Released 25 October 1986 Every Breath You Take The Singles
(1986) Greatest Hits
(1992) Release date 25 October 1986 | Recorded 1978–1986 Artist The Police Label A&M Records | |
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Length 50:26 (The Singles)
59:20 (The Classics) Producer The Police, Hugh Padgham, Nigel Gray and Laurie Latham Genres Rock music, New wave, Pop rock, Post-punk, Reggae rock Similar The Police albums, New wave albums | ||
Every Breath You Take: The Singles is the debut compilation album by The Police, released in 1986. In 1990, the album was repackaged in New Zealand, Australia and Spain as Their Greatest Hits with a different cover.
Contents
A video collection entitled Every Breath You Take: The Videos was released alongside the album. It was released on VHS and Betamax cassette, as well as on Laserdisc in the UK, Europe and in Japan. The collection featured fourteen promotional videos, for the thirteen tracks on the album and the original version of "Don't Stand So Close to Me".
Track listing
All tracks written by Sting.
Personnel
Every Breath You Take: The Classics
In 1995, A&M released Every Breath You Take: The Classics to replace the original album. It features a slightly different track listing: the original version of "Don't Stand So Close To Me" replaces the 1986 recording at track 5; the '86 version appears at track 13. A 'New Classic Rock Mix' of "Message in a Bottle" is included as track 14. The Digital Theater System (2000) and hybrid Super Audio CD (2003) versions of the album include a previously unreleased version of "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da".
In the DTS version, "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" features a different intro. Also, Every Breath You Take: The Singles featured a shortened version of "Can't Stand Losing You" which featured an early fade out which ends the song before the final chorus concludes. Every Breath You Take: The Classics replaces this with the full length version.
Track listing
All tracks written by Sting.
Songs
1Roxanne3:13
2Can't Stand Losing You2:49
3Message in a Bottle4:51