Sting, the former lead singer of the s bandThe Police, is still a musical force today. After the band broke up inthe former English teacher continued making music, with one chart-topping single after breeath. In his solo career and with The Police, the year-old has sold over million records. One of the greatest rock bands of the s, The Police broke up at the height of their fame. Part of the frustration was that Stewart and Andy were driven to write. Every Breath You Take was released in The lyrics to the song, many say jokingly, sound like the song of a breayh.
Not Puff Daddy—or P. Diddy either. Not Stewart Copeland, who also had a hand in writing the song. All the money goes to Sting—and that money amounts to roughly two thousand dollars a day —seventeen years after the Puff Daddy song was released and thirty-one years after The Police song was released. It was very bizarre while it lasted. Celebrity Net Worth quotes a chunk of a Revolver magazine interview from with all three members of The Police—the first such interview in fifteen years:. Summers: We spent about six weeks recording just the snare drums and the bass. Sting can you buy me a castle in Italy too? With the proceeds from the longest running hit single in the history of radio? Just a little chateau somewhere? By the way, the full interview is completely enthralling reading for anyone who is into The Police. The weird animosity and yet chemistry that Sting, Copeland, and Summers share is one of a kind. What we need is a Solomonic figure somewhere to adjudicate who gets what part of the money. All you musicians out there, try to think more like an attorney once in a while! Email Address.
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Being a musician, you make a lot of money from album sales, touring, merchandising and more. Well, Puff Daddy or P. Diddy sampled the music for his smash hit «I’ll Be Missing You. However, neither Diddy or his record company thought it would be a good idea to get permission to use the classic guitar riff. Now, had they gotten the okay to sample the song, Sting would have probably gotten around a quarter of the royalties. The strange thing is that even though he owns the rights to the song, he didn’t write the music either. Sting sang the song, Stewart Copeland played drums, and Andy Summers played the guitar. It was Andy’s original work that was illegally sampled.
You will receive an e-mail reminder a few minutes before the class starts. Pick a Day, Time and Duration 15 minutes 30 minutes 60 minutes. I still have reservations about the paragraph purporting to describe the motivations for writing the song and what it is supposedly about, the linked «notes» do not address this at all. Terence Trent D’Arby. Save this card. Your currency is not supported by PayPal. What is your role at the school? Make a payment using a PayPal account. Click here to start a new topic. Disconnect from server. Some very non-neutral comments in here, the phrases «blockbuster album», and «And this lack of rhythmic variation which in other songs may be considered boring , is actually what gives the song its compellingly hypnotic atmosphere and matches the song’s lyrics perfectly. I don’t care to read 10 paragraphs at a time which basically insult me and brag about what a great musical mind you are. Speaking as a professional musician, the strings in the original studio recording are clearly played by synthesizer.
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I have the same interview taped and the quote that FangsFirst listed is exact. Please try using a different payment method. Walking On The Moon. It seems a bit of a bold statement to make without a footnote. Traffic Breakdown. What is your favorite music genre? Hoe have permission to delete these «External links modified» talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before yoj mass systematic removals. Type: Exercise.
To fill out this checklist, please add the following code to the template call:. Okay, I removed it before because there seemed to be so much proof this guy’s a stalker, but I checked again: My mom remembered seeing Sting on an interview, saying that he wrote this song to try to get his wife to stop smoking.
While in hindsight this may have been a cover I was hoping someone else could speak up if they remember. I’ll keep looking for online sources.
I recall seeing a clip of him on VH1 honestly at this point who can remember what any clip on there was on, show-wise where he talked about it being about a stalker, or at least they did, and then he was shown in interview. He said something to the effect of «People come up to me all the time and say, ‘Oh we got married to your song! The latest edit on this subject vehemently insists that the song isn’t about a stalker, without offering a citation to back up the claim.
Calling it «self-evident» is no good, since obviously it isn’t evident to many people. Bradd26 March UTC. On the Rolling Stone list of the «Immortals» in music, under the section for the Police, they say it is.
