Song · The Police
“Darkness” by The Police
From the album Ghost in the Machine (1981)
“Darkness” by The Police appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2002 and 2003. It was first released in 1981 on the album Ghost in the Machine. Its best result is #1306 on the Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,757 alternative song of all time.
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"Darkness" comes from Ghost in the Machine, the fourth Police album, which A&M released in October 1981, and it's a Stewart Copeland song from top to bottom, words and music both. Like the rest of the record, it took shape in sessions that ran from January to September 1981 at AIR Studios on Montserrat and Le Studio in Quebec, with the band producing and Hugh Padgham engineering and co-producing.
It stayed an album track: the singles were "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic", "Invisible Sun" and "Spirits in the Material World", plus "Secret Journey" in the US.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1306 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1354 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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