Biography
The Police were an English rock band formed in London, England in 1977.For most of their history the band consisted of Sting (lead vocals, bass guitar, primary songwriter), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums, percussion). The Police became globally popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s and are generally regarded as one of the first new-wave groups to achieve mainstream success, playing a style of rock influenced by punk, reggae, and jazz. They are also considered one of the leaders of the Second British Invasion of the United States.They disbanded in 1986, but reunited in early 2007 for a one-off world tour that ended in August 2008. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Police
Single & Cover
“De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da” is a song by The Police, released as a single in December 1980. Released as the British second single from the album Zenyatta Mondatta, the song was written by Sting as a comment on how people love simple-sounding songs. He says, “The lyrics are about banality, about the abuse of words,” saying that “the lyrics have an internal logic.” I was trying to make an intellectual point about how the simple can be so powerful. Why are our favourite songs ‘Da Doo Ron Ron’ and ‘Do Wah Diddy Diddy’? In the song, I tried to address that issue. But everyone said, ‘This is bullshit, child’s play.’ No one listened to the lyrics. Listen to the lyrics. I’m going to remake it again and put more emphasis on what I was talking about. — Sting, Rolling Stone, 2/1988.
The cover was designed to use the title of the song to justaxpose an image of the band with one of a woman’s hand reaching out to a telephone to call the police. The idea for this cover did not come from the title or the music but from a child’s wooden jigsaw. An attempt to create a photographic design using a two-layered theme, using two partial images in the same picture, but leaving enough of each photograph visible so the brain can complete the scene. The lettering has a image of the woman’s hand reaching for the telephone and a photograph of the Police.
Cover Location: Hipgnosis Studio, London, UK
Who Did What: Photography – A. Powell. Graphics – G. Halpin. Cover Design – Hipgnosis.
Label: A&M Records A&M 22275(US), A&M Records AMS7578(UK)
Source: Hipgnosis | Portraits – Aubrey Powell
Tracklist
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
A Sermon
Credits
Producer – Nigel Gray (tracks: A), The Police
Written By – Sting(A)/A.Summers(B)
