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"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" is a song by the Police, released as a single in 1980. Released as the lead single in the US and second single in the UK from their album Zenyatta Mondatta, the song was written by Sting as a comment on how people love simple-sounding songs. The song was re-recorded in 1986 as "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da '86" but not ...
"Every Breath You Take" is a song by the English rock band the Police from their album Synchronicity (1983). Written by Sting, the single was the biggest US and Canadian hit of 1983, topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks (the band's only No. 1 hit on that chart), and the Canadian RPM chart for four weeks.
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 ...
"Next to You" is the last song The Police played live together. When Sting originally presented the song to his bandmates, they felt it was neither aggressive nor political enough for the band's early punk sensibility. Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland suggested replacing the lyrics, with Summers offering "I'm going to take a gun to you". Sting ...
The Very Best of... Sting & The Police is a compilation album issued by A&M Records on 3 November 1997, [4] containing a mix of Police songs and Sting's solo works. [5] It originally featured one new track, a remix of the 1978 song "Roxanne" by rap artist Sean "Puffy" Combs.
Sting successfully sued Combs over the song, as he had not secured legal approval to sample “Every Breath You Take”, and received 100 per cent of the royalties – reportedly until last year.
Outlandos d'Amour (Outlaws of Love) is the debut studio album by British rock band the Police, released on 17 November 1978 [4] by A&M Records.Elevated by the success of its lead single, "Roxanne", Outlandos d'Amour peaked at No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart and at No. 23 on the Billboard 200.
"Message in a Bottle" is a song by British rock band the Police. It was released as the lead single from their second studio album, Reggatta de Blanc (1979). Written by the band's lead singer and bassist Sting, the song is ostensibly about a story of a castaway on an island who sends out a message in a bottle to seek love. Having received no ...