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#ThePolice US 7-Inch Single cover "Spirits in the Material World" is a song by rock trio The Police, written by Sting. It is the opening track for their 1981 album Ghost in the Machine. The song features bass, guitar, synthesizer, drums, saxophone, "Spirits in the Material World" was written by Sting on a Casio keyboard while in a truck.It was his first experience using a synthesizer. 'Spirits in the Material World' was written on one of those Casio keyboards while I was riding in the back of a truck somewhere. I just tap, tap, tap and there it was, just by accident. That was the first time I'd ever touched a synthesizer, that album. — Sting, Synchronicity Tour Program, 1983