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Album cover of Greatest Hits
Compilations

Greatest Hits

The Police

  • 1992
  • 16 tracks
  • 69 min
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Artist pageof The Police

Tracks

Side A 4 tracks · 15:51

  1. 11978Dutch Top 40: peak position 21 in week 28 of 1979, 6 weeks in the chartRoxanne
    The Police
    3:12A minor
  2. 21978Dutch Top 40: peak position 9 in week 38 of 1979, 9 weeks in the chartCan't Stand Losing You
    The Police
    2:59C minor
  3. 31978Dutch Top 40: peak position 31 in week 16 of 1979, 4 weeks in the chartSo Lonely
    The Police
    4:50G major
  4. 41979Dutch Top 40: peak position 2 in week 45 of 1979, 10 weeks in the chartMessage In A Bottle
    The Police
    4:50E minor

Side B 4 tracks · 17:36

  1. 11979Dutch Top 40: peak position 9 in week 2 of 1980, 9 weeks in the chartWalking On The Moon
    The Police
    5:01C major
  2. 21979The Bed's Too Big Without You
    The Police
    4:25E major
  3. 31980Dutch Top 40: peak position 3 in week 44 of 1980, 11 weeks in the chartDon't Stand So Close To Me
    The Police
    4:03A major
  4. 41980Dutch Top 40: peak position 11 in week 3 of 1981, 7 weeks in the chartDe Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
    The Police
    4:07E major

Side C 4 tracks · 16:04

  1. 11981Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 45 of 1981, 14 weeks in the chartEvery Little Thing She Does Is Magic
    The Police
    4:21G minor
  2. 21981Invisible Sun
    The Police
    3:44D major
  3. 31981Dutch Top 40: peak position 6 in week 2 of 1982, 8 weeks in the chartSpirits In The Material World
    The Police
    2:59A major
  4. 41983Synchronicity II
    The Police
    5:00A major

Side D 4 tracks · 18:46

  1. 11983Dutch Top 40: peak position 6 in week 25 of 1983, 9 weeks in the chartEvery Breath You Take
    The Police
    4:14F♯ minor
  2. 21983King Of Pain
    The Police
    4:59D major
  3. 31983Dutch Top 40: peak position 17 in week 36 of 1983, 5 weeks in the chartWrapped Around Your Finger
    The Police
    5:14G major
  4. 41983Tea In The Sahara
    The Police
    4:19B major

Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl

Sound of Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 114 bpm.

Quietest track: Tea In The Sahara · most energetic: King Of Pain

  • Tempo114 bpm · 122 bpm
  • Energy34% · 38%
  • Mood70% · 63%
  • Acoustic94% · 85%
  • Danceable48% · 47%

Across 16 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.

Timeline of the line-up

All four members of The Police over the years, without tour members. This is a compilation that spans the whole career, not one moment in time. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.

The PoliceStingHenry PadovaniAndy SummersStewart Copeland198019851990199520002005Greatest Hits1992Roxannenumber 21 · 6 weeksCan't Stand Losing Younumber 9 · 9 weeksSo Lonelynumber 31 · 4 weeksMessage In A Bottlenumber 2 · 10 weeksWalking On The Moonnumber 9 · 9 weeksDon't Stand So Close To Menumber 3 · 11 weeksDe Do Do Do, De Da Da Danumber 11 · 7 weeksEvery Little Thing She Does Is Magicnumber 1 · 14 weeksSpirits In The Material Worldnumber 6 · 8 weeksEvery Breath You Takenumber 6 · 9 weeksWrapped Around Your Fingernumber 17 · 5 weeks

Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Member until the end

Also appears on

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Frequently asked questions

When was Greatest Hits by The Police released?

Greatest Hits came out in 1992.

How many tracks are on Greatest Hits?

Greatest Hits has 16 tracks, 69 minutes in total, spread over four vinyl sides.

Which tracks from Greatest Hits made the Dutch Top 40?

Eleven tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Roxanne, Can't Stand Losing You, So Lonely, Message In A Bottle, Walking On The Moon, Don't Stand So Close To Me and five others. The highest was Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, at number 1 in week 45 of 1981.

Which category is Greatest Hits in?

Greatest Hits is filed under compilations. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by The Police.

Who was in The Police when Greatest Hits came out?

In 1978–1983, The Police consisted of Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland. That is the line-up of the group in those years, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.

What do the percentages for the sound of Greatest Hits mean?

They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.

How do you play Greatest Hits?

With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.

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