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1* BizarroEpisode:
2** "Mother" on ''Music/{{Synchronicity}}''.
3** To a lesser extent, the two instrumentals on ''Zenyattà Mondatta'' ("Behind My Camel" and "The Other Way of Stopping").
4** "Masoko Tanga" and the interlude of "Be My Girl - Sally" from ''Music/OutlandosDAmour''.
5** "On Any Other Day", lyrically.
6* BrokenBase: Very few examples of this among the fandom, but they are there. For example, what was better? The original version of "Don't Stand So Close To Me", or its 1986 remake?
7** Those who like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18OCCAqlx7k the former]] call it a classic among the band's repertoire and enjoy it for its fun, upbeat sound, while criticizing for the '86 version of its more depressing sound and the fact it was a drum machine, not Stewart Copeland, that provided the drums on the track.
8** Those who prefer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jSl-Lr4VuY the '86 version]] like it because the more somber music fits the lyrics better; and because it sounds more mature and atmospheric with its 80's synth pop sound to it, while criticizing the original for being way too upbeat for a song that deals with such a dark and serious topic.
9** Stewart himself found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PNpPScloXw a middle ground between the two]] when scoring ''Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out'' with what he called "derangements".
10* EpicRiff: "Message In A Bottle" and "Every Breath You Take" are the most famous.
11** "Walking on the Moon" has an unusual example of the Epic Riff being played on the bass.
12** "Roxanne" would also qualify.
13* FandomRivalry: During the early years, the British Punk scene ''despised'' The Police, who were considered "posers" because all three members were highly-skilled Jazz and Prog Rock musicians in a space occupied almost entirely by angry kids who rejected virtuosity.
14** However, this died down as Punk bands began to experiment with their music and just a few years later, The Clash were themselves experimenting with a similar reggae sound and went in a more technically sophisticated direction.
15* HoYay: All three of them, [[VitriolicBestBuds when they weren't at each other's throats.]] Sting has remarked on the "sexual tension" between him and Copeland, and Andy Summers' biography details quite a few man-dates.
16* MisaimedFandom: It's amazing how many people don't realize that "Every Breath You Take" is ''[[StalkerWithACrush not]]'' a love song. By 1985, it was already a big enough issue for Sting to put out an AnswerSong, "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free", as the lead single from ''The Dream of the Blue Turtles''.
17* NarmCharm: A distinctive voice like Sting's can ''very'' easily end up sounding silly, and even today, some people crack jokes about his odd accent and unusual timbre, however the genuine emotion and the strength of Sting's lyrics makes it work.
18* SignatureSong: [[Music/{{Synchronicity}} "Every Breath You Take"]] and [[Music/OutlandosDAmour "Roxanne"]] tie for gold. [[Music/ReggattaDeBlanc "Message in a Bottle"]], [[Music/GhostInTheMachine "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"]], and [[Music/ZenyattaMondatta "Don't Stand So Close to Me"]] tie for silver. And if anything else, they are all the signature songs for each of their respective albums.
19* StuckInTheirShadow: Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland are still well-known and ''very'' respected, but both of them are heavily overshadowed by Music/{{Sting}} to the general public due in part to Sting having by far the most high-profile solo career of the three.
20* ValuesDissonance: "On Any Other Day" for ''Regatta de Blanc''. In it, the singer details all the horrible things that had happened to him on that day, i.e., his wife burned the scrambled eggs and let him know she was having multiple affairs. One of them is his discovery that "my fine young son has turned out gay". In 1979, that was a generally unremarkable sentiment; in 2020, it is decidedly at odds with large portions of society. This is, however, FairForItsDay in the context of the song -- because he notes that it would be okay on any other day.
21* ValuesResonance: "Don't Stand So Close to Me" was probably the first hit single to treat a relationship between an adult male and a teenage girl "half his age" as negative and something to be avoided, for the social stigma both of them face, if nothing else. The fact that Sting later confirmed that the teacher raped his student and was deservingly fired for it adds greater resonance, especially after the rise of the [=#MeToo=] movement in 2017 resulted in a large number of prominent figures being exposed and punished after years of getting away with sexual abuse, including cases of child molestation.
22* VindicatedByHistory: ''Music/OutlandosDAmour'' was received with open hostility when it first released, with critics deriding the band as posers whose idea of mixing punk and reggae was too bizarre to work. However, the massive critical and commercial success of the band's later albums and Music/TheClash's similarly reggae-infused ''Music/LondonCalling'' motivated a major reevaluation of the Police's first record; it's now considered one of the best albums of all time and especially one of the strongest debut records an artist has ever put out.
23* {{Wangst}}: "King of Pain" from ''Music/{{Synchronicity}}''. It doesn't really have any overt whining or self-pity apart from the incredibly vague "but it's my destiny to be the king of pain", but the title is super angsty and the lyrics are full of little depressing vignette [[BuffySpeak things]].
24* TheWoobie: The nameless main character in "Synchronicity II" from ''Music/{{Synchronicity}}''. His family life is a ball of insanity, his job sucks, and by the end of the song he may be losing his mind from the combined stress.

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