 Throughout the song, a distinctive 16th note guitar riff is played by Waddy Wachtel, progressing through C, D, and E-minor chords.During the bridge, the chords alternate twice between E-minor and C. Wachtel claimed that The Police's "Bring On the Night" was the inspiration for the riff.This claim is backed up in Andy Summers's memoir "One Train Later", when he states that Nicks asked to meet him after a 1981 show in Los Angeles.