The Police

The Police are a new wave band primarily popular in the seventies and eighties. They are phenomenally popular, with numerous hit singles and bestselling albums. The song Every Breath You Take has been popular as a love dedication song despite it having been written after frontman Sting's divorce and not intended as romantic. Sting provides backing vocals in the Dire Straits song Money for Nothing, especially the line "I want my MTV". He would go on to have a successful solo career and has been considered as a solo artist for induction by the actual Hall of Fame, but has not been inducted. Weird Al Yankovic parodied the Police with his song Velvet Elvis, which uses elements of Every Little Thing She Does is Magic and Don't Stand So Close to Me. He also parodied the song King of Pain with his song King of Suede. The Police are known for the use of reggae elements in several of their songs.