| 1 | –The Police | Roxanne '97 (Puff Daddy Remix)Mastered By – Herb PowersRecorded By, Mixed By – Charles AlexanderRemix – J Dub, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Stevie JWritten-By [Sample from "Kool's Back Again"] – Gene Redd, Jimmy CrosbyWritten-By [Sample From "Roxanne, Roxanne"] – U.F.T.O.Written-By [Sample From "Roxanne, Roxanne"], Backing Vocals – Full Force | 4:33 |
| 2 | –The Police | Every Breath You TakeProducer – The PoliceProducer, Engineer – Hugh Padgham | 4:13 |
| 3 | –Sting | When We Dance (Edit)Producer – StingProducer, Mixed By – Hugh Padgham | 4:17 |
| 4 | –Sting | If I Ever Lose My Faith In YouProducer – StingProducer, Mixed By, Engineer – Hugh Padgham | 4:29 |
| 5 | –The Police | De Do Do Do, De Da Da DaProducer – The PoliceProducer, Engineer – Nigel Gray | 4:09 |
| 6 | –The Police | Can't Stand Losing YouEngineer – Chris Gray , Nigel GrayProducer, Arranged By – The Police | 2:58 |
| 7 | –Sting | Englishman In New YorkMixed By – Hugh PadghamProducer – StingProducer, Mixed By – Neil Dorfsman | 4:25 |
| 8 | –The Police | RoxanneEngineer – Chris Gray , Nigel GrayProducer, Arranged By – The Police | 3:12 |
| 9 | –Sting | Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot (Edit)Engineer – Simon OsborneProducer – StingProducer, Engineer – Hugh Padgham | 4:29 |
| 10 | –Sting | FragileMixed By – Hugh PadghamProducer – StingProducer, Mixed By – Neil Dorfsman | 3:54 |
| 11 | –The Police | Don't Stand So Close To MeProducer – The PoliceProducer, Engineer – Nigel Gray | 4:03 |
| 12 | –The Police | Message In A BottleProducer – The PoliceProducer, Engineer – Nigel Gray | 4:49 |
| 13 | –The Police | Walking On The MoonProducer – The PoliceProducer, Engineer – Nigel Gray | 4:59 |
| 14 | –The Police | Every Little Thing She Does Is MagicProducer – Hugh Padgham, The Police | 4:20 |
| 15 | –Sting | Fields Of GoldProducer – StingProducer, Mixed By, Engineer – Hugh Padgham | 3:40 |
| 16 | –Sting | If You Love Somebody Set Them FreeEngineer – Jim ScottProducer – StingProducer, Engineer – Pete Smith | 4:14 |
| 17 | –Sting | Seven DaysProducer – StingProducer, Mixed By, Engineer – Hugh Padgham | 4:39 |
| 18 | –Sting | RussiansArranged By – StingComposed By [Based On A Theme By] – Sergei ProkofievEngineer – Jim ScottProducer, Engineer – Pete Smith | 3:57 |
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
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| 540 428 2 | Sting & The Police | Sting & The Police - The Very Best Of Sting & The Police (CD, Comp, RM) | A&M Records | 540 428 2 | UK & Europe | 1997 |
| 540 428 2, 540 428 2 | Sting & The Police | Sting & The Police - The Very Best Of Sting & The Police (CD, Comp) | A&M Records, A&M Records | 540 428 2, 540 428 2 | Mexico | 1997 |
| UICY-8175 | Sting & The Police | Sting & The Police - The Very Best Of Sting & The Police (CD, Comp, RE, RM, SHM) | Universal Music, A&M Records | UICY-8175 | Japan | 2009 |
| 055 434-3 | Sting & The Police | Sting & The Police - The Very Best Of . . . Sting & The Police (VHS, Comp, PAL) | PolyGram Video, A&M Records | 055 434-3 | Spain | 1997 |
| 06069 493 315-4 | Sting & The Police | Sting & The Police - The Very Best Of ... Sting & The Police (Cass, Comp) | Universal, A&M Records, Inc. | 06069 493 315-4 | India | 2002 |
This compilation ℗ 1997 A&M Records, Inc. © 1998 A&M Records, Inc., a PolyGram company. (printed on disc media label)
This compilation ℗1997 A&M Records, Inc. ©1998 A&M Records, Inc, a PolyGram company. Distributed by Polydor/PolyGram. (printed at the bottom of the rear inlay)
The catalog number: 540 428 2 is printed on both spines of the rear inlay, at the bottom left hand corner of the back page of the booklet, and on the disc media label. The catalog number: 540 428-2 is printed at the top of the rear inlay below the barcode.
Packaging: Standard jewel case with a clear tray and a leaflet half-folded to form two panels. Some come with a sticker on the jewelcase: "The Sting Remasters. Digitally remastered from the original". Also includes a second booklet with info on other remastered albums by Sting.
Remastered at A&M Mastering Studios, Hollywood, CA
Track 13: Remix Produced by Sean "Puffy" Combs for Bad Boy Entertainment, Stevie J for Stevie J Productions/Bad Boy Entertainment and J Dub for Dub's World Productions/Noontime Music. Recorded at The Hit Factory by Charles Alexander. Mixed at Daddy's House by Charles Alexander. Mastered by Herb Powers at Powers House of Sound, New York, NY
All songs published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd./Magnetic Publishing Ltd. (PRS), except Track 13: published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd./Magnetic Publishing Ltd. (PRS)/Boosey & Hawkes Ltd. for the world (PRS). Track 18: contains sample from "Roxanne, Roxanne" performed by U.T.F.O., courtesy of Select Records. Written by Full Force and U.F.T.O. Published by Adra Music, Kadoc Music Inc. and Mokojumbi Music Inc. (BMI) and a sample from "Kool's Back Again" by Kool & The Gang, under license from PolyMedia, a division of PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc. Contains elements of "Kool's Back Again" written by Gene Redd and Jimmy Crosby; published by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI).
Tracks 1 & 6: From the A&M cassette and compact disc "Regatta de Blanc"
Tracks 2 & 17: From the A&M cassette and compact disc "Outlandos d'Amour"
Tracks 3 & 8: From the A&M cassette and compact disc "...Nothing Like The Sun"
Track 4: From the A&M cassette and compact disc "Synchronicity"
Tracks 5, 7 & 14: From the A&M cassette and compact disc "Ten Summoner's Tales"
Track 9: From the A&M cassette and compact disc "Ghost In The Machine"
Tracks 10 & 16: From the A&M cassette and compact disc "Zenyatta Mondatta"
Tracks 11 & 13: From the A&M cassette and compact disc "The Dream Of The Blue Turtles"
Track 12: Original version appears on the A&M cassette and compact disc "Mercury Falling"
Track 15: Original version appears on the A&M cassette and compact disc "Fields Of Gold"