<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Alternative cover </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> US 7 - inch cover </Td> </Tr> <P> "Message in a Bottle" is a song by English rock band The Police . It was released as the lead single from their second studio album, Reggatta de Blanc (1979). Written by the band's lead singer and bassist Sting, the song is ostensibly about a story of a castaway on an island, who sends out a message in a bottle to seek love . A year later, he has not received any sort of response, and despairs, thinking he is destined to be alone . The next day, he sees "a hundred billion bottles" on the shore, finding out that there are more people like him out there . American rock band American Hi - Fi performed a cover of the song for the 2003 film Rugrats Go Wild . </P> <P> The song was the first of their five UK number one singles . Rolling Stone ranked it number 65 on its list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time". </P>

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