"Every Breath You Take"

E394491

single song

"Every Breath You Take" is a 1983 hit song by the Police, written by Sting, known for its haunting melody and lyrics about obsessive surveillance in a relationship.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Every Breath You Take	4
"Every Breath You Take" canonical	2
Every Breath You Take (music video)	2
"Every Breath You Take" (guitar arrangement and parts)	1
Every Breath You Take (P. Diddy – I’ll Be Missing You interpolation)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
actuallyAbout	possessiveness and control in a relationship ⓘ
album	Synchronicity ⓘ
artist	The Police ⓘ
award	Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ
bassist	Sting ⓘ
bSide	Murder by Numbers ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100	1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
drummer	Stewart Copeland ⓘ
genre	new wave ⓘ pop rock ⓘ soft rock ⓘ
guitarist	Andy Summers ⓘ
hasGuitarRiffBy	Andy Summers ⓘ
hasMusicVideoDirector	Godley & Creme ⓘ
hasNotableCover	"Every Breath You Take" self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Every Breath You Take (P. Diddy – I’ll Be Missing You interpolation)
includedOnCompilation	Every Breath You Take: The Singles ⓘ
isOftenMisinterpretedAs	romantic love song ⓘ
isOneOf	best-selling singles of all time ⓘ
isOnRollingStone500GreatestSongs	true ⓘ
isSignatureSongOf	The Police ⓘ
key	A major ⓘ
label	A&M Records ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leadVocalist	Sting ⓘ
length	4:13 ⓘ
lyricalTheme	obsessive love ⓘ surveillance in a relationship ⓘ
nominatedFor	Grammy Award for Record of the Year ⓘ
producer	Hugh Padgham ⓘ The Police ⓘ
publisher	EMI Music Publishing ⓘ
recordedAt	AIR Studios ⓘ surface form: AIR Studios Montserrat Le Studio ⓘ surface form: Le Studio Quebec
recordingPeriod	1982-12 ⓘ 1983-02 ⓘ
releaseDate	1983-05-20 ⓘ
tempo	117 bpm ⓘ
timeSignature	4/4 ⓘ
weeksAtNumberOneUK	4 ⓘ
weeksAtNumberOneUS	8 ⓘ
writer	Sting ⓘ
yearEndUSBillboardHot100	1 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

"I'll Be Missing You" → basedOn → "Every Breath You Take" ⓘ

"I'll Be Missing You" → samples → "Every Breath You Take" ⓘ

Sting → notableWork → "Every Breath You Take" ⓘ

this entity surface form: Every Breath You Take

Under Suspicion series → hasPart → "Every Breath You Take" ⓘ

this entity surface form: Every Breath You Take

Alafair Burke → coAuthorOf → "Every Breath You Take" ⓘ

this entity surface form: Every Breath You Take

The Police → notableWork → "Every Breath You Take" ⓘ

this entity surface form: Every Breath You Take

Andy Summers → notableSongwritingContribution → "Every Breath You Take" ⓘ

this entity surface form: "Every Breath You Take" (guitar arrangement and parts)

Steve Barron → notableWork → "Every Breath You Take" ⓘ

this entity surface form: Every Breath You Take (music video)

Steve Barron → directed → "Every Breath You Take" ⓘ

this entity surface form: Every Breath You Take (music video)

"Every Breath You Take" → hasNotableCover → "Every Breath You Take" self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Every Breath You Take

this entity surface form: Every Breath You Take (P. Diddy – I’ll Be Missing You interpolation)