Record Store Day has been vilified on this blog a few times before, just like it should be. Singles one could buy for a few quid in the Eigh...

The Police recorded their nonsensical 1980 single 'De do do do de da da da' in two languages other than English: in Japanese and S...

For a long time, this 1986 re-recording of 'Don't stand so close to me' was in the history books as the only reunion of the Brit...

'King of pain' was released as the second single from the Police's 1983 album 'Synchronicity' in the USA and the fourth ...

'Invisible sun' was written by Sting about the tensions in Northern Ireland. The song is a departure from Police songs before it; it...

Personally, I think the best Police track is 'Synchronicity II', as it displays an amount of aggression that is not equalled in any ...

The Police created an impressive music video for 'Wrapped around your finger'. They performed the song in a candle-lit room, intersp...

According to Sting, 'Walking on the moon' is about the feeling of being in love. He wrote the song when he: 'was drunk in a hote...

Sting commented about 'Every breath you take': 'I woke up in the middle of the night with that line in my head, sat down at the ...

According to Sting, The Police's 'De do do do de da da da' is about the attraction people have towards simple songs: 'I was ...

'Spirits in the material world' was the first track on the Police's 1981 album 'Ghost in the machine'. It has a Jamaican...

Sting, lead singer of the Police, was an English teacher before he found fame with his band. 'Don't stand so close to me', with ...

'Message in a bottle' was released as a single from the Police's second album 'Reggatta de Blanc'. The single was The Po...

'So lonely' was originally released as a single from the album 'Outlandos d'Amour' in November 1978. The single did not ...

The Police's lead singer Sting wrote 'Roxanne', inspired by the prostitutes he saw near the band's seedy hotel while in Pari...

Sold separately in a second hand shop in London, this single is actually part of a six disc collection called 'Six Pack'. This pack,...

When the Police released the compilation 'Every breath you take' in 1986, I got the cassette and played it a lot. I liked the '8...

The Police's 1978 single 'Can't stand losing you' was banned by the BBC in the UK because of the sleeve pictured here. Accor...

It's not blatantly obvious, but when you read a song title like 'Too depressed to commit suicide', you have to assume it's n...