Top singles from the past
2 November 2026
THE POLICE (1977-1984) released one of their many hit singles on 2 Nov 1981,
today 45 years ago with EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC (more than
607 million streams on Spotify).
It appeared on their Ghost In The Machine LP.
It went to No. 1 in the UK, Ireland and Canada, No. 2 in Australia, No. 3 in the US.
Stewart Copeland: “I remember saying, ‘Okay put up Sting’s original demo and I’ll show you how crummy it is.’ So Sting stood over me and waved me through all the changes. I did just one take, and that became the record. Then Andy did the same thing on the guitar. We just faced the music, bit the bullet, and used Sting’s arrangements and demo. Damn.”
Sting: “I had to fight hard to put that song on the record. I convinced them and eventually Stewart played fantastically on the demo. It took a lot of work but I knew he could do it. He’s
a fantastic drummer.”
