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The Police
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The Police

  • United Kingdom
  • formed 1977, London
  • disbanded 2008
  • 1 album
  • 13 Dutch Top 40 hits
  • 1992

The Police is a group from the United Kingdom, formed in 1977 in London and disbanded in 2008. Over the years, Sting, Henry Padovani, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland played in the group. The collection holds one album by the group: Greatest Hits, from 1992. On top of that, the group appears on two albums by others. In all, 13 records reached the Dutch Top 40, one of them the top spot. The highest was Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic: number 1 in week 45 of 1981.

Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs

Albums by The Police

Click the cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.

Greatest Hits – 1992Greatest Hits1992

Sound of The Police

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

  • 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 Police

The four members of The Police, with the years they belonged to the group, including anyone who left for a while and came back. The thin lines are the albums and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. A linked name has its own page.

The PoliceStingHenry PadovaniAndy SummersStewart Copeland198019851990199520002005Greatest Hits1992Every Little Thing She Does Is Magicnumber 1 in week 45 of 1981 · 14 weeksMessage In A Bottlenumber 2 in week 45 of 1979 · 10 weeksDon't Stand So Close To Menumber 3 in week 44 of 1980 · 11 weeksEvery Breath You Takenumber 6 in week 25 of 1983 · 9 weeksSpirits In The Material Worldnumber 6 in week 2 of 1982 · 8 weeksCan't Stand Losing Younumber 9 in week 38 of 1979 · 9 weeksWalking On The Moonnumber 9 in week 2 of 1980 · 9 weeksDe Do Do Do, De Da Da Danumber 11 in week 3 of 1981 · 7 weeksWrapped Around Your Fingernumber 17 in week 36 of 1983 · 5 weeksDon't Stand So Close To Menumber 20 in week 45 of 1986 · 5 weeksRoxannenumber 21 in week 28 of 1979 · 6 weeksSo Lonelynumber 31 in week 16 of 1979 · 4 weeksRoxanne '97number 38 in week 49 of 1997 · 3 weeks

Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Member until the end

Also appears on

The Police also appears on two albums by others, all of them compilations.

NOW That's What I Call Rock Anthems – Every Breath You TakeNOW That's What I Call Rock AnthemsEvery Breath You Take Seventies Collected Vol. 2 – Can't Stand Losing YouSeventies Collected Vol. 2Can't Stand Losing You

Biggest hits of The Police

In the Dutch Top 40, The Police had 13 records. Each record shows its peak position, how long it stayed in the chart and the week of that peak. These are the five biggest. The button after the list opens all of them, with the run from week to week.

1peak position
week 45, 1981100weeks in the chart
with 13 records1979first entry
week 15, 19791997latest entry
week 50, 19977years with an entry
  1. 1Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
    The Police
    198114 weeks
  2. 2Message In A Bottle
    The Police
    197910 weeks
  3. 3Don't Stand So Close To Me
    The Police
    198011 weeks
  4. 6Every Breath You Take
    The Police
    19839 weeks
  5. 6Spirits In The Material World
    The Police
    19818 weeks

All 13 records by The Police in the Dutch Top 40

Source: top40.nl

Frequently asked questions

How many albums by The Police are in the collection?

There is one: Greatest Hits, from 1992.

Which Dutch Top 40 hits did The Police have?

The Police had 13 records in the Dutch Top 40, one of them at number 1. The best-charting record is Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, which reached number 1 in week 45 of 1981.

Who played in The Police?

Over the years that was Sting, Henry Padovani, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland. The timeline shows the years each member belonged to the group; anyone with a page of their own is linked in the side column.

Which albums by other artists feature The Police?

The Police appears on two albums by others: NOW That's What I Call Rock Anthems and Seventies Collected Vol. 2.

How do you play the music of The Police?

Open an album and use the round Spotify button after a track. The Dutch Top 40 entries have the same button. 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.

Keep exploring

If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.