The Police - King of Pain 7' Single 45 RPM Vinyl Record, A M, AM-2569, Rock, 1983, ORIGINAL PRESSING! ORIGINAL PICTURED SLEEVE VG++ (shelf wear, creasing) Record is VG (side B has a significant scratch) Labels are very clean Visually Graded Tracklist A King Of Pain 4:59 B Someone To Talk To 3:05 From Wikipedia "King of Pain" is a song by English rock band The Police, taken from their fifth and final album Synchronicity (1983). Written by band member Sting as a post-separation from his wife, "King of Pain" conjures up symbols of pain and relates them to a man's soul. A M Records released "King of Pain" as the album's fourth single in the UK, while in North America, it was released as the second single. The song received generally positive reviews from music critics, who commended Sting for his writing on the song, as well as the song's melody, while most critics agreed it was a highlight from the album. Reaching number 3 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in October 1983, and number 1 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart for five weeks in August 1983, the single is The Police's most successful US single.