyond me....scrolled down to see what I posted all I have is Noodles37uk comments...what did I say??

[@Noodles37UK]

Well i haven't been cheeky. Stevie Babe

[@tcollins7081]

The Police knew exactly what they were doing when they made this song, this song still has great meaning still today, just a amazing powerful song

[@joeblow4785]

Thank you freedom loving drummer Stewart for pounding us freedom loving humans into the Invisible Sun with your snare drum strikes !!

[@rdrwlb]

i was in Jackson Correctional when i heard this song, changed my life

[@adamlaw8931]

When I was a teenager,this song had a strange appeal to me. Only as an adult did I truly understand.....

[@stephanearthaud8308]

As a frenchman, it makes me exactly the same if the lyrics aren't written on the jacket of the disc. I could understand some snippets, as a teenager... For example "killing everybody in the human race" (And I really liked this idea, except my mother and a few friends...) Which is very different from "they're only going to change this place by killing everybody in the human race", which probably means it is a better solution to leave it. Because the human race won't change.

[@guitarmagik71]

Agreed, it's so sad, the White Washing of America by our own government. I'm surprised we know anything that happens outside of America. When will that freedom be taken away

[@kenmcbreairty7878]

Now you understand the horror of Man's inhumanity to man. The British Empire brutal.

[@olliefoxx7165]

@@stephanearthaud8308 lol. You've got it!

[@richardleinicke6426]

I loved this song as a kid without ever knowing the political ramifications of it. Never saw the video until years later.

[@12cm32]

I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THE POLICE FOR 40 YEARS PARTY, BBQ ANYWHERE GREAT MUSIC... TIMELESS...

[@CIF-pm7tk]

This masterpiece of sound and picture is so deep and meaningful! its a song you can listen to on repeat and it just gets better and better!

[@SenorQuichotte]

Final line of lyrics is from My Fair Lady. "all I want is a place somewhere far away from the cold night air". Immortal.

[@mikey_suzefour]

*There has to be an invisible sun that gives us hope when the whole day's done...*

[@seanmoran6510]

@@SpikeMichaels There are many mansions and many rooms too see.

[@breatheeasily4013]

Beautiful.

[@priyankarchakraborty3874]

This song deserves more praise And to reiterate what others have said, nothing has changed. This song mirrors global society and probably will do so forever

[@j.marston]

I've always loved that whoa oh oh whoa part.

[@rampageclover9788]

One of their best tracks...very powerful message behind it.

[@maureent6800]

Makes me think for all the good woman men and children brutally murdered in Ukrane,,

[@rampageclover9788]

@@maureent6800 yeah, that automatically comes to mind...

[@007ndc]

The artists the Police themselves said that the song while at the time written in 1981 specifically about The Troubles in Northern Ireland has morphed into a lament /commentary on oppression and occupation from a child's viewpoint. Sadly there are too many places on the planet now where that is happening. Such a powerful song

[@benedettobruno1669]

Always and forever, thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique bands such as the Police and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. What would our lives have been without British bands? Thank you from Sicily. (The image of that tall young man with his hands into his jacket pockets (3:39) walking with his mates struck me back in 1981 or 82 when I first saw this video on tv, and still does now. No idea why. God only knows).

[@markgreet3543]

Classic, sting and police had amazing talent.this is an classic.

[@x101st]

My favorite Police song hands down! Saw them in 84, and it ROCKED!!! Thanks for posting!

[@TheMICKLEE777]

One of their best songs.......

[@saileshcreado9982]

Being a musician myself, this by far has been a band way beyond their times. Have heard them in the late 80s, well into the 90s n now, this kind of music is too hard to cover, must humbly admit

[@thewomble1509]

It's actually one of Sting's simpler songs musically. The bass is a pumped eighth note riff from D to B in the verse and a repeated seventh/pentatonic pattern in the chorus. The Guitar lines are two simple riffs in the verse that are the same just over different chords and the drums are paired back to a straight 2-4 in the verse with accented cymbal and floor tom crashes in the chorus.

