The Police
27 songs or works across all MusicAtlas lists. Distinct recording versions remain separate.
About The Police
The Police brought together Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland in a trio whose music combined elements of punk, reggae and rock. Their five studio albums appeared between 1978 and 1983, from Outlandos d'Amour to Synchronicity. The playing often depended on space between the guitar, bass and drums, while Ghost in the Machine added denser keyboard and horn layers. Sting's subsequent solo recordings and the members' other projects have their own credits, separate from the group's studio catalog.
Artist background sources
The Police - official studio catalog and original years
The original five albums are explicitly dated 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1983. Their original tracklists are separated from the 2018 box and later bonus disc. Names the trio and describes its punk and reggae vocabulary. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Ghost in the Machine - official Sting/Police album archive
Original album tracklist and studio recording discussion, read in the public discography body. The official studio index separately supports 1981. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Synchronicity - official Sting/Police album archive
Original album tracklist and studio recording discussion, read in the public discography body. The official studio index separately supports 1983. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
All songs for this credit
Recording years are first-release years where available; * marks a reported year awaiting verification. Classical work dates are labeled comp., prem. or pub.. Open an entry for its date evidence and background. Artists sort without a leading "The"; composers sort by surname.
- (1979) Bring on the Night
- (1980) Canary in a Coalmine
- (1978) Can't Stand Losing You
- (1980*) De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da [Catalog version; exact edition not established]
- (1980) De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da [Original studio recording]
- (1981) Demolition Man
- (1980*) Don't Stand So Close to Me [Catalog version; exact edition not established]
- (1980) Don't Stand So Close to Me [Original 1980 Police studio recording]
- (1980) Driven to Tears
- (1983) Every Breath You Take
- (1981) Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
- (1981) Invisible Sun
- (1983) King of Pain
- (1979) Message in a Bottle
- (1978) Next to You
- (1981) Rehumanize Yourself
- (1978) Roxanne
- (1981) Secret Journey
- (1978) So Lonely
- (1981) Spirits in the Material World
- (1983) Synchronicity I
- (1983) Synchronicity II
- (1983) Tea in the Sahara
- (1979) The Bed's Too Big Without You
- (1979) Walking on the Moon
- (1980) When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around
- (1983) Wrapped Around Your Finger
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