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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.
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.
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'.
"Wrapped Around Your Finger" was released as the follow-up to the worldwide hit "Every Breath You Take." In Britain, it reached No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1983, [ 5 ] and in the US, it was instead released as the fourth single from Synchronicity (after "Every Breath You Take," "King of Pain," and " Synchronicity II ").
The last chord of the first bridge of The Police's "Every Breath You Take" is an unresolved suspended chord, [3] the introduction and chorus of Shocking Blue's "Venus" each contain an unresolved suspended chord, [3] and the introduction of Chicago's "Make Me Smile" has two different suspended chords without traditional resolution.
The box set states that it 'contains every single song the Police ever released' but it excludes ten officially released tracks from before its release in 1993: "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" (Spanish Version) (4:00) and "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" (Japanese Version) (4:00) were released in the US in 1981 as a double A-side 7", with Sting singing the song in both Spanish and Japanese (AM-25000).
"You Enjoy Myself" Phish: 1988 Written by Trey Anastasio, the song is a regular live feature. [156] [157] "La Vie en rose" Edith Piaf: 1945 Awarded a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998. [158] "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" Poison: 1988 3rd single from the band's 2nd album and their only US No. 1 [159] "Every Breath You Take" The Police: 1983