The Police

Surge Tracks

• Can't Stand Losing You
• De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
• Don't Stand So Close to Me
• Every Breath You Take
• Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
• Message In a Bottle
• Roxanne

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Artist Biography

The Police were an English new wave band strongly influenced by reggae, jazz and punk rock. They were originally formed in 1977 in London by Stewart Copeland (drums), Gordon Sumner, better known as Sting (bass and lead vocals), and Henry Padovani (guitar). Andy Summers later joined the group, and after a very short stint as a quartet, Padovani left the band. The Police became one of the most popular bands in the late 70s/80s.

The Police are notable as one of the first mainstream white pop groups to adopt reggae as a predominant musical form and to score major international hits with reggae-styled material. Although reggae was already very popular in the United Kingdom (due to the large number of Caribbean immigrants) the style was little known in the United States or other countries, and prior to the emergence of the Police only a handful of reggae songs had enjoyed any significant chart success.

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Artist Discography

Albums

Ghost in the Machine (16 June 2003)
Outlandos d'Amour (1979)
Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
Synchronicity (1983)
Zenyattà Mondatta (October 1980)

Singles

Can't Stand Losing You (1978)
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (1980)
Don't Stand So Close to Me '86 (October 1986)
Invisible Sun (1981)
King of Pain (1984)
Message in a Bottle (September 1979)
Roxanne (1978)
Roxanne '97
Spirits in the Material World (1981)
When the World Is Running Down (2000)

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