List of songs recorded by the Police

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 "Don't Stand So Close to Me"	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]

Stewart Copeland (drums), Sting (front), and Andy Summers (far right)

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. Prato, Greg. "Outlandos d'Amour – The Police". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
2. Prato, Greg. "Reggatta de Blanc – The Police". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
3. Prato, Greg. "Zenyatta Mondatta – The Police". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
4. 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. 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)

External links

• Official website