The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For most of their history the line-up consisted of primary songwriter Sting (lead vocals, bass guitar), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums, percussion). The Police became globally popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Emerging in the British new wave scene, they played a style of rock influenced by punk, reggae, and jazz.
Their 1978 debut album, Outlandos d'Amour, reached No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart on the strength of the singles "Roxanne" and "Can't Stand Losing You". Their second album, Reggatta de Blanc (1979), became the first of four consecutive No. 1 studio albums in the UK and Australia; its first two singles, "Message in a Bottle" and "Walking on the Moon", became their first UK number ones. Their next two albums, Zenyatta Mondatta (1980) and Ghost in the Machine (1981), led to further critical and commercial success with two songs, "Don't Stand So Close to Me" and "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic", becoming UK number-one singles and Top 5 hits in other countries; the former album was their breakthrough into the US reaching number five on the US Billboard 200.
Their final studio album, Synchronicity (1983), was No. 1 in the UK, Canada, Australia, Italy and the US, selling over 8 million copies in the US. Its lead single, "Every Breath You Take", became their fifth UK number one, and only US number one. During this time, the band were considered one of the leaders of the Second British Invasion of the US; in 1983 Rolling Stone labelled them "the first British New Wave act to break through in America on a grand scale, and possibly the biggest band in the world." The Police disbanded in 1986, but reunited in early 2007 for a one-off world tour that ended in August 2008. They were the world's highest-earning musicians in 2008, due to their reunion tour, which was the highest-grossing tour of 2007.
The Police have sold over 75 million records, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time. The band won a number of music awards, including six Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards—winning Best British Group once, and an MTV Video Music Award. In 2003, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Four of their five studio albums appeared on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". The band were included among both Rolling Stone's and VH1's lists of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
THE POLICE MIDI KARAOKE FILES HERE
- Police - Bring On The Night (4:21)
- Police - Can't Stand Losing You (2:54)
- Police - De Do Do Do De Da Da Da (4:12)
- Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me (3:54)
- Police - Driven To Tears (3:27)
- Police - Every Breath You Take (4:02)
- Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (4:27)
- Police - Invisible Sun (3:29)
- Police - King Of Pain (4:51)
- Police - Message In A Bottle (4:48)
- Police - Miss Gradenko (2:02)
- Police - Roxanne (3:13)
- Police - So Lonely (4:57)
- Police - Spirits In The Material World (3:02)
- Police - Synchronicity I (3:05)
- Police - The Bed's Too Big Without You (4:26)
- Police - Voices Inside My Head (3:45)
- Police - Walking On The Moon (5:17)
- Police - Wrapped Around Your Finger (4:54)
MIDI'S
- Police - Be My Girl Sally (1:51)
- Police - Behind My Camel (2:45)
- Police - Bombs Away [demo] (0:29)
- Police - Born In The 50's (3:41)
- Police - Canary In A Coalmine (2:28)
- Police - Contact (2:36)
- Police - Does Everyone Stare (3:02)
- Police - Fall Out (live) (0:57)
- Police - Hole In My Life (3:39)
- Police - It's Alright For You (2:57)
- Police - Landlord (live) (2:19)
- Police - Man In A Suitcase (2:17)
- Police - Masoko Tanga (3:34)
- Police - Message In A Bottle (live) (4:25)
- Police - Mother (2:10)
- Police - Murder By Numbers (4:27)
- Police - Next To You (2:18)
- Police - Omegaman (2:51)
- Police - Reggatta De Blanc (3:10)
- Police - Rehumanize Yourself (3:15)
- Police - Secret Journey (2:33)
- Police - Synchronicity II (4:34)
- Police - Tea In The Sahara (3:34)
- Police - Truth Hits Everybody (2:28)
- Police - Walking In Your Footsteps (3:25)
- Police - When The World Is Running Down [demo] (0:39)
