Wrapped Around Your Finger

"Wrapped Around Your Finger"
European picture sleeve
Single by the Police
from the album Synchronicity
B-side
Released
  • 8 July 1983 (1983-07-08) (UK)
  • January 1984 (US)
RecordedDecember 1982–February 1983
Studio
GenreNew wave
Length5:13
LabelA&M (AM 127)
Songwriter(s)Sting
Producer(s)
The Police UK singles chronology
"Every Breath You Take"
(1983)
"Wrapped Around Your Finger"
(1983)
"Synchronicity II"
(1983)
The Police US singles chronology
"Synchronicity II"
(1983)
"Wrapped Around Your Finger'"
(1983)
"Don't Stand So Close to Me '86"
(1986)
Music video
"Wrapped Around Your Finger" on YouTube

"Wrapped Around Your Finger" is the second single in the UK (and the fourth single in the US) 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 the B-side in the UK, while a live version of "Tea in the Sahara" was the B-side in the US.

  1. ^ Buskin, Richard (March 2004). "Classic Tracks: The Police's 'Every Breath You Take'". Sound on Sound.