The Very Best of Sting & The Police

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 10 available)

Tracklist

▼ Medium 1
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 Message in a Bottle
The Police 4.3 4:51
2 Can’t Stand Losing You
The Police 3.4 3:00
3 Englishman in New York
Sting 4.2 4:28
4 Every Breath You Take
The Police 4.1 4:13
5 Seven Days
Sting 4 4:40
6 Walking on the Moon
The Police 3.7 5:03
7 Fields of Gold
Sting 3.7 3:40
8 Fragile
Sting 4.35 3:55
9 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
The Police 4.6 4:22
10 De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
The Police 3.45 4:08
11 If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
Sting 4.65 4:16
12 Brand New Day
Sting 3.5 6:22
13 Desert Rose
Sting 5 4:48
14 If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
Sting 3 4:31
15 When We Dance (edit)
Sting 4:18

Credits

Medium 1

electric bass guitar:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (tracks 1, 4, 6, 9–10)
drums:
Stewart Copeland (tracks 1–2, 4, 6, 9–10)
Omar Hakim (track 11)
guitar:
Andy Summers (track 2)
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (track 11)
bass:
Darryl Jones (bassist for The Rolling Stones) (track 11)
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (track 2)
electric guitar:
Andy Summers (tracks 1, 4, 6, 9–10)
keyboard:
Kenny Kirkland (track 11)
saxophone:
Branford Marsalis (track 11)
piano:
Jean Roussel (track 9)
additional synclavier:
Danny Quatrochi (track 11)
additional lyricist:
Cheb Mami (track 13)
arranger:
The Police (British rock band) (tracks 1–2, 6)
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (tracks 3, 8)
assistant mixer:
Andrew Bradfield (tracks 7, 14)
Pete Lewis (engineer) (tracks 7, 14)
Mark McKenna (tracks 3, 8)
Simon Osborne (tracks 7, 14)
Bob Vogt (tracks 3, 8)
background vocals:
Dolette McDonald (track 11)
Janice Pendarvis (track 11)
co-producer:
Hugh Padgham (track 9)
composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (tracks 1–15)
engineer:
Chris Gray (UK Engineer) (track 2)
Chris Gray (Chicago techno producer) (track 2)
Nigel Gray (tracks 1–2, 6, 10)
Hugh Padgham (tracks 5, 7, 9, 14)
Jim Scott (US recording engineer and producer) (track 11)
Pete Smith (UK producer) (track 11)
guest vocals:
Cheb Mami (track 13)
lyricist:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (tracks 1–4, 6–15)
mastering:
Dave Collins (US mastering engineer) (tracks 1–11, 14–15)
mixer:
Hugh Padgham (tracks 3, 5, 7–8, 14–15)
Jim Scott (US recording engineer and producer) (track 11)
Pete Smith (UK producer) (track 11)
performer:
Cheb Mami (track 13)
producer:
Neil Dorfsman (tracks 3, 8)
The Police (British rock band) (tracks 1–2, 4, 6, 9–10)
Nigel Gray (tracks 1, 6, 10)
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (tracks 3, 5, 7–8, 11, 14–15)
Hugh Padgham (tracks 4–5, 7, 14–15)
Pete Smith (UK producer) (track 11)
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (tracks 1–2, 4, 6, 9–11)
phonographic copyright by:
A&M Records (1979 –) (tracks 1, 6)
A&M Records (1980 –) (track 10)
A&M Records (1981 –) (track 9)
A&M Records (1983) (track 4)
A&M Records (2016) (track 4)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (tracks 4, 10)
EMI Music Publishing Germany (GmbH & Co. KG) (track 7)
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (track 7)
Steerpike Ltd. (track 7)
Virgin Music (publisher only, do not use as a label) (tracks 2, 10)
Virgin Music, Inc. (The American arm of Virgin's publishing company) (tracks 1, 6)
recorded at:
Surrey Sound Studios in Leatherhead, Surrey, United Kingdom (tracks 1–2, 6)
Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (track 10)
mash-ups:
I Can't Stand Along the Watchtower by ToToM (track 2)
Stand By Me by ccc (track 4)
remixes:
Can't Stand Losing You (5.1 mix) by The Police (track 2)
Every Breath You Take (5.1 mix) by The Police (track 4)
sampled by:
I’ll Be Missing You by Puff Daddy & the Family feat. Faith Evans & 112 (track 4)
Prophecy by Cam'ron feat. Kelly Price (track 8)
These Days On This Frigid Earth by The Gates of Sleep (track 13)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 84) (track 4)
is the basis for:
Fields of Gold (choral) (track 7)
later parody versions:
Biznessman in Whitehawk (track 3)
Every Step to Take (track 4)
Fields of Dick (track 7)
Laikus pērciet pasterizēto pienu (track 9)
Message in the Bible (track 1)
Turkulainen Helsingis (track 3)
Walking Through Moulescomb (track 6)
later translated parody versions:
Friesenjung (track 3)
Humppaleski 45 (track 4)
Sua vartioin (track 4)
later translated versions:
Africain à Paris (track 3)
Do Do Da Da (Cantonese) (track 10)
El mensaje en la botella (track 1)
Fragilidad (track 8)
Frágil (track 8)
Hur sköra vi är (track 8)
Kultaniityt (track 7)
Rolando por la luna (track 6)
Todo lo que él hace (track 9)
Veel to olt (track 7)
イングリッシュマン・イン・ニューヨーク (track 3)
later versions:
Venezuelan in New York (track 3)
recording of:
Brand New Day (track 12)
Can’t Stand Losing You (track 2)
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (track 10)
Desert Rose (track 13)
Englishman in New York (track 3)
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (song by The Police) (track 9)
Fields of Gold (track 7)
Fragile (track 8)
If I Ever Lose My Faith in You (track 14)
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (track 11)
Message in a Bottle (The Police song) (track 1)
Seven Days (track 5)
Walking on the Moon (track 6)
When We Dance (track 15)
Every Breath You Take (1983) (track 4)
referred to in medleys:
Polkas on 45 (track 4)