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Oct 3, 2025

Pete

Mr. Eighties

Pete has published a news story:

On This Day October 3 1980 – The Police Released the Zenyatta Mondatta Album.

On this day October 3 1980, Zenyatta Mondatta by The Police was released. It was the band’s third studio album and became one of their most successful and acclaimed works, blending new wave, reggae, and rock into a sound that defined their early 1980s peak.

The album featured several of the band’s most iconic songs, including Don’t Stand So Close to Me and De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da, both of which became...

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