List of songs recorded by the Police
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A list of songs recorded by English rock band the Police.
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- †, indicates single release
Song | Writer(s) | Original release | Year | Ref. |
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"Be My Girl – Sally" | Sting Andy Summers |
Outlandos d'Amour | 1978 | [1] |
"The Bed's Too Big Without You" | Sting | Reggatta de Blanc | 1979 | [2] |
"Behind My Camel" | Andy Summers | Zenyatta Mondatta | 1980 | [3] |
"Bombs Away" | Stewart Copeland | Zenyatta Mondatta | 1980 | [3] |
"Born in the '50s" | Sting | Outlandos d'Amour | 1978 | [1] |
"Bring On the Night" † | Sting | Reggatta de Blanc | 1979 | [2] |
"Can't Stand Losing You" † | Sting | Outlandos d'Amour | 1978 | [1] |
"Canary in a Coalmine" | Sting | Zenyatta Mondatta | 1980 | [3] |
"Contact" | Stewart Copeland | Reggatta de Blanc | 1979 | [2] |
"Darkness" | Stewart Copeland | Ghost in the Machine | 1981 | [4] |
"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" † | Sting | Zenyatta Mondatta | 1980 | [3] |
"Dead End Job" † | Sting Stewart Copeland[5] |
Non-album single B-side of "Can't Stand Losing You" |
1978 | [6] |
"Deathwish" | Sting Andy Summers Stewart Copeland |
Reggatta de Blanc | 1979 | [2] |
"Demolition Man" | Sting | Ghost in the Machine | 1981 | [4] |
"Does Everyone Stare" | Stewart Copeland | Reggatta de Blanc | 1979 | [2] |
"Don't Stand So Close to Me"[a] † | Sting | Zenyatta Mondatta | 1980 | [3] |
"Driven to Tears" | Sting | Zenyatta Mondatta | 1980 | [3] |
"Every Breath You Take" † | Sting | Synchronicity | 1983 | [8] |
"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" † | Sting | Ghost in the Machine | 1981 | [4] |
"Fall Out" † | Stewart Copeland | Non-album single | 1977 | [9] |
"Flexible Strategies" † | Sting Andy Summers Stewart Copeland |
Non-album single B-side of "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" |
1981 | [10] |
"Friends" † | Andy Summers | Non-album single B-side of "Don't Stand So Close to Me" |
1980 | [11] |
"Hole in My Life" | Sting | Outlandos d'Amour | 1978 | [1] |
"How Stupid Mr. Bates" | Andy Summers Sting Stewart Copeland |
Brimstone and Treacle | 1982 | |
"Hungry for You (J'aurais toujours faim de toi)" | Sting | Ghost in the Machine | 1981 | [4] |
"I Burn for You" | Sting | Brimstone and Treacle | 1982 | |
"Invisible Sun" † | Sting | Ghost in the Machine | 1981 | [4] |
"It's Alright for You" | Sting Stewart Copeland |
Reggatta de Blanc | 1979 | [2] |
"A Kind of Loving" | Andy Summers Sting Stewart Copeland |
Brimstone and Treacle | 1982 | |
"King of Pain" † | Sting | Synchronicity | 1983 | [8] |
"Landlord" † | Sting Stewart Copeland |
Non-album single B-side of "Message in a Bottle" |
1979 | [12] |
"Low Life" † | Sting | Non-album single B-side of "Spirits in the Material World" |
1981 | [13] |
"Man in a Suitcase" | Sting | Zenyatta Mondatta | 1980 | [3] |
"Masoko Tanga" | Sting | Outlandos d'Amour | 1978 | [1] |
"Message in a Bottle" † | Sting | Reggatta de Blanc | 1979 | [2] |
"Miss Gradenko" | Stewart Copeland | Synchronicity | 1983 | [8] |
"Mother" | Andy Summers | Synchronicity | 1983 | [8] |
"Murder by Numbers" † | Sting Andy Summers |
Non-album single B-side of "Every Breath You Take" |
1983 | [14] |
"Next to You" | Sting | Outlandos d'Amour | 1978 | [1] |
"No Time This Time" | Sting | Reggatta de Blanc | 1979 | [2] |
"Nothing Achieving" † | Stewart Copeland Ian Copeland |
Non-album single B-side of "Fall Out" |
1977 | [15] |
"O My God" | Sting | Synchronicity | 1983 | [8] |
"Ωmegaman" | Andy Summers | Ghost in the Machine | 1981 | [4] |
"On Any Other Day" | Stewart Copeland | Reggatta de Blanc | 1979 | [2] |
"Once Upon a Daydream" † | Sting Andy Summers |
Non-album single B-side of "Synchronicity II" |
1983 | [16] |
"One World (Not Three)" | Sting | Ghost in the Machine | 1981 | [4] |
"The Other Way of Stopping" | Stewart Copeland | Zenyatta Mondatta | 1980 | [3] |
"Peanuts" | Sting Stewart Copeland |
Outlandos d'Amour | 1978 | [1] |
"Reggatta de Blanc" | Sting Andy Summers Stewart Copeland |
Reggatta de Blanc | 1979 | [2] |
"Rehumanize Yourself" | Sting Stewart Copeland |
Ghost in the Machine | 1981 | [4] |
"Roxanne" † | Sting | Outlandos d'Amour | 1978 | [1] |
"Secret Journey" † | Sting | Ghost in the Machine | 1981 | [4] |
"A Sermon" † | Stewart Copeland | Non-album single B-side of "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" |
1980 | [17] |
"Shadows in the Rain" | Sting | Zenyatta Mondatta | 1980 | [3] |
"Shambelle" † | Andy Summers | Non-album single B-side of "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" (US) / "Invisible Sun" (UK) |
1981 | [18][19] |
"So Lonely" † | Sting | Outlandos d'Amour | 1978 | [1] |
"Someone to Talk to" † | Andy Summers | Non-album single B-side of "Wrapped Around Your Finger" |
