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<p><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/DKUS/30459b94ef_IYMD_media.gif"></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Police star Sting wrote the song in 1982, and it was later included on the band's fifth and final album Synchronicity, released a year later. Sting wrote it in the aftermath of his separation from Frances Tomelty, and the beginning of his relationship with Trudie Styler. The Independent reported in 2006: "The problem was, he was already married – to actress Frances Tomelty, who just happened to be Trudie's best friend (Sting and Frances lived next door to Trudie in Bayswater). The affair was widely condemned." To escape from the public eye, Sting retreated in the Caribbean where he started writing the song.</p>