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The Police are an English new wave band strongly influenced by reggae, jazz and punk rock. Originally formed in 1977 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.

Tension grew between the band members, because unlike most other bands, they did not share songwriting credits. They released their last album, Synchronicity, in 1983; selling over 8 million copies. Synchronicity is critically regarded as their best album, with hits such as

Synchronicity II,

King of Pain, and probably their best known song,

Every Breath You Take. After Synchronicity, The Police stopped touring and recording, while Sting pursued his acting and solo music careers. (read more)

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Add this track to your playlist Every Breath You Take full track	4:09	219,800	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Roxanne full track	3:08	202,890	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Message in a Bottle full track	4:51	185,570	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic full track	4:20	126,625	Buy mp3

Synchronicity

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist Every Breath You Take full track	6,445
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Roxanne full track	6,164
–	3	Add this track to your playlist Message in a Bottle full track	5,879
–	4	Add this track to your playlist Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic full track	3,234
–	5	Add this track to your playlist Walking on the Moon full track	3,209
–	6	Add this track to your playlist Can't Stand Losing You full track	3,120
–	7	Add this track to your playlist Don't Stand So Close to Me full track	2,820
–	8	Add this track to your playlist So Lonely full track	2,653
–	9	Add this track to your playlist King of Pain full track	2,209
–	10	Add this track to your playlist De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da full track	2,054
–	11	Add this track to your playlist Wrapped Around Your Finger full track	2,017
–	12	Add this track to your playlist Spirits in the Material World full track	1,678
–	13	Add this track to your playlist Invisible Sun full track	1,606
–	14	Add this track to your playlist Synchronicity II full track	1,391
–	15	Add this track to your playlist Next to You full track	1,327
–	16	Add this track to your playlist Bring on the Night full track	992
–	17	Add this track to your playlist Tea in the Sahara full track	972
–	18	Add this track to your playlist Synchronicity I full track	898
–	19	Add this track to your playlist Hole in My Life full track	845
1	20	Add this track to your playlist The Bed's Too Big Without You full track	822

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist Every Breath You Take full track	72,312
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Roxanne full track	71,212
–	3	Add this track to your playlist Message in a Bottle full track	64,436
–	4	Add this track to your playlist Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic full track	39,750
–	5	Add this track to your playlist Walking on the Moon full track	38,303
–	6	Add this track to your playlist Can't Stand Losing You full track	36,284
–	7	Add this track to your playlist Don't Stand So Close to Me full track	35,717
–	8	Add this track to your playlist So Lonely full track	30,291
1	9	Add this track to your playlist King of Pain full track	27,310
1	10	Add this track to your playlist De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da full track	27,147
–	11	Add this track to your playlist Wrapped Around Your Finger full track	24,271
–	12	Add this track to your playlist Spirits in the Material World full track	21,003
–	13	Add this track to your playlist Invisible Sun full track	20,030
–	14	Add this track to your playlist Synchronicity II full track	16,622
–	15	Add this track to your playlist Next to You full track	14,181
–	16	Add this track to your playlist Tea in the Sahara full track	12,390
–	17	Add this track to your playlist Bring on the Night full track	11,936
–	18	Add this track to your playlist Truth Hits Everybody full track	10,409
1	19	Add this track to your playlist Synchronicity I full track	10,298
1	20	Add this track to your playlist The Bed's Too Big Without You full track	10,230
–	21	Add this track to your playlist Hole in My Life full track	9,858
–	22	Add this track to your playlist Walking in Your Footsteps full track	9,267
1	23	Add this track to your playlist Murder by Numbers full track	8,019
1	24	Add this track to your playlist Driven to Tears full track	7,929
–	25	Add this track to your playlist Reggatta de Blanc full track	7,862
–	26	Add this track to your playlist Don't Stand So Close to Me '86 full track	7,721
1	27	Add this track to your playlist Voices Inside My Head full track	7,345
1	28	Add this track to your playlist Fall Out full track	6,746
–	29	Add this track to your playlist Canary in a Coalmine full track	6,661
1	30	Add this track to your playlist Demolition Man	6,612
2	31	Add this track to your playlist Peanuts full track	6,497
2	32	Add this track to your playlist O My God full track	5,973
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