7. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic – The Police

The first record I ever bought was Zenyatta Mondatta (and it was a cassette, from Target in Parramatta), and the first song of theirs I learnt the bass line to was Walking on the Moon, but this song was the one that captured my heart. For a band that were so studiously uptight, this just blew the cobwebs off and made people dance. Even someone as po-faced as Sting sounds like he’s having fun, which is pretty amazing in a band that regular came to blows with each other. He never wrote anything this fun again, but at least it’s there, on their least popular album (although possibly my favourite) ready to bring a smile to the face of anyone who’ll listen. Even the call back at the end to one of their gloomier songs sounds like it’s enjoying itself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aENX1Sf3fgQ