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fromSlate Magazine
6 days ago

Every Breath Sting Takes, Every Hit Sting Makes-We've Been Watching Him.

Sting's prolific, genre‑blending songwriting produced enduring, widely played hits that generated substantial wealth and prompted legal disputes over song profits.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Sting sued by former the Police bandmates over 'Every Breath You Take' royalties

In the suit, filed in London High Court, guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland claim they never got songwriting credit on their band's 1983 single, one of the biggest hits of the '80s and famously sampled on Diddy and Faith Evans' "I'll Be Missing You." They allege in the suit that they have never been paid for their writing contributions.
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