The Police - Song Information
| Song Title | Written by | Date of Release as Single | Label | Highest Chart Position (UK) | Highest Chart Position (US) | Albums / Compilations Found On | Track Length |
| Fall Out | Stewart Copeland | Original Release May 1977, Re-release November 1979 | Illegal Records | Original Release Failed to chart, Re-release 47 | N/A | Fall Out (single, 1977 and 1979), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 2:01 |
| Nothing Achieving | Stewart Copeland | B-Side of Fall Out | Illegal Records | N/A | N/A | Fall Out (single, 1977 and 1979), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 1:53 |
| Dead End Job | Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers | B-Side of Can't Stand Losing You | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Can't Stand Losing You (single, 1978 and 1979), Outlandos D'Amour (album, 1978/9), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:32 |
| Next To You | Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Outlandos D'Amour (album, 1978/9), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 2:50 |
| So Lonely | Sting | Original Release November 1978, Re-release February 1980 | A&M Records | Original Release Failed to chart, Re-release 6 | N/A | So Lonely (single, 1978 and 1980), Outlandos D'Amour (album, 1978/9), Greatest Hits (compilation, 1992) Message In A Box (box-set, 1993), Every Breath You Take - The Classics (compilation, 1995) | 4:49 |
| Roxanne | Sting | Original Release April 1978, Re-release April 1979 | A&M Records | Original Release Failed to chart, Re-release 12 | Re-release 32 | Roxanne (single, 1978 and 1979), Outlandos D'Amour (album, 1978/9), Greatest Hits (compilation, 1992) Message In A Box (box-set, 1993), Every Breath You Take - The Classics (compilation, 1995) | 3:12 |
| Hole In My Life | Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Outlandos D'Amour (album, 1978/9), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 4:52 |
| Peanuts | Stewart Copeland | B-Side of Roxanne | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Roxanne (single, 1978 and 1979), Outlandos D'Amour (album, 1978/9), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:58 |
| Can't Stand Losing You | Sting | Original Release September 1978, Re-release June 1979 | A&M Records | Original Release 42, Re-release 2 | N/A | Can't Stand Losing You (single, 1978 and 1979), Outlandos D'Amour (album, 1978/9), Greatest Hits (compilation, 1992) Message In A Box (box-set, 1993), Every Breath You Take - The Classics (compilation, 1995) | 2:58 |
| Truth Hits Everybody | Sting and Stewart Copeland | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Outlandos D'Amour (album, 1978/9), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 2:53 |
| Born In The 50's | Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Outlandos D'Amour (album, 1978/9), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:40 |
| Be My Girl-Sally | Sting and Andy Summers | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Outlandos D'Amour (album, 1978/9), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:22 |
| Masoko Tanga | Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Outlandos D'Amour (album, 1978/9), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 5:40 |
| Landlord | Sting and Stewart Copeland | B-Side of Message In A Bottle | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Message In A Bottle (single, 1979), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:07 |
| Message In A Bottle | Sting | September 1979 | A&M Records | 1 | 74 | Message In A Bottle (single, 1979), Reggatta De Blanc (album, 1979), Greatest Hits (compilation, 1992), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993), Every Breath You Take - The Classics (compilation, 1995) | 4:49 |
| Reggatta De Blanc | Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers and Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Reggatta De Blanc (album, 1979), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:14 |
| It's Alright For You | Stewart Copeland and Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Reggatta De Blanc (album, 1979), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:05 |
| Bring On The Night | Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Reggatta De Blanc (album, 1979), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 4:16 |
| Deathwish | Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers and Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Reggatta De Blanc (album, 1979), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 4:13 |
| Walking On The Moon | Sting | November 1979 | A&M Records | 1 | N/A | Walking On The Moon (single, 1979), Reggatta De Blanc (album, 1979), Greatest Hits (compilation, 1992), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993), Every Breath You Take - The Classics (compilation, 1995) | 4:59 |
| On Any Other Day | Stewart Copeland | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Reggatta De Blanc (album, 1979), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 2:56 |
| The Bed's Too Big Without You | Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Reggatta De Blanc (album, 1979), Greatest Hits (compilation, 1992), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 4:24 |
| Contact | Stewart Copeland | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Reggatta De Blanc (album, 1979), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 2:39 |
| Does Everyone Stare | Stewart Copeland | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Reggatta De Blanc (album, 1979), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:49 |
| No Time This Time | Sting
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B-Side of So Lonely | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | So Lonely (single, 1978 and 1980), Reggatta De Blanc (album, 1979), Greatest Hits (compilation, 1992) Message In A Box (box-set, 1993), Every Breath You Take - The Classics (compilation, 1995) | 3:18 |
| Visions Of The Night | Sting | B-side of Walking On The Moon | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Walking On The Moon (single, 1979), Message In A Box (box-set 1993) | 3:02 |
| The Bed's Too Big Without You (Mono Version) | Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Message In A Box (box-set 1993) | 3:27 |
| Friends | Andy Summers | B-Side of Don't Stand So Close To Me | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Don't Stand So Close To Me (single, 1980), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:34 |
| Don't Stand So Close To Me | Sting | September 1980 | A&M Records | 1 | 10 | Don't Stand So Close To Me (single, 1980), Zenyatta Mondatta (album, 1980), Greatest Hits (compilation, 1992), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993), Every Breath You Take - The Classics (compilation, 1995) | 4:00 |
| Driven To Tears | Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Zenyatta Mondatta (album, 1980), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:20 |
| When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around | Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Zenyatta Mondatta (album, 1980), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:34 |
| Canary In A Coalmine | Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Zenyatta Mondatta (album, 1980), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 2:23 |
| Voices Inside My Head | Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Zenyatta Mondatta (album, 1980), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:49 |
| Bombs Away | Stewart Copeland | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Zenyatta Mondatta (album, 1980), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:03 |
