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The fifth and final studio album by The Police, Synchronicity was released in June 1983, and was the band s most successful release. Despite it s pop-oriented and experimental than either Ghost in the Machine or Zenyatta Mondatta, Synchronicity made The Police global superstars, generating no less than five classic hit singles. Every Breath You Take , King of Pain , Wrapped Around Your Finger , and Synchronicity II . The album s title and much of the material for the songs were inspired by Arthur Koestler s The Roots of Coincidence. At the 1984 Grammy Awards the album was nominated for a total of five awards including Album of the Year.