List of songs recorded by the Police

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The Police performing in 2007
Stewart Copeland (drums), Sting (front), and Andy Summers (far right)

A list of songs recorded by English rock band the Police.

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Key
†, indicates single release
Name of song, writer(s), original release, and year of release
Song Writer(s) Original release Year Ref.
"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]

  1. ^ The song was re-recorded and re-released in 1986 as "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86".[7]
  2. ^ A live version of "Tea in the Sahara" was released as the B-side to "King of Pain".[21]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Prato, Greg. "Outlandos d'Amour – The Police". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Prato, Greg. "Reggatta de Blanc – The Police". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Prato, Greg. "Zenyatta Mondatta – The Police". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Prato, Greg. "Ghost in the Machine – The Police". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Can't Stand Losing You b/w Dead End Job 7 inch single". 45cat. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  6. ^ "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.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ "Don't Stand So Close to Me" (Side A 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: A&M Records. 1986. AM 354 – via Discogs.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Synchronicity – The Police". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Fall Out"/"Nothing Achieving" (Side A 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: Illegal Records. 1977. IL 001 – via Discogs.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ "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.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ^ "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.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. ^ "Message in a Bottle"/"Landlord" (Side B 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: A&M Records. 1979. AMS 7474 – via Discogs.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ^ "Spirits in the Material World"/"Low Life" (Side B 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: A&M Records. 1981. AMS 8194 – via Discogs.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ^ "Every Breath You Take"/"Murder by Numbers" (Side B 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: A&M Records. 1983. AM 117 – via Discogs.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  15. ^ "Fall Out"/"Nothing Achieving" (Side B 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: Illegal Records. 1977. IL 001 – via Discogs.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  16. ^ "Synchronicity II"/"Once Upon a Daydream" (Side B 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: A&M Records. 1983. AM 153 – via Discogs.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  17. ^ "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.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  18. ^ "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"/"Shambelle" (US) (45 RPM Side B). The Police. US: A&M Records. 1981. 2371-S – via Discogs.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  19. ^ "Invisible Sun"/"Shambelle" (UK) (Side B 45 RPM liner notes). The Police. UK: A&M Records. 1981. AMS 8164 – via Discogs.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  20. ^ "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.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  21. ^ "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.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  22. ^ "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.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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