The Police

The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting (lead singer, bassist and principal songwriter), Andy Summers (guitarist) and Stewart Copeland (drummer). The Police became globally popular in the late 1970s and are generally regarded as one of the first new wave groups to achieve mainstream success, playing a style of rock that was influenced by punk, reggae, and jazz. They are also considered one of the leaders of the Second British Invasion of the U.S. They disbanded in 1986, but reunited in early 2007 for a one-off world tour that ended in August 2008.

Their 1978 debut album, Outlandos d'Amour, reached No. 6 in the UK, and their second album Reggatta de Blanc became the first of five consecutive UK No. 1 albums.Synchronicity from 1983 was No. 1 in both the UK and U.S., selling over 8 million copies in the U.S. alone. The Police have sold over 75 million records, making them one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. They were the world's highest-earning musicians in 2008, thanks to their reunion tour.

Outlandos d'Amour

Outlandos d'Amour is the debut studio album by English rock band The Police, released in November 1978 by A&M Records.

Elevated by the success of its lead single, "Roxanne", Outlandos d'Amour peaked at No. 6 on the UK Album Charts and at No. 138 on the Billboard 200. It has since been certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of over one million units in the United States. The album spawned two additional hit singles: "Can't Stand Losing You" and "So Lonely". Although it received mixed reviews upon its release, Outlandos d'Amour has since been regarded as one of the strongest debut albums by any band or artist. It was ranked No. 38 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "100 Best Debut Albums of All Time". In 2012, the same magazine ranked it No. 428 on their list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Background and recording

With a budget of £1,500 borrowed from Stewart Copeland's brother Miles, the album was recorded at Surrey Sound in an intermittent fashion over six months, with the band jumping in whenever the studio had free time or another band's sessions were cancelled. Miles Copeland had promised to pay Surrey Sound £2,000 upon completion of the recording, but did not give them the full amount until much later.

Losing You

Losing You may refer to:

Music

Songs

See also

Can't Stand Losing You

"Can't Stand Losing You" is a song by English rock band The Police, released from their debut album Outlandos d'Amour, both in 1978. The song also was released as the follow-up single to "Roxanne," reaching no. 2 on a re-release in 1979. It was written by the band's lead singer and bassist Sting as a song about suicide.

The song also gained controversy for its single cover art, featuring Stewart Copeland hanging himself.

Background

"Can't Stand Losing You" features lyrics which, according to Sting, is "about a teenage suicide, which is always a bit of a joke." Sting also claimed that the lyrics took him only five minutes to write.

The original single was banned by the BBC because of the controversial cover (an alternative cover was released in some places). As Sting described: "The reason they [the BBC] had a problem with "Can't Stand Losing You" was because the photo on the cover of the single had Stewart standing on a block of ice with a noose around his neck, waiting for the ice to melt." Despite this, or perhaps because of the extra attention from the controversy, it became the group's first single to break the charts, and has held a spot in their live sets ever since it was written.