[@Backwoods_870]

Not alot of bands music become timeless...The Police pulled it off spectacularly

[@WaterfordIrelandGirl]

their best song and most powerful one

[@kawirocket88]

I remember blowing this one up in 1982 at 12 yrs old. My dad even liked it 👍

[@brianmiller2877]

A visual and aural powerhouse for anyone who patiently perseveres against life’s demons. A masterpiece and their best work by far.

[@alanhigginson7679]

Andy's guitar playing on this shows what a great player he is pure sugar

[@danieljakubik3428]

One of the best songs of The Police

[@musiccollector]

This entire album is sheer, splendid brilliance. Every song a gem. Got the LP to love for a long time.

[@starrcade97films]

And I will always need an invisible sun, a sun that will provide me with warmth and give me the happiness I need to live well...

[@jenniferlogan-porter9788]

That intro gives me chills every time I hear it 😮

[@ericparker1346]

sometimes just a strong drum part with heart, pulse great vocals, a cool guitar lick and great lyrics is all it takes! Love this song!!!

[@ericparker1346]

its about the hunger strike in Northern Ireland 1.2.3.4.5.6 people died I think.. not sure. Great video too!

[@reachforthesky666]

very fitting for today's current circumstances

[@terencemeikle534]

That line about the factory smoke and acetylene light is one of the most haunting, stark, bleak lyrics I've ever heard. It comes to mind a lot. A dark masterpiece of a song. 💎

[@denisconnolly5064]

I was brought up in Holywood (near Belfast) and lived all of this. I recall the BBC banned this song because it showed the 'United Kingdom' in it's true form. I'm worried about what's happening now with this Brexit problem, burning buses oh no.

[@elena16350]

Let’s hope someone with common sense sorts it out, it really isn’t an insoluble problem, just the brits getting of there bums and doing some graft ,which has always been difficult for Tory imbeciles.

[@fredparker1734]

I knew it.....I was just about to ask if anyone could remember this being banned,by the B.B.C.....thank you,for answering my question,even before I asked it.

[@christinescarff4920]

I didn’t know this song was banned by the BBC, but I agree with you about the Brexit problem ! English ‘ up themselves ‘ again ? !!!

[@gryff8400]

The video was banned. The song got played. I watched the video for the first time ever today, 40 years later. .. I reckon if we'd seen it back then, Northern Ireland could have been a better place sooner. I had no idea what Northern Ireland looked like or its people. Such a shame. So much time and lives wasted.

[@kevinbuja8105]

This video was banned for a long time in Northern Ireland.

[@87bogey]

Haunting but beautiful.The North was a bleak spot back then.

[@kylesinhal3089]

"All I want is a place somewhere, far away from the cold night air"

[@TheBundleofkent]

Copeland's snare sound is incredible and well known, but the cymbal work on this one are some of the best I have ever heard.

[@chriswinkler284]

The sound of this track (especially the howling aspect) used to terrify the HELL out of me as a kid!

[@DJH1971]

Truly powerful and compelling and tells the story and era like it was

[@MarlonDGandy]

Beautiful song with beautiful memories ❤❤

[@Sameoldfitup]

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams

[@Poetikaliz]

Sting is an amazing, intelligent, happy individual. to me he is a great example, I often wonder what his female exchange would have been like . I know, it doesn't matter, literally, but I am so happy for this man to be alive!

[@gordonstewardson7683]

Kate Bush?

[@vanishingpoint80]

Elizabeth Faitarone if you really skim it down then it's gotta be Tracy chapman. Being concise here in terms of passion, ability, conviction. The funny thing is chapman is globally more well known by ear, sting is more often than not known by his fame. It is what is I guess.

[@anarchovegan9738]

''FEMALE EXCHANGE''... WHAT KIND OF SEXIST BULLSHIT IS THAT?

[@gordonstewardson7683]

Oh, grow up!

