List of songs recorded by the Police
Songs recorded by the Police
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A list of songs recorded by English rock band the Police.
- Key
- †, indicates single release
| Song | Writer(s) | Original release | Year | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Be My Girl – Sally" | Sting Andy Summers [a] |
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 |
Non-album single B-side of "Can't Stand Losing You" |
1978 | [5] |
| "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"[b] † | Sting | Zenyatta Mondatta | 1980 | [3] |
| "Driven to Tears" | Sting | Zenyatta Mondatta | 1980 | [3] |
| "Every Breath You Take" † | Sting | Synchronicity | 1983 | [7] |
| "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" † | Sting | Ghost in the Machine | 1981 | [4] |
| "Fall Out" † | Stewart Copeland | Non-album single | 1977 | [8] |
| "Flexible Strategies" † | Sting Andy Summers Stewart Copeland |
Non-album single B-side of "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" |
1981 | [9] |
| "Friends" † | Andy Summers | Non-album single B-side of "Don't Stand So Close to Me" |
1980 | [10] |
| "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 | [7] |
| "Landlord" † | Sting Stewart Copeland |
Non-album single B-side of "Message in a Bottle" |
1979 | [11] |
| "Low Life" † | Sting | Non-album single B-side of "Spirits in the Material World" |
1981 | [12] |
| "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 | [7] |
| "Mother" | Andy Summers | Synchronicity | 1983 | [7] |
| "Murder by Numbers" † | Sting Andy Summers |
Non-album single B-side of "Every Breath You Take" |
1983 | [13] |
| "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 | [14] |
| "O My God" | Sting | Synchronicity | 1983 | [7] |
| "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 | [15] |
| "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 | [16] |
| "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 | [17][18] |
| "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 | [19] |
| "Spirits in the Material World" † | Sting | Ghost in the Machine | 1981 | [4] |
| "Synchronicity I" | Sting | Synchronicity | 1983 | [7] |
| "Synchronicity II" † | Sting | Synchronicity | 1983 | [7] |
| "Tea in the Sahara"[c] | Sting | Synchronicity | 1983 | [7] |
| "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 | [21] |
| "Voices Inside My Head" | Sting | Zenyatta Mondatta | 1980 | [3] |
| "Walking in Your Footsteps" | Sting | Synchronicity | 1983 | [7] |
| "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 | [7] |
Notes
- "Be My Girl" by Sting; "Sally" by Andy Summers
- The song was re-recorded and re-released in 1986 as "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86".[6]
- A live version of "Tea in the Sahara" was released as the B-side to "King of Pain".[20]