Greatest Hits

~ Release by The Police (see all versions of this release, 7 available)

Tracklist

▼ Medium 1
# Title Rating Length
1 Roxanne
4.2 3:13
2 Can't Stand Losing You
4.5 2:49
3 So Lonely
4.5 4:48
4 Message in a Bottle
4.3 4:50
5 Walking on the Moon
3.7 5:01
6 The Bed's Too Big Without You
3 4:25
7 Don't Stand So Close to Me
3.8 4:02
8 De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
3.45 4:09
9 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
4.6 4:20
10 Invisible Sun
3.6 3:44
11 Spirits in the Material World
3.25 2:59
12 Synchronicity II
3.35 5:00
13 Every Breath You Take
4.1 4:13
14 King of Pain
3.8 4:58
15 Wrapped Around Your Finger
3.7 5:14
16 Tea in the Sahara
2.65 4:12

Credits

Medium 1

electric bass guitar:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (tracks 1–5, 8–11, 13–15)
drums:
Stewart Copeland (tracks 1–5, 8–11, 13–15)
electric guitar:
Andy Summers (tracks 1–5, 8–11, 13–15)
piano:
Jean Roussel (track 9)
arranger:
The Police (British rock band) (tracks 1, 4–6)
co-producer:
Hugh Padgham (tracks 9–11)
composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (tracks 1–16)
engineer:
Hugh Padgham (tracks 9–11)
Chris Gray (UK Engineer) (track 1)
Nigel Gray (tracks 1, 4–8)
lyricist:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (tracks 1–16)
mastering:
Dave Collins (US mastering engineer) (tracks 1, 4–5, 8–9, 13)
producer:
Hugh Padgham (tracks 13–15)
The Police (British rock band) (tracks 1–11, 13–15)
Nigel Gray (tracks 4–8)
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (tracks 1–5, 8–11, 13–15)
phonographic copyright by:
A&M Records (1978 –) (tracks 1–3)
A&M Records (1979 –) (tracks 4–5)
A&M Records (1980 –) (track 8)
A&M Records (1981 –) (tracks 9–11)
A&M Records (1983) (tracks 13–15)
A&M Records (2016) (tracks 12–15)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (tracks 8, 13)
Virgin Music (publisher only, do not use as a label) (tracks 1–3, 7–8)
Virgin Music, Inc. (The American arm of Virgin's publishing company) (tracks 4–6)
recorded at:
Surrey Sound Studios in Leatherhead, Surrey, United Kingdom (tracks 1, 4–6)
Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (tracks 7–8)
mash-ups:
Stand By Me by ccc (track 13)
Wrapped Detective (Elvis Costello vs. The Police vs. Lionel Richie vs. Peggy Lee vs. Bob Marley vs. The Hollies vs. Led Zeppelin) by Go Home Productions (track 15)
remixes:
Don't Stand So Close to Me (5.1 mix) by The Police (track 7)
Every Breath You Take (5.1 mix) by The Police (track 13)
King of Pain (5.1 mix) by The Police (track 14)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (5.1 mix) by The Police (track 15)
sampled by:
I’ll Be Missing You by Puff Daddy & the Family feat. Faith Evans & 112 (track 13)
What Means the World to You by Cam’ron (track 1)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 84) (track 13)
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 388) (track 1)
later parody versions:
Every Step to Take (track 13)
King of Suede (track 14)
Laikus pērciet pasterizēto pienu (track 9)
Message in the Bible (track 4)
Walking Through Moulescomb (track 5)
later translated parody versions:
Humppaleski 45 (track 13)
Sua vartioin (track 13)
later translated versions:
Allanig (track 3)
Alma en el mundo material (track 11)
Do Do Da Da (Cantonese) (track 8)
El mensaje en la botella (track 4)
Estaré prendido en tus dedos (track 15)
La casa es muy grande sin ti (track 6)
Rolando por la luna (track 5)
Sol invisible (track 10)
Todo lo que él hace (track 9)
recording of:
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (track 8)
Don’t Stand So Close to Me (track 7)
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (song by The Police) (track 9)
Invisible Sun (track 10)
King of Pain (track 14)
Message in a Bottle (The Police song) (track 4)
Roxanne (track 1)
So Lonely (track 3)
Spirits in the Material World (track 11)
Synchronicity II (track 12)
Tea in the Sahara (track 16)
The Bed’s Too Big Without You (track 6)
Walking on the Moon (track 5)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (track 15)
Can’t Stand Losing You (1978) (track 2)
Every Breath You Take (1983) (track 13)
referred to in medleys:
Polkas on 45 (track 13)