"Russians" by Sting (and Sergei Prokofiev) criticized mid-1980s the cold-war politics of US and Soviet (Russian) leaders at the time. As you might imagine, it was spectacularly unpopular among my peer group (19 y/o white American males, the same age group that voted 70%+ for Reagan).
The ticking clock, visualized in the music video for this song, reminds me of the Doomsday Clock, set at 3 minutes to midnight in 1984, the closest to midnight until Trump took office.
It is, however, a very erudite, even hopeful song. I'm listening to it as I write.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs
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