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The Very Best of Sting and The Police

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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

The Very Best of Sting & The Police wwwmusicbazaarcomalbumimagesvol3227227267

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

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)

  1. "Message in a Bottle" – 4:49 from Reggatta de Blanc
  2. "Can't Stand Losing You" – 2:58 from Outlandos d'Amour
  3. "Englishman in New York" – 4:25 from ...Nothing Like the Sun
  4. "Every Breath You Take" – 4:13 from Synchronicity
  5. "Walking on the Moon" – 4:59 from Reggatta de Blanc
  6. "Fields of Gold" – 3:40 from Ten Summoner's Tales
  7. "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" – 4:20 from Ghost in the Machine
  8. "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" – 4:14 from The Dream of the Blue Turtles
  9. "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot (Edit)" – 4:29 from Mercury Falling
  10. "Russians" – 3:57 from The Dream of the Blue Turtles
  11. "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" – 4:29 from Ten Summoner's Tales
  12. "When We Dance (Edit)" – 4:17 from Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994
  13. "Don't Stand So Close to Me" – 4:03 Zenyatta Mondatta
  14. "Roxanne" – 3:12 from Outlandos d'Amour
  15. "Roxanne '97" (Puff Daddy Remix) – 4:33 Previously unreleased

PolyGram International (1998)

  1. "Message in a Bottle" – 4:49 from Reggatta de Blanc
  2. "Can't Stand Losing You" – 2:58 from Outlandos d'Amour
  3. "Englishman in New York" – 4:25 from ...Nothing Like the Sun
  4. "Every Breath You Take" – 4:13 from Synchronicity
  5. "Seven Days" – 4:39 from Ten Summoner's Tales
  6. "Walking on the Moon" – 4:59 from Reggatta de Blanc
  7. "Fields of Gold" – 3:40 from Ten Summoner's Tales
  8. "Fragile" – 3:54 from ...Nothing Like the Sun
  9. "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" – 4:20 from Ghost in the Machine
  10. "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" – 4:09 from Zenyatta Mondatta
  11. "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" – 4:14 from The Dream of the Blue Turtles
  12. "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot (Edit)" from Mercury Falling
  13. "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" – 4:29 from Ten Summoner's Tales
  14. "When We Dance (Edit)" – 4:17 from Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994
  15. "Don't Stand So Close to Me" – 4:03 from Zenyatta Mondatta
  16. "Roxanne" – 3:12 from Outlandos d'Amour
  17. "Roxanne '97" (Puff Daddy Remix) – 4:33 Previously unreleased

Japanese Version Bonus Single

  1. "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (Japanese Version)"

Universal (2002)

  1. "Message in a Bottle" – 4:50
  2. "Can't Stand Losing You" – 3:00
  3. "Englishman in New York" – 4:28
  4. "Every Breath You Take" – 4:12
  5. "Seven Days" – 4:39
  6. "Walking on the Moon" – 5:03
  7. "Fields of Gold" – 3:40
  8. "Fragile" – 3:54
  9. "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" – 4:21
  10. "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" – 4:08
  11. "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" – 4:15
  12. "Brand New Day" – 6:22
  13. "Desert Rose" Feat Cheb Mami – 4:47
  14. "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" – 4:30
  15. "When We Dance (Edit)" – 4:18
  16. "Don't Stand So Close to Me" – 4:00
  17. "Roxanne" – 3:10
  18. "So Lonely" – 4:47

Personnel

  • Sting – main performer
  • The Police – track performers
  • Roxanne '97 [Puff Daddy Remix]:
  • Pras – rap vocals
  • Full Force – background vocals

    • Songs

    1Message in a Bottle4:51
    2Can't Stand Losing You3:01
    3Englishman in New York4:27

    References

    The Very Best of Sting & The Police Wikipedia
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