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Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English musician, activist and actor.He was the frontman, principal songwriter and bassist for new wave band the Police from 1977 until their breakup in 1986.
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. [1] Within a few months of their first gig, the line-up settled as Sting (lead vocals, bass guitar, primary songwriter), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums, percussion), and this remained unchanged for the rest of the band's history.
Sting won the 1983 Grammy Award for Song of the Year, and the Police won Best Pop Performance by a Duo Or Group With Vocal for this song. Summers provides an account of the session in his memoir, One Train Later. [16] [12] As a member of the Police, Summers created a trademark guitar sound, which relied heavily on a chorus effect.
Sting with Diddy at the Grammy Awards in 2018 (Getty Images for NARAS) “Every Breath You Take” spent eight weeks at the Billboard Hot 100 in 1983, and remains The Police’s only No 1 in the US.
Sting Brimstone and Treacle: 1982 "Invisible Sun" † Sting Ghost in the Machine: 1981 [4] "It's Alright for You" Sting Stewart Copeland Reggatta de Blanc: 1979 [2] " A Kind of Loving" Andy Summers Sting Stewart Copeland Brimstone and Treacle: 1982 "King of Pain" † Sting Synchronicity: 1983 [8] "Landlord" † Sting Stewart Copeland Non-album ...
Sting, whose real name is Gordon Sumner, is only the latest celebrity to use his platform to call for support of the Ukrainians. Actress Mila Kunis, who was born in Ukraine and spent her early ...
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 ...
Sting returned to a 1985 song that he hoped would no longer be needed more than 30 years later. Shocking Band Exits Through the Years Read article “I’ve only rarely sung this song in the many ...