When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around

~ Recording by The Police

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
4.13	When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around	3:36	The Police	Now That's What I Call an Era: The Albums 1980 > 1984 (Essential Tracks From Iconic Albums)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2025-05-30	EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	00198028945325, CDNNNOW158
4.13	When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around	3:36	The Police	NOW That’s What I Call An Era: The Albums 1980 > 1984 (Essential Tracks From Iconic Albums) (special edition with booklet)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2025-05-30	EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	00198028945424, CDXNNNOW158

recording of:	When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around

lyricist and composer:	Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)

publisher:

Magnetic Music Ltd. (ended)
Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases) (ended)
Chappell Music (UK) (from 1980 to ????)
Chappell Music Co. (from 1980 to ????)
Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. (from 1980 to ????)
Virgin Music, Inc. (US arm of Virgin’s publishing company) (from 1980 to ????)
Virgin Publishing (from 1984 to ????)
Magnetic Publishing Ltd. (from 1991 to present)
EMI Music Publishing, Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (from 2003 to ????)
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) (from 2022-02 to present)
Universal Music Publishing Canada II (from 2022-02 to present)