 Genius Meanings
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The Police – Spirits in the Material World
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“Spirits In The Material World” was an internationally successful single, reaching the top 10 in Germany and The Netherlands, and #12 in the UK charts & #11 in the US in early 1982
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Pato Banton – Spirits In A Material World
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Originally written by Sting for his band The Police in 1981, “Spirits In The Material World” was covered by Banton as “Spirits in A Material World” for his 1990 album Wize Up! (No
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The Police – Low Life
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Fatal fascination for the seedy part of town / Walk down the street and your head spins round / Don't be seen alone without your friends at night / Take a gun or a knife to the low
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The Police – Ωmegaman
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The ninth track of the album, its melody returns the listeners to the dystopian ambience where “Spirits in the Material World” left off.
It was originally chosen to be the first
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The Hood Internet – 1981 Samples
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See all of “1981” by The Hood Internet’s samples
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The Police – Invisible Sun
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Track three of Ghost in the Machine, “Invisible Sun” serves as a sort of commentary on the imprisonment of Irish Republican Army (IRA) members in the infamous H-blocks of Maze
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The Police – Too Much Information
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[Chorus] / Too much information running through my brain / Too much information driving me insane / Too much information running through my brain / Too much information driving me
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The Police – Demolition Man
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A song about a man who is a walking wasteland, causing disaster wherever he goes. Originally written by Sting and recorded by Grace Jones, it would later receive a version by his
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The Police – One World (Not Three)
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In 1981, “One World (Not Three)” was sent to US radio stations and a music video was made for it, but a commercial single was never released.
The song refers to third world
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The Police – Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
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Sting was performing “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” as early as 1975 and it was recorded in 1976 when Sting, Summers and Copeland were members of the short-lived band
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The Police – I Burn for You
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Now that I have found you / In the coolth of your evening smile / The shade of your parasol / And your love flows through me / Though I drink at your pool / I burn for you / I burn
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The Police – Darkness
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“Darkness”, written by drummer Stewart Copeland and placed as the album’s last track, discusses the negative aspects about being famous. As one reviewer in Circus Magazine put it:
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The Police – Re-Humanise Yourself
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[Verse 1] / He goes out at night with his big boots on / None of his friends know right from wrong / They kick a boy to death 'cause he don't belong / You've got to humanise
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Eminem – Sing for the Moment
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This song was the fourth single released from Eminem’s fourth studio album The Eminem Show. It was an international hit, reaching the top 10 in several countries and peaking at #14
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Kanye West (Ft. Syleena Johnson) – All Falls Down
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“All Falls Down” is a self-reflection of Kanye’s personal battle with consumerism. The track was the third single from his debut album, The College Dropout. The song peaked at
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The Police – Secret Journey
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[Verse 1] / Upon a secret journey / I met a holy man / His blindness was his wisdom / I'm such a lonely man / [Verse 2] / And as the world was turning / It rolled itself in pain
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Changy – Distilled Spirits
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[Quote by Alan Watts] / Nobody can help themselves they’ve got to talk human beings are a bunch of chatterboxes and when we’ve got something in our minds that we want to talk about
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The Police – Can't Stand Losing You
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“Can’t Stand Losing You” is about a boy planning to commit suicide because the girl he loves no longer loves him.
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