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"Invisible Sun"
UK 7" cover
Recorded by The Police
Released:	1981-09-18
Recorded:	1981-06-20 - 1981-07-26
Length:	3:43
Album(s):	Ghost In The Machine
Label(s):	A&M
Writer(s):	Sting
Producer(s):	Hugh Padgham & The Police
Studio(s):	AIR Studios, Montserrat
Released as single?	YES

"Invisible Sun" is a song written by Sting and recorded by The Police in 1981.

About the song

According to the Spring 2000 edition of Revolver magazine Sting wrote the song in Ireland "during the hunger strikes in Belfast" - he certainly refers to Bobby Sands' hunger strike that went from 1981-03-01 until his death on 1981-05-05 (as specified for One World).

The song is about that, but with some light at the end of the tunnel.

Sting composed it on a keyboard.

The original 7" and LP version didn't feature a coda with Sting singing bits from Wouldn't It Be Loverly. This could be heard in a longer Invisible Sun video mix and in the shorter mix from the Ghost In The Machine picture disc from 2022.

Personnel

This section needs more information.

Release History

Albums

Invisible Sun appears on the following album releases:

Album title	Release date	Release country
Ghost In The Machine	1981-10-02	UK
Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings	1993-MM-DD	UK
Every Move You Make: The Studio Recordings	2018-11-16	UK
Ghost In The Machine (picture disc)	2022-11-04	worldwide

Singles

CD Singles

Cover art	Catalog no.	Songs	Release date	Release country
	Catalog no.	"Song"(s)	YYYY-MM-DD	Release country

7" Singles

Catalog no.	A-side song/B-side song	Release date	Release country
AMS 8164	"Invisible Sun"/"Shambelle"	1981-09-18	UK
AMS 9203	"Invisible Sun"/"Flexible Strategies"	1982-MM-DD	The Netherlands
K-8562	"Invisible Sun"/"Flexible Strategies"	YYYY-MM-DD	Australia

12" Singles

Cover art	Catalog no.	A-side song(s)/B-side song(s)	Release date	Release country
	Catalog no.	"A-side song"/"B-side song" (add more songs as necessary)	YYYY-MM-DD	Country

Video

"SONG TITLE" appears on the following video and dvd releases:

Cover art	Video title	Release date	Release country
	Video or dvd title	YYYY-MM-DD	Country

Awards, nominations, and certifications

Awards

This section needs more information.

Year	Winner	Award	Category
YYYY	WINNER (album, song, producer, etc.)	AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.)	CATEGORY

Nominations

This section needs more information.

Year	Nominee	Award	Category
YYYY	NOMINEE (album, song, producer, etc.)	AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.)	CATEGORY

Certifications

This section needs more information.

Country	Certifier	Classification	Certification
COUNTRY	CERTIFIER (RIAA, IFPI...)	CLASSIFICATION (Album, singles, foreign artist...)	CERTIFICATION (Gold, Platinum, Diamond...)

Lyrics

Lyrics are property and copyright of their owners, and provided here for educational purposes only.

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

Reviews

Record Mirror - September 19, 1981 review by Sunie:

NME - September 19, 1981 review by Adrian Thrills:

Melody Maker - September 19, 1981 review by Paul Colbert:

Sounds - September 19, 1981 review by T-Benn:

Smash Hits - October 1, 1981 review by Ian Birch:

Quotations and trivia

The UK 7" release had two slightly different covers (a "clear" sun and a "blurred" sun) and labels (Shambelle spelling).

Alternative and cover versions

longer video mix
a shorter version withe the Wouldn't It Be Loverly coda was released on the 2022 Ghost In The Machine (picture disc)

External links

References

Police, The. Ghost In The Machine. (1981) [Audio recording], A&M Records.
Guitar World - July 1982
Revolver - Spring 2000

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 [[Sting]] composed it on a keyboard.
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+* Record Mirror - September 19, [[1981]] review by Sunie:
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+* NME - September 19, [[1981]] review by Adrian Thrills:
+[[Image:1981_09_19_NME_Adrian_Thrills_Invisible_Sun_review.jpg|200px]]
+* Melody Maker - September 19, [[1981]] review by Paul Colbert:
+[[Image:1981_09_19_Melody_Maker_Paul_Colbert_Invisible_Sun_review.jpg|200px]]
+* Sounds - September 19, [[1981]] review by T-Benn:
+[[Image:1981_09_19_Sounds_T-Benn_Invisible_Sun_review.jpg|200px]]
+* Smash Hits - October 1, [[1981]] review by Ian Birch:
+[[Image:1981_10_01_Smash_Hits_Ian_Birch_Invisible_Sun_review.jpg|200px]]
 =Quotations and trivia=
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 =Alternative and cover versions=
-''This section needs more information.''
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VuDjJ9KIxM longer video mix]
+* a shorter version withe the [[Wouldn't It Be Loverly]] coda was released on the [[2022]] [[Ghost In The Machine (picture disc)]]
 =See also=
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Sun
+''This section needs more information.''
 =External links=
-''This section needs more information.''
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VuDjJ9KIxM video]
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Sun wikipedia entry]
 =References=
 * Police, The. ''Ghost In The Machine''. (1981) [Audio recording], A&M Records.
+* Guitar World - July [[1982]]
 * Revolver - Spring [[2000]]
 [[Category:Songs (The Police)]][[Category:Songs (Sting)]]

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