The Police was a three-piece British new wave band which was strongly influenced by reggae. Coming to prominence in the wake of the punk rock phenomenon, they rose to become one of the most popular groups in the world from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s, with an astonishing 19 singles on either the US US Billboard Hot 100 or UK Singles Chart. Their lead singer, and most famous member, was Sting.

Lyrics

• Poets, priests and poiticians
  Have words to thank for their positions
  Words that scream for your submission
  And no one's jamming their transmission
  • "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"

• It's no use, he sees her
  He starts to shake and cough
  Just like the old man in
  That book by Nabokov
  • "Don't Stand So Close To Me"

• How my poor heart aches with every step you take.
  • "Every Breath You Take"

• There's a little black spot on the sun today
  That's my soul up there.
  • "King of Pain"

• Walked out this morning, don't believe what I saw
  A hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore
  Seems I'm not alone at being alone
  A hundred billion castaways, looking for a home
  • "Message In A Bottle"

• I sold my house
  I sold my motor, too.
  All I want is to be next to you.
  I'd rob a bank
  Maybe steal a plane.
  You took me over,
  Think I'm goin' insane.
  • "Next To You"

• Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light
  • "Roxanne"

• There is no political solution
  To our troubled evolution
  Have no faith in constitution
  There is no bloody revolution
  We are spirits in the material world
  • "Spirits in the Material World"

• Daddy only stares into the distance
  There's only so much more that he can take.
  Many miles away something crawls from the slime
  At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake.
  • "Synchronicity II"

• Some may say
  I'm wishing my days away
  No way
  And if it's the price I pay
  Some say
  Tomorrow's another day
  You'll stay
  I may as well play
  • "Walking on the Moon"

• You consider me the young apprentice
  Caught between the Scylla and Charibdes.
  Hypnotized by you if I should linger
  Staring at the ring around your finger.
  • "Wrapped Around Your Finger"

Discography

• Outlandos d'Amour (1978) (US sales: 3 million)
• Reggatta de Blanc (1979) (US sales: Gold)
• Zenyatta Mondatta (1980) (US sales: 2 million)
• Ghost in the Machine (1981) (US sales: 4 million)
• Synchronicity (1983) (US sales: 8 million)
• Every Breath You Take: The Singles (1986) (US sales: Platinum)
• Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings (1993)
• Every Breath You Take: The Classics (1995) (US sales: 3 million)
• Live! (1995)
• The Very Best Of... Sting & The Police (1997, 2002)

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