no one minds when these musically
talented coppers crash a party
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
songs by the police for this list we’ve
chosen our entries based on a
combination of the artists fan favorites
Roxanne
and their most commercially successful
songs
I guess it’s all true number 10 can’t
stand losing you see me again
and your brothers gonna kill me any six
feet although openly about teen suicide
this reggae infused track was actually
banned by the BBC because of the singles
sleep which happens to feature a Hank
Stewart Copeland
while it was the first police song to
chart it initially stalled at number 42
a subsequent re-release hit number 2 but
was held from the top spot by the
Boomtown Rats I don’t like Mondays which
ironically is about a teen school
shooting grim stuff but at least things
glasses are fun right you’ll be sorry
when I’m dead
number nine synchronicity two
perhaps the police at their skinniest
this track embodies the essence of Carl
Jung’s synchronicity theory and is
partially inspired by the Yeats poem the
second coming on a simpler level it is
about an emasculated and humiliated
husband and the Loch Ness monster which
is still pretty stinging
at the bottom of a job
stop
the track and the more synth based
synchronicity one book and side one of
the original vinyl album which would
prove to be the band’s final studio
operate
number eight so lonely as with our
number ten entry this track was not a
chart smash when it was first released
however when it was re-released it
topped out at number six in the UK owing
to the band’s increasing popularity
like many early police singles the song
jarring Li melds Punk and reggae and has
been described by sting as being a near
copy of Bob Marley’s no woman no cry’
due to stings
accented singing voice so lonely’s title
has been misheard through the years as
chipotle salami Sigourney and our
personal favorite Zamboni
number seven walking on the moon proving
that a song doesn’t have to be relatable
to be a hit sting claims to have been
inspired to write this track following a
schnapps drinking session with German
avocados er Aberhart sooner
so
the riff the bassist says then just
popped into his head along with the
lyric walking around the room which he
thought was stupid but could be stupider
and hence the title it’s now known under
stings pessimism aside walking on the
moon became the band’s second UK number
one but did not chart in the US despite
its video being shot at Kennedy Space
Center
number six king of pain
written by Sting following a separation
from his then-wife
this bleak soundscape is both unread and
notably unpause it sees skiing throw in
every metaphor for pain and despair that
he can’t and he knows quite a few by the
looks and sounds of it
influenced by Carl Jung and novelist
Arthur Koestler
sting wrote king of pain while staying
at Goldeneye the Jamaican estate of
James Bond creator Ian Fleming
while the song hit number 17 in the UK
it topped the Billboard top Tracks chart
and scored a number 3 on the Hot 100
number five every little thing she does
is Magic to sell all the feelings I have
despite its Caribbean flavor and that
the rest of the parent album was
recorded in mosa rap this classic was
actually recorded in Warren Heights
Quebec using a studio favored by
Canadian prog rock band Rush
while it is home to align sting has
reused in his solo career it was
actually written prior to his joining
the band
but it’s always me that
while it is refreshingly jolly I’m not
sure that calling anyone a thousand
times a day is really necessary
I was also cholera a thousand times a
day that’s gonna marry me some are far
away number four don’t stand so close to
me you’ll reach each obstacle
never a band to shy away from highbrow
topics on this upbeat tune the police
center on the building lust and
attraction between a young female
student and a male teacher while sting
then known as mr. Sumner was an English
teacher prior to the police the bassist
maintains the song is not about himself
which is not surprising don’t stand so
close to me later earned sting a
co-credit
when he reused part of the melody for
his backing vocal on dire straits money
for nothing
number three message in a bottle
despite its solid reggae rock and New
Wave sound sting has claimed that the
melody for this classic and its use of
ninth chords was inspired by Gregorian
chants and plain song yeah we don’t hear
it either
while the song may have only just
cracked the hot 100 in the US it does
have the honor of being the band’s first
UK number one
and has been cited as a favorite by both
sting and guitarist Andy Summers
number two
Roxanne rocks while now regarded as one
of the Bands best this was a
slow-burning hit when first released and
even the band members themselves weren’t
different to it
however manager and drummer Stewart
Copeland’s brother Myles felt otherwise
and used the recording to secure a major
label record contract
Roxanne
although it comes across as the police
is standard blend of reggae and rock it
is technically a tango and began life as
a bossa nova how different things might
have been
before we unveil our top hit here are a
few honorable mentions
Oh
is keep it up
ah
the rules of your evening spine shade of
your ass
number one every breath you take taking
our top spot is one of the most
misunderstood songs of all time while
often thought of as a love song and even
played at weddings it’s actually
anything but
cold creepy and at times paranoid every
breath you take is omnipresent and ever
survey
number one in many countries including
the UK the US and Canada the
synchronicity single has been dismissed
by Sting as being generic but with
interesting lyrics clearly the rest of
the world didn’t agree
with its new wave vibe and Grammy wins
this one stalker song continues to
generate as much as 33 percent of the
police front man’s publishing earnings
and remains their signature tune
do you agree with our list
what’s your favorite song by the police
for more entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