| De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da | Sting | December 1980 | A&M Records | 5 | 10 | De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (single, 1980), Zenyatta Mondatta (album, 1980), Greatest Hits (compilation, 1992), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993), Every Breath You Take - The Classics (compilation, 1995) | 4:06 |
| Behind My Camel | Andy Summers | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Zenyatta Mondatta (album, 1980), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 2:52 |
| Man In A Suitcase | Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Zenyatta Mondatta (album, 1980), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 2:16 |
| Shadows In The Rain | Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Zenyatta Mondatta (album, 1980), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 5:02 |
| The Other Way Of Stopping | Stewart Copeland | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Zenyatta Mondatta (album, 1980), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:23 |
| A Sermon | Stewart Copeland | B-Side of De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (single, 1980), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 2:31 |
| Shambelle | Andy Summers | B-Side of Invisible Sun | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Invisible Sun (single, 1981), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 4:58 |
| Spirits In The Material World | Sting | December 1980 | A&M Records | 12 | 11 | Spirits In The Material World (single, 1981), Ghost In The Machine (album, 1981), Greatest Hits (compilation, 1992), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993), Every Breath You Take - The Classics (compilation, 1995) | 2:58 |
| Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic | Sting | October 1980 | A&M Records | 1 | 3 | Every Little Thing She Does Is (single, 1981), Ghost In The Machine (album, 1981), Greatest Hits (compilation, 1992), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993), Every Breath You Take - The Classics (compilation, 1995) | 4:18 |
| Invisible Sun | Sting | September 1980 | A&M Records | 2 | N/A | Invisible Sun (single, 1981), Ghost In The Machine (album, 1981), Greatest Hits (compilation, 1992), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993), Every Breath You Take - The Classics (compilation, 1995) | 3:43 |
| Hungry For You (j'aurais toujours faim de toi) | Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Ghost In The Machine (album, 1981), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 2:52 |
| Demolition Man | Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Ghost In The Machine (album, 1981), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 5:57 |
| Too Much Information | Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Ghost In The Machine (album, 1981), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:42 |
| Rehumanize Yourself | Sting and Stewart Copeland | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Ghost In The Machine (album, 1981), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:10 |
| One World (Not Three) | Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Ghost In The Machine (album, 1981), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 4:46 |
| Omegaman | Andy Summers | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Ghost In The Machine (album, 1981), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 2:47 |
| Secret Journey | Sting | May 1982 | A&M Records | N/A | 46 | Secret Journey (single, 1982), Ghost In The Machine (album, 1981), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:33 |
| Darkness | Stewart Copeland | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Ghost In The Machine (album, 1981), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:13 |
| Flexible Strategies | Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers | B-Side of Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (single, 1981), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:42 |
| Low Life | Sting | B-Side of Spirits In The Material World | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Spirits In The Material World (single, 1981), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:44 |
| How Stupid Mr Bates | Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 2:39 |
| A Kind Of Loving | Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 2:03 |
| Synchronicity I | Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Synchronicity (album, 1983), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:23 |
| Walking In Your Footsteps | Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Synchronicity (album, 1983), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:35 |
| O My God | Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Synchronicity (album, 1983), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 4:00 |
| Mother | Andy Summers | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Synchronicity (album, 1983), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:03 |
| Miss Gradenko | Stewart Copeland | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Synchronicity (album, 1983), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 2:00 |
| Synchronicity II | Sting | October 1983 | A&M Records | 17 | 16 | Synchronicity II (single, 1983), Synchronicity (album, 1983), Greatest Hits (compilation, 1992), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 5:04 |
| Every Breath You Take | Sting | May 1983 | A&M Records | 1 | 1 | Every Breath You Take (single, 1983), Synchronicity (album, 1983), Greatest Hits (compilation, 1992), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993), Every Breath You Take - The Classics (compilation, 1995) | 4:13 |
| King Of Pain | Sting | October 1983 | A&M Records | 17 | 3 | King Of Pain (single, 1983), Synchronicity (album, 1983), Greatest Hits (compilation, 1992), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993), Every Breath You Take - The Classics (compilation, 1995) | 4:59 |
| Wrapped Around Your Finger | Sting | July 1983 | A&M Records | 7 | 8 | Wrapped Around Your Finger (single, 1983), Synchronicity (album, 1983), Greatest Hits (compilation, 1992), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993), Every Breath You Take - The Classics (compilation, 1995) | 5:12 |
| Tea In The Sahara | Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Synchronicity (album, 1983), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 4:11 |
| Murder By Numbers | Sting and Andy Summers | B-Side of Every Breath You Take | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Every Breath You Take (single, 1983), Synchronicity (album, 1983), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 4:31 |
| Someone To Talk To | Andy Summers | B-Side of Wrapped Around Your Finger | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Wrapped Around Your Finger (single, 1983), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:07 |
| I Burn For You | Sting | N/A | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 4:46 |
| Once Upon A Daydream | Sting | B-Side of Synchronicity II | A&M Records | N/A | N/A | Synchronicity II (single, 1983), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993) | 3:28 |
| Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 | Sting | October 1986 | A&M Records | 24 | 46 | Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 (single, 1986), Message In A Box (box-set, 1993), Every Breath You Take - The Classics (compilation, 1995) | 4:48 |
| Can't Stand Losing You (Live) | Sting | May 1995 | A&M Records | Must find relevant information | N/A | Can't Stand Losing You (Live) (single, 1995), The Police - Live (live compilation, 1995) | 4:58 |
| Song Title | Written by | Date of Release as Single | Label | Highest Chart Position (UK) | Highest Chart Position (US) | Albums / Compilations Found On | Track Length |