FangsFirst is correct! I have the same interview taped and the quote that FangsFirst listed is exact. Sting went on to say in the interview that it is a creepy song, covered up with a beautiful yet melancholy melody, which is why people are so thrown by it’s meaning and have turned it into a love song.
Despite the clear lyrics, despite the comments of Sting, despite the online debate, some people continue to maintain even in that this song has nothing to do with stalking. And yet, far from some sweet love song — it is clearly a dark comment about dangerous people out.
Oh, can’t some of them see, this songs lyrics do not belong to them? I’m surprised to see the article itslf doesn’t use the words «stalking» or «stalker», although they occur repeatedly on this talk page which I expect few readers ever go to. The Dutch-language version of the article, at least, comes right out and says it, with a link straight to the Wikipedia article on stalking. I’m also surprised to find that anyone could ever have seen this as an innocent love song.
For my part, I’ve always had a very uncomfortable feeling about the lyrics — and, for what it’s worth, I’m a man. Do we have a reference to the song being based on every breath I take? It seems a bit of a bold statement to make without a footnote. My mom said the song was about a school kid stalking his teacher i guess looking through her window and the song follows every move you make every step you take i’ll be watching you basically i think sting might’ve known someone or read something about this i mean the person who’s being stalked might’ve been someone of sting’s own blood like his mother or something not really sure myself but it seems like a decent guess right — In Sting’s autobiography, he states that «Every Breath You Take» is about obsessive love and how love can be so overwhelming and consume you, like a stalker.
Have you ever listened to «Every Breath I Take»? It sounds a lot like Sting’s song and the message is pretty frickin’ similar. Just listening to the song brought us here to find out whether anybody had anymore info on it. I think this speculation should be included in the body of this article. Some very non-neutral comments in here, the phrases «blockbuster album», and «And this lack of rhythmic variation which in other songs may be considered boringis actually what gives the song its compellingly hypnotic atmosphere and matches the song’s lyrics perfectly.
I agree. Most of this article is pretty factual, but there are some sentences that sound much more like a review than an encyclopedia entry. Damn, in theory someone in Mali would have to work every day for years to get the amount of money sting gets of this song ALONE in 3 months.
Superdude9916 November UTC. Make that years, seeing how the averege daily wage is 0,75 cents, what is wrong with this world??? The section is unencyclopedic. First off — unless you can find Sting or some credible source saying that Sting was inspired by that song, it is just speculation. Secondly — every similarity listed about that song is nothing spectacular.
First off — the whole «every breath you take» thing is a cliche, and a popular one at. Even so, the idea is not some complex idea that no one else had, before I made the edit — there were already two songs that were stated to use that cliche. The point with cliches is that you can’t call every prior use of a cliche an influence.
Now the chord progression — anyone who knows anything about music knows that I-vi-IV-V chord progression is incredibly common. It isn’t surprising that two songs that happen to use a similar lyric motif would have the same chord progression seeing how both songs are both tonal in the western tradition.
And even the chords being played out in an arpeggio is not surprising seeing how a good chunk of music does that to make it sound more complex than it already is. Simply put — unless somebody presents either Sting saying it, or some credible source saying it, it is unencyclopedic and completely unremarkable.
Should we go and simply put every song out there that uses a I-vi-IV-V chord progression in that list as well? They’re based on arpeggiation, but vary from it in similar ways. I think the same thing goes for the lyrics: find me another song that replicates two full lines from this one with only a switch in pronouns!
All of these things put together — similar lyric, same chord progression, similar riffs, extreme likelihood that The Police were aware of the Led Zeppelin cut, and the fact that a classic rock band immitating reggae would have been particularly interesting to The Police — make for a similarity that I noticed independantly of the original author of that section.
I can agree that this section is somewhat unencyclopedic, though, to the extent that almost no one else has called this out, so there’s no source to point to. On the other hand, much of this is just direct observation, and I don’t think it would be particularly unencyclopedic to just point out an interesting similarity without stating that it is intentional. Wow, you’re obnoxious. I have a pretty good idea of how common this chord progression is, and I’ve played both of these guitar riffs!
