EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE

Created on 27/02/2002
Latest update on 10/11/2023

Artist: Police
Author: Sting
Label: A&M
Year: 1983

On Synchronicity. Radio's most played song in history.

Covers:

1984:

Sir Douglas Quintet [like Otis Redding would have done it]

1985:

Sacha Distel

1989:

Henry Mancini

1994:

Tammy Wynette [in duet with Sting]

1996:

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [on cd Every Breath You Take]

1997:

Puff Daddy & Faith Evans [n°1 US, UK & NL as I'll Be Missing You shortly after the death of his B.I.G. buddy Christopher 'Notorious' Wallace (see: I'm Coming Out): Sting gets $ 2.000 dayly for the rest of his life for not being asked permission to use this sample]

1997:

Gloria Gaynor

1997:

Betty Wright

1997:

Jack Jones

1998:

James McNally

2000:

Juliana Hatfield

2001:

Ally McBeal

2001:

Lloyd [as Elke Stap; hit NL]

2007:

Snow Police [as Every Car You Chase; DJ mix with Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars]

2008:

Young@Heart Chorus

2014:

Common Linnets [the intro to their Dutch Eurovision Song Contest entree Calm After The Storm used a similar groove]

2023:

Dolly Parton [with Sting on Rockstar]

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If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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