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“The Bed's Too Big Without You” by The Police
From the album Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
“The Bed's Too Big Without You” by The Police appears on 14 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1999 and 2022. It was first released in 1979 on the album Reggatta de Blanc. Its best result is #243 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,470 alternative song of all time.
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"The Bed's Too Big Without You" comes from Reggatta de Blanc, the Police's 1979 album, and Sting wrote it alone. Nigel Gray engineered and co-produced with the band, and the arrangement is credited to all three.
It's a lonely-hearts song stretched out over a loping, spacious groove, all echo and air, where the gaps say as much as the notes: the ache of an empty room after someone has gone. It became the album's final single when an alternate version turned up in 1980 in the Six Pack set alongside the band's earlier British singles, a package that climbed to 17 in Britain. Sting later recorded it again on his own, and Ranking Roger and Sheila Hylton both covered it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 580 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 580 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 581 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 581 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2002 | 1183 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 581 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2003 | 243 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2004 | 581 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 582 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2007 | 1949 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1926 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1953 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2020 | 1412 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 905 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
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