1983 | [20] |
"Spirits in the Material World" † | Sting | Ghost in the Machine | 1981 | [4] |
"Synchronicity I" | Sting | Synchronicity | 1983 | [8] |
"Synchronicity II" † | Sting | Synchronicity | 1983 | [8] |
"Tea in the Sahara"[b] | Sting | Synchronicity | 1983 | [8] |
"Too Much Information" | Sting | Ghost in the Machine | 1981 | [4] |
"Truth Hits Everybody" | Sting | Outlandos d'Amour | 1978 | [1] |
"Visions of the Night" † | Sting | Non-album single B-side of "Walking on the Moon" |
1979 | [22] |
"Voices Inside My Head" | Sting | Zenyatta Mondatta | 1980 | [3] |
"Walking in Your Footsteps" | Sting | Synchronicity | 1983 | [8] |
"Walking on the Moon" † | Sting | Reggatta de Blanc | 1979 | [2] |
"When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" |
Sting | Zenyatta Mondatta | 1980 | [3] |
"Wrapped Around Your Finger" † | Sting | Synchronicity | 1983 | [8] |
Notes[edit]
- ^ The song was re-recorded and re-released in 1986 as "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86".[7]
- ^ A live version of "Tea in the Sahara" was released as the B-side to "King of Pain".[21]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Prato, Greg. "Outlandos d'Amour – The Police". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Prato, Greg. "Reggatta de Blanc – The Police". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Prato, Greg. "Zenyatta Mondatta – The Police". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Prato, Greg. "Ghost in the Machine – The Police". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Can't Stand Losing You b/w Dead End Job 7 inch single". 45cat. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Can't Stand Losing You"/"Dead End Job" (Side B 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: A&M Records. 1978. AMS 7381 – via Discogs.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Don't Stand So Close to Me" (Side A 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: A&M Records. 1986. AM 354 – via Discogs.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h i j Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Synchronicity – The Police". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Fall Out"/"Nothing Achieving" (Side A 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: Illegal Records. 1977. IL 001 – via Discogs.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"/"Flexible Strategies" (Side B 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: A&M Records. 1981. AMS 8174 – via Discogs.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Don't Stand So Close to Me"/"Friends" (Side B 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: A&M Records. 1980. AMS 7564 – via Discogs.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Message in a Bottle"/"Landlord" (Side B 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: A&M Records. 1979. AMS 7474 – via Discogs.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Spirits in the Material World"/"Low Life" (Side B 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: A&M Records. 1981. AMS 8194 – via Discogs.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Every Breath You Take"/"Murder by Numbers" (Side B 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: A&M Records. 1983. AM 117 – via Discogs.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Fall Out"/"Nothing Achieving" (Side B 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: Illegal Records. 1977. IL 001 – via Discogs.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Synchronicity II"/"Once Upon a Daydream" (Side B 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: A&M Records. 1983. AM 153 – via Discogs.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"/"A Sermon" (Side B 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: A&M Records. 1980. AMS 7578 – via Discogs.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"/"Shambelle" (US) (45 RPM Side B). The Police. US: A&M Records. 1981. 2371-S – via Discogs.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Invisible Sun"/"Shambelle" (UK) (Side B 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: A&M Records. 1981. AMS 8164 – via Discogs.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Wrapped Around Your Finger"/"Someone to Talk to" (Side B 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: A&M Records. 1983. AM 127 – via Discogs.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "King of Pain"/"Tea in the Sahara (live)" (Side B 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: A&M Records. 1984. AM 176 – via Discogs.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Walking on the Moon"/"Visions of the Night" (Side B 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: A&M Records. 1979. AMS 7494 – via Discogs.
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