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Sting successfully sued Combs over the song, as he had not secured legal approval to sample “Every Breath You Take”, and received 100 per cent of the royalties – reportedly until last year.
"Every Breath You Take" (1983) The Police "I'll Be Missing You" (1997) P Diddy: 100% of the publishing royalties [44] 1997 "Constant Craving" (1992) k.d. lang "Anybody Seen My Baby?" (1997) The Rolling Stones: Songwriting credit [4] 1998 Unnamed tracks New Ark 13 tracks on the album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998) Lauryn Hill ...
"I'll Be Missing You" is a tribute song by American rapper Puff Daddy and singer Faith Evans, featuring the R&B group 112. It honors Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace, a fellow artist on Bad Boy Records and Evans's husband, who was tragically murdered on March 9, 1997.
Sting is raking in the royalties with every breath he takes. According to Diddy, he pays the 71-year-old musician a whopping $5,000 per day for sampling one of his songs without permission. "Every ...
In 1997, rapper Sean Combs, a/k/a Puff Daddy or Diddy, sampled “Every Breath You Take” in his hit “I’ll Be Missing You.” While Sting sang about the loss of a romantic love, Combs rapped ...
However, "I'll Be Missing You" did not have legal approval for the sample before its release, thus Sting sued and received 100% of the song royalties, with payments reportedly going until 2053. [29] [30] Beyoncé's album Lemonade (2016) features as many as 72 co-writers due to use of samples in majority of its tracks. [31]
Diddy says he’s paying Sting $5,000 per day for sampling the Police frontman’s 1983 blockbuster hit “Every Breath You Take” on his own 1997 song “I’ll Be Missing You.” Diddy tweeted ...
“I’ll be missing you” is a number-one hit single, recorded by P.Diddy and Faith Evans. It released 1997 in memory of Notorious B.I.G., who was murdered on March the 9th 1997. The original song was written by Sting for the band Police and the song was called “Every breath you take”. On March 1997 Notorious B.I.G got shot in L.A.