List of songs recorded by the Police

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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
SongWriter(s)Original releaseYearRef.
"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" [lower-alpha 1] †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 CopelandNon-album single1977 [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 SummersNon-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" †StingNon-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 CopelandNon-album single
B-side of "Don't Stand So Close to Me"		1980 [17]
"Shadows in the Rain"Sting Zenyatta Mondatta 1980 [3]
"Shambelle" †Andy SummersNon-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 SummersNon-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" [lower-alpha 2] 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" †StingNon-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

  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]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Prato, Greg. "Reggatta de Blanc – The Police". AllMusic . Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Prato, Greg. "Zenyatta Mondatta – The Police". AllMusic . Retrieved 17 December 2017.
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  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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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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