THE POLICE – 45 Years Ago Today The Trio Released Their 3rd Single ‘CAN’T STAND LOSING YOU’

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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.

Original video

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THE POLICE Scored No 1 Hit Album With Their Final One ‘SYNCHRONICITY’ 40 Years Ago Today

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25 June 2023

THE POLICE scored their 4th No 1 hit album in the UK with their 5th and final LP SYNCHRONICITY on 25 June 1983, today 40 years ago. The album also topped the
US Charts.

It featured their blockbuster hit Every Breath You Take.
More than 1,5 billion streams on Spotify.

Full album


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‘EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE’ By THE POLICE – Released 40 Years Ago Today

Superstar trio THE POLICE had one of their biggest hits – #1 in the US, UK and Canada – with EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE. The song was released 40 years ago, on 20 May 1983.
It featured on their fifth and final LP Synchronicity.

Video: It was directed by Godley & Creme (from 10CC) with reference to Albian artist
Gjon Mili‘s 1944 short film Jammin’ The Blues. The clip shows the band, accompanied
by a pianist and string section, performing the song in a darkened ballroom as a man washes the floor-to-ceiling window behind them. Sting plays an upright bass.

Watch.

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ROXANNE Turns 45 Today

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7 April 2023

45 years ago today, on 7 April 1978 THE POLICE released
their hit ROXANNE, from their debut LP Outlandos D’Amor)

Sting got the idea for the song while being
in Paris‘ red light district with The Police.

It peaked at #12 in the UK and #39 in the US.

Rooooo-xaaaannne.

Comedian Eddie Murphy‘s version in the movie 48 Hours (1990) isn’t bad either.

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Four Number Ones – GRANDFUNK RAILROAD, THE POLICE, PRINCE And MARIA McKEE

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Four number ones this day in, respectively 197319791984 and 1990

Band: GRAND FUNK RAILROAD
Who: Hefty famous rockers from Flint, Michigan, United States
Active: 1969–1976, 1981–1983, 1996–1998, 2000–present
Single: WE’RE AN AMERICAN BAND
The title track from the same-titled LP

Score: Topped the US Singles Chart on
29 September 1973 – 48 years ago today

Rock out, guys…

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Band: THE POLICE
Active: 1977–1984, 1986-2003, 2007–2008
Single: MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
From their Regatta De Blanc LP

Score: No 1 (their first) in the UK
29 September 1979, 42 years ago today

Send your SOS here…

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Artist: PRINCE
June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016
Single: LET’S GO CRAZY
Score: On top of the US Singles Chart,
37 years ago today, on 29 September 1984

Eternal star…

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Artist: MARIA McKEE (L.A.)
Active: 1982–present
Single: SHOW ME HEAVEN
From the soundtrack of Days Of Thunder
A 1990 movie with Tom Cruise

Score: No 1 in the UK on
29 September 1990, 31 years ago today

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Going Back In Time – Five Big Longplayers By Five Legendary Bands…

4 October 2020

Band: The Specials
Album: More Specials – second LP
Released: 4 October 1980 – 40 years ago

Jerry Dammers on the American tour to promote the LP:
Vibraphone music in elevators. Obviously this was classed as
rubbish. I don’t know if it was my state of mind, because I was
so zonked, but it struck me as a really weird, psychedelic music,
which is now called lounge or exotica. It’s been rehabilitated, but
at the time, to say you actually liked that music was mad. It
completely freaked out some of the band.”

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Band: Pink Floyd
Album: Atom Heart Mother – fifth LP
Released: 2 October 1970 – 50 years ago

David Gilmour: “A load of rubbish. We were at a real down point.
I think we were scraping the barrel a bit at that period. ‘Atom Heart
Mother’ sounds like we didn’t have any idea between us, but we
became much more prolific after it.”

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Band: The Who
Album: The Who By Numbers – seventh LP
Released: 3 October 1975 – 45 years ago

John Entwistle. “The band’s late great bassist): “The first
cover I designed. I never got paid for. We were taking it in turns
to do the covers. It was Pete’s turn before me and we did the
Quadrophenia cover, which cost about the same as a small
house back then, about £16,000. My cover cost £32.”

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Band: The Police
Album: Zenyatta Mondatta – third LP
Released: 3 October 1980 – 40 years ago

Stewart Copeland (drummer) about the LP’s title artwork:
“It’s the same explanation that applies to the last two. It doesn’t
have a specific meaning like ‘Police Brutality’ or ‘Police Arrest’,
or anything predictable like that. Being vague it says a lot more.
Miles (Stewart Copeland’s brother and group manager) came up
with “Trimondo Blondomina”. Very subtle. Like three blondes
and the world. Then somebody thought of “Caprido Von Renislam”.
That rolls off the tongue. It was the address of the studio.

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Band: Killing Joke
Album: Killing Joke – debut LP
Released: 5 October – 40 years ago

Jaz Coleman: “The first wave of punk was
manufactured. It was manufactured as boys
band but what came out of it was very interesting.”

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Social Distancing Single ‘DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME’ By THE POLICE Released 40 Years Ago

Top singles from the past…

21 September 2020

Band: The Police
Active: 1977–1984, 1986, 2007–2008
Single: Don’t Stand So Close To Me’
B-sides: Friends and A Sermon

Released: 19 September 1980 – 40 years ago
Score: #1 in the UK (best selling single that year)
#9 in the US
Album: Zenyatta Mondatta – third LP

Sting: “If your image is not sexy enough,
people won’t listen. It’s part of the game.”

Get back, please…

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