It was December 1982, and the Police, barely tolerating one another, were recording their final album, Synchronicity, at legendary producer George Martin’s AIR Studios in Montserrat. As the band’s skillful and creative guitarist, Andy Summers, recounted recently to YouTuber Rick Beato, the band was sitting with a synth-laden version of the soon-to-be mega-hit “Every Breath You Take” that no one quite cared for. With the song then being stripped down to basic tracks and songwriter Sting asking Summers to “make it your own,” the guitarist proceeded to record—in one take—the now-famous guitar hook that catapulted the song to #1 on Billboard’s pop chart.