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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 ...
"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.
The Police started as a punk rock band, but soon expanded their music vocabulary to incorporate reggae, pop and new wave elements to their sound. In his retrospective assessment, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic argues that the notion of the Police as a punk rock band was true only "in the loosest sense of the term".
Reggatta de Blanc is the second studio album by British rock band the Police, released on 5 October 1979 by A&M Records. [4] It was the band's first release to top the UK Albums Chart and features their first two UK number-one singles: "Message in a Bottle" and "Walking on the Moon".
The English rock band the Police has released five studio albums, three live albums, seven compilation albums, fourteen video albums, four soundtrack albums and twenty-six singles. The Police sold over 75 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time. [1] [2] [3]
"Walking on the Moon" is a reggae song by British rock band the Police, released as the second single from their second studio album, Reggatta de Blanc (1979). The song was written by the band's lead vocalist and bassist Sting. It went on to become the band's second No. 1 hit in the UK.
The song was also released as the B-side to "So Lonely" in Germany. A promo video for "The Bed's Too Big Without You" was performed by the band on The Kenny Everett Video Show. It featured the band members miming to the song in a suburban house. "The Bed's Too Big Without You" was included on a number of Police compilation and live albums.
"Roxanne" is a song by British rock band the Police. The song was written by lead singer and bassist Sting and was released as a single on 7 April 1978, [5] in advance of their debut album Outlandos d'Amour, released on 3 November. [6] It was written from the point of view of a man who falls in love with a prostitute.