Top singles from the past

14 August 2023

Megastar trio THE POLICE had their 3rd single CAN’T STAND LOSING
YOU, more than 32 million streams on Spotify, out 45 years ago today,
on 14 August 1978.

It featured on their debut LP Outlandos D’Amour

Sting said the song was about a teenage suicide and that he wrote the lyrics in 5 minutes.
It was a big hit. Although it went no higher than #42 on first release, it topped the UK Charts when re-released the year after in June.

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