You're never too old to learn new things, even about one of your favorite songs.
Last year, the Police released a "Super Deluxe Edition" of their final album, Synchronicity. Included on there was "Every Bomb You Make," an alternate version of the band's finest song, "Every Breath You Take." I assumed it was a demo of some kind -- an early snapshot of the hit it would become. I was wrong: "Every Bomb You Make" was a new version made in 1985 for the influential U.K. series Spitting Image, which is probably best known in the U.S. because Genesis worked with the show (and its caricaturish puppets) for their "Land of Confusion" video. Sting's song was reworked to be a commentary on the world powers' obsession with nuclear weapons. But before the new edition of Synchronicity, apparently the full track had never been released.
