The first track on The Police’s sophomore release Reggatta de Blanc, “Message In A Bottle” holds up very well over time. This was their first #1 hit in the UK, though the United States was still a little slow coming around as it did not fair as well here. It was not until “Don’t Stand So Close To Me” a year later did they crack the Billboard top 10 in the US and eventually getting a #1 with “Every Breath You Take” in 1983 beating out Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean”. “Message In A Bottle” was the first track that made people start really paying attention to The Police outside of the UK, the rest of course is musical history.
