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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Hits List: Police

This trio was one of the top new wave acts.  They put out some great music in their brief time together.  Here is the complete Hits List for the Police:



1977:  "Fall Out" (#47 U.K.)
1978:  "Roxanne" (#32, #12 U.K., #21 Netherlands, #8 France, #22 Ireland)
           "Can't Stand Losing You" (#2 U.K., #9 Netherlands, #7 France, #7 Ireland)
           "So Lonely" (#6 U.K., #31 Netherlands, #10 France, #7 Ireland)
1979:  "Message in a Bottle" (#74, #1 U.K., #2 Netherlands, #5 France, #1 Ireland)
           "Walking on the Moon" (#1 U.K., #9 Netherlands, #2 France, #1 Ireland)
1980:  "Don't Stand So Close to Me" (#10, #1 U.K., #3 Netherlands, #7 France, #1 Ireland)
           "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (#10, #5 U.K., #11 Netherlands, #9 France, #2 Ireland)
1981:  "Invisible Sun" (#2 U.K., #4 France, #5 Ireland)
           "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" (#3, #1 U.K., #1 Netherlands, #5 France, #1 Ireland)
           "Spirits in the Material World" (#11, #12 U.K., #6 Netherlands, #4 France, #6 Ireland)



1982:  "Secret Journey" (#46, #29 Mainstream Rock)
1983:  "Every Breath You Take" (#1, #1 Rock, #1 U.K., #3 Netherlands, #10 France, #1 Ireland)
           "Wrapped Around Your Finger" (#8, #9 Rock, #7 U.K., #17 Netherlands, #6 France, #1 Ireland)
           "Synchronicity II" (#16, #9 Rock, #17 U.K., #12 Ireland)
1984:  "King of Pain" (#3, #1 Rock, #17 U.K., #10 France, #7 Ireland)
1986:  "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" (#46, #10 Rock, #24 U.K., #20 Netherlands, #11 Ireland)
1995:  "Can't Stand Losing You" (live) (#27 U.K.)
1997:  "Roxanne '97" (with Pras) (#59, #17 U.K., #38 Netherlands)
2000:  "When the World Is Running Down" (#28 U.K.

That's 13 hits with six of those going Top 10 and of course the all-time smash "Every Breath You Take".  The Ireland chart is particularly noteworthy--15 hits, with 12 Top 10 songs and 6 #1's.

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