Can't stand losing you - The Police

The Police's 1978 single 'Can't stand losing you' was banned by the BBC in the UK because of the sleeve pictured here. According to Sting, in an interview in the magazine Revolver: 'The reason they had a problem with 'Can't Stand Losing You' was because the photo on the cover of the single had Stewart standing on a block of ice with a noose around his neck, waiting for the ice to melt'. The single was released on blue vinyl. I thought it was more attractive to own this single than the later version with an alternate cover, and so I bought it.

My collection: 7" single no. 3019

Found: Record fair, Amsterdam, September 5, 1998

Cost: 15 guilders

Tracks: 'Can't stand losing you' / 'Dead end job'

Download: Album 'Message in a box, disc 1', including both tracks