Released November 1997 The Very Best of... Sting & The Police
(1997) Brand New Day
(1999) Artists Sting, The Police Label A&M Records | Length 63:03 The Very Best of... Sting & The Police
(1997) The Police
(2007) Release date November 1997 | |
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Producer Hugh Padgham, Sean "Puffy" Combs Genres Rock music, New wave, Pop rock Similar The Police albums, Rock music albums |
The police message in a bottle
The Very Best of... Sting & The Police is a compilation album issued by Sting, and released by A&M Records. The album originally featured one new track, a remix of the 1978 song "Roxanne" by rap artist Sean "Puffy" Combs. The album was reissued in 1998 by PolyGram International with "Russians" removed and 3 additional tracks, "Seven Days", "Fragile", and "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da", being added.
Contents
- The police message in a bottle
- AM 1997
- PolyGram International 1998
- Universal 2002
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
In 2002 it was again re-released by Universal with several track changes: the songs "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot", "Russians", and "Roxanne '97 (Puff Daddy Remix)" are omitted, with the songs "Brand New Day", "Desert Rose", and "So Lonely" in their place.
A&M (1997)
- "Message in a Bottle" – 4:49 from Reggatta de Blanc
- "Can't Stand Losing You" – 2:58 from Outlandos d'Amour
- "Englishman in New York" – 4:25 from ...Nothing Like the Sun
- "Every Breath You Take" – 4:13 from Synchronicity
- "Walking on the Moon" – 4:59 from Reggatta de Blanc
- "Fields of Gold" – 3:40 from Ten Summoner's Tales
- "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" – 4:20 from Ghost in the Machine
- "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" – 4:14 from The Dream of the Blue Turtles
- "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot (Edit)" – 4:29 from Mercury Falling
- "Russians" – 3:57 from The Dream of the Blue Turtles
- "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" – 4:29 from Ten Summoner's Tales
- "When We Dance (Edit)" – 4:17 from Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994
- "Don't Stand So Close to Me" – 4:03 Zenyatta Mondatta
- "Roxanne" – 3:12 from Outlandos d'Amour
- "Roxanne '97" (Puff Daddy Remix) – 4:33 Previously unreleased
PolyGram International (1998)
- "Message in a Bottle" – 4:49 from Reggatta de Blanc
- "Can't Stand Losing You" – 2:58 from Outlandos d'Amour
- "Englishman in New York" – 4:25 from ...Nothing Like the Sun
- "Every Breath You Take" – 4:13 from Synchronicity
- "Seven Days" – 4:39 from Ten Summoner's Tales
- "Walking on the Moon" – 4:59 from Reggatta de Blanc
- "Fields of Gold" – 3:40 from Ten Summoner's Tales
- "Fragile" – 3:54 from ...Nothing Like the Sun
- "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" – 4:20 from Ghost in the Machine
- "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" – 4:09 from Zenyatta Mondatta
- "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" – 4:14 from The Dream of the Blue Turtles
- "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot (Edit)" from Mercury Falling
- "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" – 4:29 from Ten Summoner's Tales
- "When We Dance (Edit)" – 4:17 from Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994
- "Don't Stand So Close to Me" – 4:03 from Zenyatta Mondatta
- "Roxanne" – 3:12 from Outlandos d'Amour
- "Roxanne '97" (Puff Daddy Remix) – 4:33 Previously unreleased
Japanese Version Bonus Single
- "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (Japanese Version)"
Universal (2002)
- "Message in a Bottle" – 4:50
- "Can't Stand Losing You" – 3:00
- "Englishman in New York" – 4:28
- "Every Breath You Take" – 4:12
- "Seven Days" – 4:39
- "Walking on the Moon" – 5:03
- "Fields of Gold" – 3:40
- "Fragile" – 3:54
- "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" – 4:21
- "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" – 4:08
- "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" – 4:15
- "Brand New Day" – 6:22
- "Desert Rose" Feat Cheb Mami – 4:47
- "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" – 4:30
- "When We Dance (Edit)" – 4:18
- "Don't Stand So Close to Me" – 4:00
- "Roxanne" – 3:10
- "So Lonely" – 4:47
Personnel
Songs
1Message in a Bottle4:51
2Can't Stand Losing You3:01
3Englishman in New York4:27