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Every Breath You Take - Official Video (black and white version) by The Police

This single featured on the band's 1983 album Synchronicity and was written by Sting. It was one of the biggest sellers of 1983, topping the Billboard Top 100 in the US for eight weeks and the UK Singles Chart for four weeks.



The Police - Message In A Bottle

The Police announce their 2007 reunion tour at Hollywood's Whisky a Go Go with a "rehearsal" performance. This is the First of four songs performed.  


English rock trio, The Police, originally formed in 1977, and what a quality act they were! The trio consisted of Sting (real name Gordon Sumner), who played bass guitar and sang lead vocals, Andy Summers on guitar and vocals, and Stewart Copeland on drums/percussion and vocals.

The band became popular World-wide in the late 1970s and are regarded as one of the first New Wave groups to have achieved mainstream success.

Their biggest-selling album from 1983, Synchronicity, was number one in the UK and the US and sold over 8,000,000 copies in the US. It also went 8x Platinum.

The band broke up in 1984, but reunited again in early 2007 for a one-off World Tour lasting until August 2008, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of their hit single "Roxanne".

The Police have sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, and became the world's highest-earning musicians in 2008, thanks to their reunion tour.


Albums

Release date (UK) Album UK albums US albums US Certifications
(sales threshold)
November 1978 Outlandos d'Amour #6 #23 Platinum
October 1979 Reggatta de Blanc #1 #25 Platinum
October 1980 Zenyattà Mondatta #1 #5 2× Platinum
October 1981 Ghost in the Machine #1 #2 3× Platinum
June 1983 Synchronicity #1 #1 8× Platinum


 Best Of The Police (MP3 Album)

 

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da

(Official Video)

Released in December 1980, the title of this single gave 80s Disc Jockey's nightmares! It was the second single from the album Zenyatta Mondatta and reached No.5 in the UK and No.10 on the Billboard Top 100 in the United States.


Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (1981)

(Official Video)

Taken from their fourth studio album Ghost In The Machine, this catchy single topped the charts in the UK during November 1981, and It reached number three in the U.S. Although released in 1981, Sting had actually written this song as early as 1976, though some of the lyrics were said to have been altered in the released version.


The Police Live In Rio

Walking On The Moon

This Superb show was performed in the Maracana soccer stadium for 70000 people in December, 8 2007.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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