[@pauldunneska]

Elizabeth Faitarone Female exchange is that about how many female fans he slept with?

[@joeyaerosmith]

I think this really this could be my favorite song ever, and I mean in my entire life. Still amazes me after so many years.

[@ericfoster8411]

This song rips so hard

[@paulcalladine.7377]

Now I am a massive Police fan and as great as all their stuff is, I have to say that Invisible Sun is so underrated as in radio play and Ghost In The Machine is my favourite album and that is saying something as I love them all.....The Police as a group ended way too soon in my opinion ☺☺

[@Mike-dv6es]

Adam and the ants stopped it from reaching number one. A great track, and very haunting for '81!

[@rojohe]

The impact of this particular song and music video remains undiminished after 40 years.

[@Jatadhari1000]

That little kid throwing a stone at the APC really got to me , hit me where it hurts

[@robertwuster5102]

That little kid is in his mid 40's now.

[@meandthemrs7403]

I always thought it was kind of funny. Cute little kid.

[@thewomble1509]

@@meandthemrs7403 Funny??? You silly bugger.

[@patwasilko8005]

👌the intro to this song. 1-2-3-4-5-6.🎸🥁🎹🎤invisible ☀️

[@colourful999real7]

BRITISH 🇬🇧 BEST GROUP BAND EVER IN HISTORY MASTERPIECE THE GENIUS FABULOUS

[@torsch69]

The Police was my favorite band when I was a kid. I have Zenyatta Mendatta, Ghost in the Machine and Synchronicity on vinyl.

[@christinescarff4920]

The irony of this song ending with ‘ All I want is a place somewhere ‘ from My Fair Lady would be lost on most people ! Wouldn’t it be luvverly ?

[@joeblow4785]

Thank you Stewart for pounding us into the Musical Unseen Spiritual Realm with you perfectly timed snare drum strikes !!!!!!!!!

[@Poetikaliz]

Your comment is the best I 📚 read!

[@kovenilluminati]

Hypnotic, haunting, enigmatic, dark, mysterious.

[@moal-ani6697]

one of those super tracks ..

[@Noodles37UK]

+Ali Kathum Autumn '81. The charts on a Sunday afternoon, Radio 1 were the highlight of the week for us teenagers.

[@robertarthur887]

Songs like this hit home when kids heard them playing out loud, -from cars, dorms, garages. MTV didn't matter yet. People had musical souls, and the rockers cared.

[@thewildwil2544]

The more I listen to Andy play that guitar of his makes me realize how great he is at it! The riff in this is just golden

[@gunterdeclercq3170]

Still listening in 2019! And you?

[@jcmc9115]

still listening forever

[@mikey_suzefour]

@@jcmc9115 Same here.

[@synaptik111]

damn straight!

[@Lazarus_81]

🙋🏽‍♂️

[@alauraroarialis8815]

absolutely!

[@jeffmccallum9059]

One of my favorites from the 80's.. We can never go back 🕚 but relive the memories thru🎵🎶

[@LP-qi8hs]

I bought this LP the first time I heard this song when I was young at 80's. One of the greatest The Police song. This song will live forever.

[@welleffitthen]

Always thought this was their greatest single, this was the version played on MTV, and the term "looking like something that the cat brought in", I'm sure has applied to everyone out there at one time or another. Just an excellent haunting song that took a lot of talent to make.

[@iceguyred123]

At the end he's singing; "All I want is a room somewhere, Far away from the cold night air" The following ( and implied missing lines are; "With one enormous chair. Oh, wouldn't it be loverly?" Eliza Doolittle sings it in My Fair Lady

[@peterlaustra2892]

Will this be Belfast again .after Brexit?

[@writtenbyraymildo8557]

It's place. Not room he meant 😉

[@bxlawless100]

I never heard that! Thanks!!!

[@benstephens34]

I’ve been wondering what the hell he was singing at the end. It’s not in the album release, at least not in any version I’ve heard before seeing the video. Thank you!