Editing The Police (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:The Police's hands.jpg|thumb|right|Handprints of the Police at the [[Wembley Arena#Square of Fame|Wembley Square of Fame]] in London]]
In 2003, the Police were inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in their first year of eligibility.<ref name="Rock Hall" /> In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked the Police number 70 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/the-police-19691231 |title=100 Greatest Artists: The Police |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=3 December 2010 |access-date=21 August 2011 |archive-date=20 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820204835/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/the-police-19691231 |url-status=live }}</ref> and in 2010, they were ranked 40th on [[VH1]]'s 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://today24news.com/entertainment/vh1-listed-100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-083804 |title=VH1 Listed 100 Greatest Artists of All Time |publisher=Today24News |access-date=19 March 2012 |archive-date=8 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308185359/http://today24news.com/entertainment/vh1-listed-100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-083804 |url-status=live }}</ref> Four of their five studio albums appeared on ''Rolling Stone'''s 2003 list of the [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]: ''[[Ghost in the Machine (album)|Ghost in the Machine]]'' (number 322), ''[[Reggatta de Blanc]]'' (number 369), ''[[Outlandos d'Amour]]'' (number 434), and ''[[Synchronicity (The Police album)|Synchronicity]]'' (number 455).<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Rolling Stone |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |date=18 November 2003 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5938174/the_rs_500_greatest_albums_of_all_time |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080623212750/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5938174/the_rs_500_greatest_albums_of_all_time |archive-date=23 June 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=23 May 2012 }}</ref> In 2008, ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' magazine named ''Synchronicity'' among the top 10 British Albums of the 1980s.<ref name="Q poll">{{cite news |title=100 Greatest Songs Of All Time |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage3.htm |access-date=22 September 2019 |work=Q magazine |archive-date=9 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609090109/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage3.htm |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

The primary songwriter for the Police, Sting was inducted into the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite book |last1= Gable |first1=Christopher |title=The Words and Music of Sting |date=2009 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |page=xiv}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone'''s 2004 list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, "[[Every Breath You Take]]" ranked number 84 (the highest new wave song on the list), and "[[Roxanne (The Police song)|Roxanne]]" ranked number 388. "[[Message in a Bottle (The Police song)|Message in a Bottle]]" ranked number 65 in the magazine's 2008 list of the 100 greatest guitar songs.<ref>{{cite web |title = ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time |work = Stereogum |date = 30 May 2008 |url = http://stereogum.com/10114/rolling_stones_100_greatest_guitar_songs_of_all_ti/list/ |access-date = 23 May 2012 |archive-date = 30 September 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120930231925/http://stereogum.com/10114/rolling_stones_100_greatest_guitar_songs_of_all_ti/list/ |url-status = live }}</ref> ''Q'' magazine named "Every Breath You Take" among the top 10 British Songs of the 1980s, and in a UK-wide poll by [[ITV1|ITV]] in 2015 it was voted ''[[The Nation's Favourite|The Nation's Favourite 80s Number One]]''.<ref name="Q poll" /><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week31/nations-favourite-80s-number-1 |title = Nation's Favourite 80s Number 1 Episode 1 |website = itv.com |access-date = 11 August 2016 |archive-date = 4 March 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132016/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week31/nations-favourite-80s-number-1 |url-status = live }}</ref> In May 2019, "Every Breath You Take" was recognized by [[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI]] as being the most performed song in their catalogue, overtaking "[[You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin']]" performed by [[the Righteous Brothers]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BMI Announces Top Honors for its 67th Annual Pop Awards |url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/bmi-announces-top-honors-for-its-67th-annual-pop-awards |website=[[Broadcast Music, Inc.]] |access-date=11 June 2019 |date=3 April 2019 |archive-date=3 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803045210/https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/bmi-announces-top-honors-for-its-67th-annual-pop-awards |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Not So Lonely (1484486583).jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|The Police (pictured on stage in the [[Stadio Delle Alpi]], [[Turin]], in 2007) are known for their [[stadium rock]].]]
With a string of UK number one albums, the Police were among the most commercially successful British bands of the early 1980s, and with success overseas they are typically regarded as in both the vanguard of the [[Second British Invasion]], and the [[New wave music|new wave]] movement.<ref name="Rock Hall" /><ref name=Scripps-Howard/> With a history of playing to large audiences, the Police were a featured artist in the [[stadium rock]] episode of the 2007 [[BBC]]/VH1 series ''[[Seven Ages of Rock]]'' along with [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[Led Zeppelin]], [[U2]] and [[Bruce Springsteen]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Seven Ages of Rock |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/programmes/ |access-date=14 June 2019 |agency=BBC |archive-date=17 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517144207/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/programmes/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Despite the band's well-documented disagreements with one another, Summers said in 2015 that Sting, Copeland and he are good friends. Summers said, "Despite the general press thing about 'God, they hate each other', it's actually not true, we're very supportive of one another."<ref>{{cite news |first=Alan |last=Light |title=Andy Summers' Police Investigation |work=[[Medium (website)|Medium]] |date=25 March 2015 |url=https://medium.com/cuepoint/interview-andy-summers-police-investigation-2d1a2677eddd#.15d6wbtsk |access-date=19 January 2016 |archive-date=26 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126165714/https://medium.com/cuepoint/interview-andy-summers-police-investigation-2d1a2677eddd#.15d6wbtsk |url-status=live }}</ref> While remembering his time with the Police fondly and still retaining love for his former bandmates, Copeland recalled in 2022 that working with Sting musically "was like a [[Prada]] suit made out of barbed wire" and that, rather than get involved in the creative infighting, Summers would enjoy "throwing bombs" to egg on the younger men. "It was never an ego-clash", Copeland said.<ref>{{cite web |date=18 March 2022 |last1=Ferriss |first1=Tim |title=Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Stewart Copeland — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvVCc01dm_c |publisher=Fear{less} |access-date=21 July 2023}}</ref> Ruminating on the reunion shows in 2022, Sting concluded that the band had served its time: "It was cashing that asset in, saying, Let’s do it one more time and see what happens. It was hugely successful but I wouldn’t do it again. That would be a bridge too far."<ref>{{cite web|title=The Police Interviewed: “There’s a 00000000.1 per cent chance of getting back together.”|url=https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/stories/the-police-interviewed/|date=23 July 2024|magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]}}</ref>