Can't Stand Losing You

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"Can't Stand Losing You"
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Single by the Police
from the album Outlandos d'Amour
B-side "Dead End Job"
Released18 August 1978 [1]
Genre
Length2:58
Label A&M
Songwriter(s) Sting
Producer(s) The Police
The Police singles chronology
"Roxanne"
(1978)		"Can't Stand Losing You"
(1978)		"So Lonely"
(1978)
Alternative cover
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NL 7-inch cover

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