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About King of Pain by The Police
King of Pain is credited to The Police on The Police. This catalogue edition runs 4:59 and lists the song as track 13 of 15 on disc 2. The linked edition is dated 1983-01-06.
Catalogue artist credit: The Police.
Catalogue title: King of Pain. Genre: Rock. The date above belongs to the linked edition; it is not a claim about the original release or the video upload date.
Recording & video versions
Also represented from The Police: Roxanne, Message in a Bottle, De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da. Follow the related song pages to compare the recordings and their selected videos.
Selected video: King Of Pain. Published by The Police - Topic. Video length: 4:58.
Playback checked on 2026-10-19. Video edits and album recordings can have different running times.
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The Police
Every Breath You Take and Message in a Bottle show two different uses of a repeating guitar part. Roxanne and Walking on the Moon leave more space in the arrangement. Compare those with the keyboard colour of Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic.
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