Cant Stand Losing You was first released in 1978 as a single from The Police’s album Outlandos d’Amour. The Police found that the original cover of the single Cant Stand Losing You was to be banned by the BBC.  Provocatively Sting appears on the cover, of Cant Stand Loosing You standing on a block of ice with a noose around his neck.  Apparently waiting for a  slow death…

De Do Do Do De Da Da Da is the second single released from the 1980 Police album Zenyatta Mondatta. According to Sting the lyrics behind the song De Do Do Do De Da Da Da is about the attraction people have for song lyrics and simple songs.

Dont Stand So Close To Me appears on the album Zenyatta Mondatta, released in 1980. Dont Stand So Close To Me reached a respectable number ten on the Billboard 100 – introducing The Police to a wide stream market in the United States. Sting although a former teacher denies any implication or references made in the song Dont Stand So Close To Me as a personal life story.

Written by Sting, Every Breath You Take appears on The Police’s Synchronicity album released in 1983. The single Every Breath You Take reached number one for a period of 8 weeks on the Billboard Top 100. Sting won a Grammy for song of the year, and the band received best pop performance by a band.

Message In A Bottle appears on The Police album Reggatta de Blanc, 1979. The single was The Polices first number one hit in the UK, reaching number 74 in the US. The song Message In A Bottle portrays a castaway on an island throwing a message out to sea.

Written about a lady of the night (aka prostitute), Roxanne appears on The Police album Outlandos d’Amour, 1978. Sting wrote the song while watching the activities outside his hotel window before a concert.

Spirits In The Material World is the opening song for The Police album, Ghost In The Machine, 1981. The song Spirits In The Material World has a blended Jamaican Ska beat and a Rock and Roll beat for the choruses. A great song to play on the drum set.

Walking On The Moon is a song recorded by The Police and appears on their second studio album Reggatta de Blanc, 1979. Walking On The Moon was The Police’s second top ten hit in the UK following Message In A Bottle. Sting says that the song is about the feeling of “being in love.”