talented coppers crash a party
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
songs by the police for this list we’ve
chosen our entries based on a
combination of the artists fan favorites
Roxanne
and their most commercially successful
songs
I guess it’s all true number 10 can’t
stand losing you see me again
and your brothers gonna kill me any six
feet although openly about teen suicide
this reggae infused track was actually
banned by the BBC because of the singles
sleep which happens to feature a Hank
Stewart Copeland
while it was the first police song to
chart it initially stalled at number 42
a subsequent re-release hit number 2 but
was held from the top spot by the
Boomtown Rats I don’t like Mondays which
ironically is about a teen school
shooting grim stuff but at least things
glasses are fun right you’ll be sorry
when I’m dead
number nine synchronicity two
perhaps the police at their skinniest
this track embodies the essence of Carl
Jung’s synchronicity theory and is
partially inspired by the Yeats poem the
second coming on a simpler level it is
about an emasculated and humiliated
husband and the Loch Ness monster which
is still pretty stinging
at the bottom of a job
stop
the track and the more synth based
synchronicity one book and side one of
the original vinyl album which would
prove to be the band’s final studio
operate
number eight so lonely as with our
number ten entry this track was not a
chart smash when it was first released
however when it was re-released it
topped out at number six in the UK owing
to the band’s increasing popularity
like many early police singles the song
jarring Li melds Punk and reggae and has
been described by sting as being a near
copy of Bob Marley’s no woman no cry’
due to stings
accented singing voice so lonely’s title
has been misheard through the years as
chipotle salami Sigourney and our
personal favorite Zamboni
number seven walking on the moon proving
that a song doesn’t have to be relatable
to be a hit sting claims to have been
inspired to write this track following a
schnapps drinking session with German
avocados er Aberhart sooner
so
the riff the bassist says then just
popped into his head along with the
lyric walking around the room which he
thought was stupid but could be stupider
and hence the title it’s now known under
stings pessimism aside walking on the
moon became the band’s second UK number
one but did not chart in the US despite
its video being shot at Kennedy Space
Center
number six king of pain
written by Sting following a separation
from his then-wife
this bleak soundscape is both unread and
notably unpause it sees skiing throw in
every metaphor for pain and despair that
he can’t and he knows quite a few by the
looks and sounds of it
influenced by Carl Jung and novelist
Arthur Koestler
sting wrote king of pain while staying
at Goldeneye the Jamaican estate of
James Bond creator Ian Fleming
while the song hit number 17 in the UK
it topped the Billboard top Tracks chart
and scored a number 3 on the Hot 100
number five every little thing she does
is Magic to sell all the feelings I have
despite its Caribbean flavor and that
the rest of the parent album was
recorded in mosa rap this classic was
actually recorded in Warren Heights
Quebec using a studio favored by
Canadian prog rock band Rush
while it is home to align sting has
reused in his solo career it was
actually written prior to his joining
the band
but it’s always me that
while it is refreshingly jolly I’m not
sure that calling anyone a thousand
times a day is really necessary
I was also cholera a thousand times a
day that’s gonna marry me some are far
away number four don’t stand so close to
me you’ll reach each obstacle
never a band to shy away from highbrow
topics on this upbeat tune the police
center on the building lust and
attraction between a young female
student and a male teacher while sting
then known as mr. Sumner was an English
teacher prior to the police the bassist
maintains the song is not about himself
which is not surprising don’t stand so
close to me later earned sting a
co-credit
when he reused part of the melody for
his backing vocal on dire straits money
for nothing
number three message in a bottle
despite its solid reggae rock and New
Wave sound sting has claimed that the
melody for this classic and its use of
ninth chords was inspired by Gregorian
chants and plain song yeah we don’t hear
it either
while the song may have only just
cracked the hot 100 in the US it does
have the honor of being the band’s first
UK number one
and has been cited as a favorite by both
sting and guitarist Andy Summers
number two
Roxanne rocks while now regarded as one
of the Bands best this was a
slow-burning hit when first released and
even the band members themselves weren’t
different to it
however manager and drummer Stewart
Copeland’s brother Myles felt otherwise
and used the recording to secure a major
label record contract
Roxanne
although it comes across as the police
is standard blend of reggae and rock it
is technically a tango and began life as
a bossa nova how different things might
have been
before we unveil our top hit here are a
few honorable mentions
Oh
is keep it up
ah
the rules of your evening spine shade of
your ass
number one every breath you take taking
our top spot is one of the most
misunderstood songs of all time while
often thought of as a love song and even
played at weddings it’s actually
anything but
cold creepy and at times paranoid every
breath you take is omnipresent and ever
survey
number one in many countries including
the UK the US and Canada the
synchronicity single has been dismissed
by Sting as being generic but with
interesting lyrics clearly the rest of
the world didn’t agree
with its new wave vibe and Grammy wins
this one stalker song continues to
generate as much as 33 percent of the
police front man’s publishing earnings
and remains their signature tune
do you agree with our list
what’s your favorite song by the police
for more entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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