The Police Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 1981 New Wave XTension

When The Police got around to recording their fourth LP, Ghost In The Machine they went to Montserrat s Ari Studios. Sting had recorded a demo of Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic in 1976 at the Morin Heights Le Studio, just north of Montreal. Sting was not satisfied with the results when the trio rerecorded the song as it did not have the energy of the demo. In the end Sting persuaded his bandmates to dub their parts over his demo, to their dismay. The song was released as a single on September 26, 1981 and reached a peak of, 3 for two weeks on the Hot100. Two songs kept them there, the first song was Olivia NewtonJohn s, 1 Physical and second was Foreigner s, 2 Waiting For A Girl Like You, that s how hot those songs were at the time. I d have to say that the Police tune is closer to my heart cos I knew where Morin Heights was as I was living in the capital city of Québec and went often to Montreal to party. I found out ab