Man In A Suitcase

"Man In A Suitcase"
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Recorded by The Police
Released:	1980-10-03
Recorded:	1980
Length:	SONG LENGTH
Album(s):	Zenyatta Mondatta
Label(s):	A&M
Writer(s):	Sting
Producer(s):	The Police, Nigel Gray
Studio(s):	Wisseloord Studios
Released as single?	YES, B-SIDE, or NO

"Man In A Suitcase" is a song written by Sting and recorded by The Police in 1980.

About the song

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Personnel

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Release History

Albums

Man In A Suitcase appears on the following album releases:

Cover art	Album title	Release date	Release country
	Zenyatta Mondatta	1980-10-03	UK

Singles

CD Singles

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7" Singles

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12" Singles

Cover art	Catalog no.	A-side song(s)/B-side song(s)	Release date	Release country
	Catalog no.	"A-side song"/"B-side song" (add more songs as necessary)	1979-12-01	Country

Video

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Awards, nominations, and certifications

Awards

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Year	Winner	Award	Category
YYYY	WINNER (album, song, producer, etc.)	AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.)	CATEGORY

Nominations

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Year	Nominee	Award	Category
YYYY	NOMINEE (album, song, producer, etc.)	AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.)	CATEGORY

Certifications

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Country	Certifier	Classification	Certification
COUNTRY	CERTIFIER (RIAA, IFPI...)	CLASSIFICATION (Album, singles, foreign artist...)	CERTIFICATION (Gold, Platinum, Diamond...)

Lyrics

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I'd invite you back to my place
It's only mine because it holds my suitcase
It looks like home to me alright
But it's a hundred miles from yesterday night

Must I be man in a suitcase
Is it me, man with the stranger's face
Must I be man in a suitcase
Is it me, man with the stranger's face

Another key for my collection
For security I race for my connection
Bird in a flying cage you'll never get to know me well
The world's my oyster a hotel room's a prison cell

Must I be man in a suitcase
Is it me, man with the stranger's face
Must I be man in a suitcase
Is it me, man with the stranger's face

I'd invite you back to my place
It's only mine because it holds my suitcase
It looks like home to me alright
But it's a hundred miles from yesterday night

Quotations and trivia

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Alternative and cover versions

Alternative versions

• Man In A Suitcase (demo) features some really different music and some different lyrics - here's the chorus and 2nd verse:

Must I be man in a suitcase
Is it me, man with the stranger's face
Must I be man in a suitcase
Running from the man inside of me

Add another key to my collection
Take a man for security as I race for my connection
Bird in a flying cage, no time to get to know me well
World's an oyster buy my hotel room's a prison cell

The demo doesn't feature the repetition of the 1st verse, but adds more choruses, lots of ey-oh-ohs and "running from the man inside of me"

• Man In A Suitcase (live) - released on the UK double single Every Breath You Take and on Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings

Cover versions

A cover version of Man In A Suitcase appears on the following album release:

Cover art	Artist	Album title	Release date	Release country
	Big Mountain	Reggatta Mondatta Volume II	1998-06-30	??

See also

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External links

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References

• Police, The. Zenyatta Mondatta. (1980) [Audio recording], A&M Records.