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“Synchronicity II” by The Police

From the album Synchronicity (1983)

“Synchronicity II” by The Police appears on 78 radio countdowns from 29 stations between 1983 and 2025. It was first released in 1983 on the album Synchronicity. Its best result is #15 on the 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #19 alternative song of 1983, #582 alternative song of all time and #314 of the '80s.

78countdowns
29stations
#15best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1983–2025years charted

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"Synchronicity II" was the third single from the Police's 1983 album Synchronicity, and it's the trio at their most wound-up. Sting wrote it alone, words and music, and sings it at a near-shout over his own pumping bass, while Andy Summers' electric guitar screeches and swarms like feedback that got loose in the studio and Stewart Copeland drives the whole thing forward with relentless, clattering urgency.

The band co-produced it with Hugh Padgham, who also engineered, and they gave it a hard, metallic sheen; People Weekly called the track aggressive and steely, and that's exactly the feel. The single carried a non-album song, "Once Upon a Daydream," on the flip.

By December 1983 it had climbed as high as 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, a notch above its UK peak of 17, slotting in between "Wrapped Around Your Finger" and "King of Pain."

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1983 45 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983 107
1983 15 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1983 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 169 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1994 472 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1995 466 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 395 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 228 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1997 498 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1998 377 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 388 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 55 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 400 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 411 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 786 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 808 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 404 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 837 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 407 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 843 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 843 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 956 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 841 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 1206 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2003 1416 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 841 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 841 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 602 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 552 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 309 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 541 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 551 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 571 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2011 303 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 278 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 305 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 641 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 595 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2013 151 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 425 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 15 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2013 358 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2014 612 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 238 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 508 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2014 721 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 114 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2015 58 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2015 353 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2015 150 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 369 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2016 127 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 183 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2017 380 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2017 233 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2018 378 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2019 627 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 314 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2020 794 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2021 609 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2021 937 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2022 442 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 251 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 741 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 370 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 402 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 1394 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 603
2022 385 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2023 399 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2023 539 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 442 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 499 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 615 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 191 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 341 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 440 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2024 442 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2024 636 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 361 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2024 342 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2025 338 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498

Also listed as: Synchronicity Ii; Syncronicity II; Synchronicity I.

Charting alongside it in 1983

Best songs of 1983 →
  1. 1New Year's DayU2
  2. 2Let's DanceDavid Bowie
  3. 3The LovecatsThe Cure
  4. 4Every Breath You TakeThe Police
  5. 5Rebel YellBilly Idol
  6. 6In a Big CountryBig Country

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