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"Every Breath You Take" is a song by the English rock band the Police from their album Synchronicity (1983). Written by Sting , the single was the biggest US and Canadian hit of 1983, topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks (the band's only No. 1 hit on that chart), and the Canadian RPM chart for four weeks.
During the recording of "Every Breath You Take", Sting and Copeland came to blows with each other, and Padgham nearly quit the project. [11] The song was originally attempted with the live method, but due to numerous failed takes the song had to be assembled entirely from overdubs, including all drum parts. [11]
Tom Sinclair from Entertainment Weekly panned the song, giving it a grade of D and describing it as a "maudlin 'tribute' to the Notorious B.I.G., [in which] the late rapper's former mentor and wife (Faith Evans) team up to say their farewells to the big man on a song that 'samples' The Police's 'Every Breath You Take'. With lyrics like 'Know ...
"Every Breath You Take" † Sting Synchronicity: 1983 [8] "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" † Sting Ghost in the Machine: 1981 [4] "Fall Out" † Stewart Copeland Non-album single 1977 [9] "Flexible Strategies" † Sting Andy Summers Stewart Copeland Non-album single B-side of "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" 1981 [10] "Friends ...
Despite the allegations against Sean "Diddy" Combs, “Every Breath You Take” remains untainted — at least for the man who wrote it.. In a new interview with the Los Angeles Times published on ...
Every Breath You Take: The Singles is the first compilation album by the Police, released in 1986. In 1990, the album was repackaged in New Zealand, Australia and Spain as Their Greatest Hits with a different cover. A video collection entitled Every Breath You Take: The Videos was released alongside the album.
The music video, directed by Godley & Creme (who directed the videos for "Every Breath You Take" and "Synchronicity II"), furthers the ethereal feeling the song gives off, by having footage of the band performing in a candle-lit, gloomy room, interspersed with scenes of Sting running among tall candlesticks arranged in a sort of maze; in the ...
Greatest Hits is the second greatest hits album by the Police, released in September 1992 by A&M Records.It is the band's second compilation album following Every Breath You Take: The Singles.