The 50 Greatest Songs

Compilation by The Police

Released 14 April 2009

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    Roxanne
    3:12
    4.3 ★
  • 2
    Next to You
    2:50
    4.1 ★
  • 3
    Hole in My Life
    4:53
    3.2 ★
  • 4
    Peanuts
    3:59
    3.2 ★
  • 5
    Can’t Stand Losing You
    3:00
    3.7 ★
  • 6
    Truth Hurts Everybody
    2:54
  • 7
    Born in the 50’s
    3:40
    3.6 ★
  • 8
    Reggatta de Blanc
    3:05
    4.2 ★
  • 9
    Message in a Bottle
    4:50
    3.9 ★
  • 10
    It’s Alright for You
    3:13
    4.0 ★
  • 11
    Bring On the Night
    4:14
    4.2 ★
  • 12
    Deathwish
    4:12
    3.2 ★
  • 13
    King of Pain
    4:58
    3.9 ★
  • 14
    Tea in the Sahara
    4:07
  • 15
    I Burn for You
    4:48
    3.0 ★
  • 16
    Every Breath You Take (live)
    4:39
  • 17
    Wrapped Around Your Finger (live)
    5:24
  • CD 2
  • 1
    Walking on the Moon
    5:01
    3.7 ★
  • 2
    The Bed’s Too Big Without You
    4:23
    3.2 ★
  • 3
    Contact
    2:38
    4.0 ★
  • 4
    Does Everyone Stare
    3:46
    4.0 ★
  • 5
    No Time This Time
    3:18
    3.0 ★
  • 6
    Visions of the Night
    3:04
    4.0 ★
  • 7
    Don’t Stand So Close to Me
    4:00
    3.9 ★
  • 8
    Driven to Tears
    3:22
    4.0 ★
  • 9
    When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What Is Still Around
    3:35
    3.8 ★
  • 10
    Bombs Away
    3:04
    3.4 ★
  • 11
    De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
    4:07
    3.5 ★
  • 12
    Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
    4:20
    3.9 ★
  • 13
    Behind My Camel
    2:52
    3.2 ★
  • 14
    Man in a Suitcase
    2:15
    3.5 ★
  • 15
    Synchronicity I
    3:23
    3.6 ★
  • 16
    Fall Out (live)
    2:25
  • 17
    Landlord (live)
    2:38
    2.0 ★
  • CD 3
  • 1
    Every Breath You Take
    4:14
    4.1 ★
  • 2
    Secret Journey
    3:34
    2.6 ★
  • 3
    Murder by Numbers
    4:35
    3.2 ★
  • 4
    Someone to Talk To
    3:07
    2.0 ★
  • 5
    Invisible Sun
    3:44
    3.5 ★
  • 6
    So Lonely
    4:48
    4.3 ★
  • 7
    Demolition Man
    5:56
    3.0 ★
  • 8
    Spirits in the Material World
    2:59
    3.7 ★
  • 9
    Synchronicity II
    5:00
    3.2 ★
  • 10
    Wrapped Around Your Finger
    5:13
    3.8 ★
  • 11
    Darkness
    3:12
    3.0 ★
  • 12
    Miss Gradenko
    2:01
    3.0 ★
  • 13
    Rehumanize Yourself
    3:10
    3.6 ★
  • 14
    O My God
    4:04
    3.4 ★
  • 15
    Can’t Stand Losing You (live)
    6:34
  • 16
    Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’86
    6:25

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Release credits

  • background vocals [7-11, 14], electric bass guitar [13], electric guitar [2.1, 2.7-15, 1.1, 1.9, 1.13, 3.1, 3.3, 3.5-6, 3.8-10, 3.12, 3.14], guitar [1.2-5, 1.7, 3.4, 3.6], lead vocals [4], synthesizer [13]
  • engineer [3.6, 1.1-5, 1.7]
  • co [2.12, 3.2, 3.5, 3.7-8, 3.11, 3.13], engineer [3.1-3, 3.5, 3.7-14, 2.12, 2.15, 1.13], producer [1.13, 2.12, 2.15, 3.1, 3.3-4, 3.8-10, 3.12, 3.14]
  • piano [12]
  • piano [3]
  • engineer [2.1-5, 2.7-11, 2.13-14, 1.1-5, 1.7-12, 3.6], producer [1.8-12, 2.1-5, 2.7-11, 2.13-14]
  • background vocals [7-11, 14], drums (drum set) [2.1, 2.7-15, 3.1, 3.3-6, 3.8-10, 3.12, 3.14, 1.1-5, 1.7, 1.9, 1.13]
  • background vocals [7-11, 14], bass [1.2-5, 1.7, 3.4, 3.6], drum machine [15], electric bass guitar [1.1, 1.9, 1.13, 3.1, 3.3, 3.5-6, 3.8-10, 3.12, 3.14, 2.1, 2.7-12, 2.14-15], harmonica [6], lead vocals [2.7-11, 2.14, 3.1], saxophone [14], synthesizer [7-11, 14], vocal [1.1-5, 1.7, 1.9, 1.13, 3.3, 3.5-6, 3.8-10, 3.12, 3.14, 2.1, 2.12, 2.15]
  • arranger [1.1-5, 1.7-12, 2.1-5, 3.6], producer [2.1-15, 2.17, 1.1-5, 1.7-13, 1.15, 3.1-14]

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