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

"When the World Is Running Down (You Can't Go Wrong)"
"When the World Is Running Down (You Can't Go Wrong)"
Single by Different Gear vs the Police
Released	24 July 2000
Genre	New wave; electronica;
Length	3:24 (radio edit)
Label	Pagan
Songwriter(s)	Sting
Producer(s)	Different Gear
The Police singles chronology

"When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around"
"When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around"
Song by the Police
from the album Zenyatta Mondatta
Released	2 October 1980
Genre	New wave
Length	3:38
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Sting
Producer(s)	The Police; Nigel Gray;
Audio
	"When the World Is Running Down" at YouTube

"When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" is a 1980 song by The Police and is the third track from their third studio album Zenyatta Mondatta. It was remixed in 2000 and went to number 28 in the United Kingdom.

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↑ "New Releases – For Week Starting July 24, 2000: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 22 July 2000. p. 25. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

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[1] "New Releases – For Week Starting July 24, 2000: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 22 July 2000. p. 25. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

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Studio albums	Outlandos d'Amour Reggatta de Blanc Zenyatta Mondatta Ghost in the Machine Synchronicity
Live albums	Live! Certifiable: Live in Buenos Aires
Compilations	Every Breath You Take: The Singles Greatest Hits Every Breath You Take: The Classics The Very Best of Sting & The Police The Police
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Singles	"Fall Out" "Roxanne" "Can't Stand Losing You" "So Lonely" "Message in a Bottle" "Walking on the Moon" "Bring On the Night" "The Bed's Too Big Without You" "Don't Stand So Close to Me" "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" "Invisible Sun" "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" "Spirits in the Material World" "Secret Journey" "Every Breath You Take" "Wrapped Around Your Finger" "Synchronicity II" "King of Pain"
Other songs	"Next to You" "Reggatta de Blanc" "Driven to Tears" "When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" "Behind My Camel" "Demolition Man" "Synchronicity I" "Tea in the Sahara"
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