"Canary in a Coalmine"The Police
A & M
Featured on Zenyatta Mondatta
Originally released 3 October 1980
Rock
Cassette
B+
I knew this song was on this album and yet when those reggae-influenced yips and strums started I exclaimed, "Oooo, 'Canary in a Coalmine'!" and started jumping around like a three-year-old. What is it about the Police's bleak joy that hits me so hard after four decades?
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