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.

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

  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

  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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