Maybe this isn’t the kind of thing that belongs in an article without a citation, fine. But your frankly, wrong opinion about the nature of this similarity would be a lot easier to listen to if you didn’t assume you’re the expert on something that both the original author of that section and I evidently know more about than you. Thanks for the lecture! I added the lyrics part, and the other guy added the chord pattern, which I had not noticed but it is indeed a fact.
You are arguing «ok the line is a cliche, and seperately the chord pattern is a common one» but taken together, this is quite a coincidence. I consider your high-handed deletion of very relevant and valid facts about the song rather presumptuous. You could have at least asked for some discussion. I re-added it. I think we’ve shown quite a bit of evidence that it WAS influenced, if not ripped off wholesale, from the Led Zep song. Boy, you credit youself with being the be-all, end-all and know it all of music and you use a phrase like «a 50’s chord pattern».
Yeah, and it was never used before nor. Do YOU know anything about tonal music? Also, 12 and 8 bar blues patterns existed well before the 50’s. Finally, its not one person’s opinion. Its a fact it shares a marked resemblance in both lyrics and structure, as well as playing technique. In fact, it appears to be a straight «lift», you know that one mister expert? I think its entirely valid and informational to mention the fact.
You seem to be some kind of rabid Sting fan who doesn’t want his idol’s rep besmirched. Its relevant, its informational and its true. The song has striking similarities to Dyer Maker, even you don’t deny it. You want to have an edit war until its locked, fine. Or, all interested parties could compromise on a wording that satisfies the standards and includes all pertinent information.
Raphaelaarchon10 April UTC. Heh, you seem to get off on insulting my supposed lack of musical knowledge. I’m not going to bother listing my credentials. But you show a great amount of ignorance with your «50’s chord patterns» crap. Those cadences were used in classical music centuries before Fat Domino strung them.
I believe what I and others have added is valid. I’ll continue to debate and change that until you agree to compromise. I don’t see where you are the emporer of icecream and your lame opinion trumps everyone else’s. You want to have a childish edit battle, fine, I’m online a lot.
Hopefully a moderator will step in and rule on this, because you are too childish and egomaniacal to even debate. And, no, I don’t take the time to read your overlong, verbose, repetitive, inane, specious and rather vain and condescending posts.
I don’t care to read 10 paragraphs at a time which basically insult me and brag about what a great musical mind you are.
The assertations are valid. You have failed to convince me and the other guy posting who originally added the part about the playing technique and chord pattern. Rock on. And you are simply gain-saying both me and the other individual who posted. I’m not convinced. I think its valid and important information, and should be included. I’ll continue to revert your vandalism of factual information with which you disagree until the powers-that-be make the final judgement.
I won’t be intimidated by your bullying tactics or your high-handed deletion of other members’ contributions. Just who the heck do you think you are, anyway? You are the one insulting people, with your repeated accusations that we have no musical knowledge and bragging about your. You are the one vandalizing the page. You are the one being condescending and uncompromising. I will continue to revert my and the other guy’s contributions.
It also topped the Billboard Top Tracks chart for nine weeks. The song is considered to be both the Police’s and Sting’s signature songand in was estimated to generate between a quarter and a third of Sting’s music publishing income. In the US, it was the best-selling single of and fifth-best-selling single of the decade. Billboard ranked it as the No. The song ranked No.
Who was Every Breath You Take written about?
Sting wrote the song in in the aftermath tale his separation from Frances Tomelty and the beginning of his relationship with Trudie Styler ; their split was controversial. As The Independent reported in»The problem was, he was already married — to actress Frances Tomelty, who just happened to be Trudie’s best friend Sting and Frances lived next door to Trudie in Bayswater, West London, for evert years before the two of them became lovers. The affair was widely condemned. He braeth writing the song at Ian Fleming ‘s writing desk on the Goldeneye txke in Oracabessa, Jamaica. Sting recalls:. I woke up in the middle of the night with that line in my head, sat down at everu piano and had written it in half an hour. The tune itself is generican aggregate of hundreds of others, but the words are interesting. It sounds like a comforting love song. I didn’t realise at the time how sinister it is.
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