"Sting later said he was disconcerted by how many people think the song is more positive than it is. He insists it is about the obsession with a lost lover, and the jealousy and surveillance that follow." - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Breath_You_Take#Origins_and_songwriting) You pretty much nailed the meaning.
After it got to be a number one hit, Sting heard that people were playing it as a first dance at their weddings. He laughed and was like “good luck” lol
You understood the song exactly. The tension between the instrumentals and the lyrics and vocals makes the song both beautiful and a little bit scary at the same time. And the video points that up.
Sting called this song "pretty poison", in that the sweet melody pulled people in so much that they didn't think what the lyrics were really about. It's not a love song, but a song about a controlling psychopath. He always said he was shocked when he heard that some people used it as their wedding song.
I had a co worker who was a stalker, wanted our kifs, told another co worker he would kill me, throw me in a ditch and take them to Germany as they were blonde hair and blue eye. And my husband would do lifeninnprison. Police wouldn't do.anything After 30 years it still terrifying.
Sting is like Shakespeare- he was an English teacher before becoming one of the most iconic and global superstars of the last 40 years. This is the most played song on the radio with 15 million+ and counting. Awarded recently by BMI for this milestone. Sting got the award as the songwriter...
You got it exactly! When it first came out most of us got lost in the melody and thought it was a romantic song. Took us 15ish years to realize it was a stalker song 🤣
You're right that it's the beautiful music that hooks you, but it took me only about three weeks of hearing it CONSTANTLY on the radio for it to get a little creepy and then a LOT creepy. That didn't keep me from loving the song. In fact, that subtlety makes it brilliant. But I picked up on it being a really nasty song fairly quickly.
Simply goes to show the changing of the times.....thank God! 😹 At the time, I remember it well being popular on the radio, it was accepted as a jilted lover song. I personally think it's ok since it's art! That's the beauty of music painting movies...all can explore human emotions without actually doing what's presented. Storytelling. Sting is so young! 🖤
Written by Sting. Produced by The Police + Hugh Padghem. 1983. Sting: lead vocal, bass, synthesizers. Andy Summers: guitar, piano. Stewart Copeland: drums. The Police: backing vocals. Godley + Creme: direction of the video. Andy graduated from CSU Northridge in 1972. Stewart is the only American. 🇺🇲 Sting + Andy are British. 🇬🇧 The Police were in The Bahamas. Sting + Stewart Copeland were constantly arguing + laying temper tantrums. The infighting was so bad that Andy Summers left the house to look for help. Luckily, the late George Martin, producer of The Beatles, was nearby. Andy talked to George. His advice was relayed to Andy. Then, Andy returned. Sting + Stew stopped their bickering for the meantime. Meanwhile, Spandau Ballet was working on their album True on another side of the island! 😃 SB was on the rise! 🤯 1 year later, Sting met Spandau Ballet at the Band Aid recording session, London, UK. 🇬🇧 Yet, The Police was slowly breaking up. 😖😖😖 Sting + Stew could not even agree on how to play Every Breath You Take. 😖 This was a song on the final full studio album. Information c/o Andy Summers: I was at his book signing! 😃 Do not think of EBYT as only a stalker song: think of it as a break up of The Police + wishing the band was like it was on their 1st album. Sting wrote If You Love Someone Set Them Free as an antithesis to this song. He released the song in 1985, 2 years after this song was released. Sting is 1 of the GOAT singers of pop/rock music. See Rick Beato interview Sting. th-cam.com/video/efRQh2vspVc/w-d-xo.html. Sample. Puff Daddy sampled this. He made his rap into a tribute of Biggie Smalls. Guest singer is Faith Evans, widow of Biggie. RIP Biggie, Sir George Martin. Suggested next video: Sting. All This Time. 30 years! Link: th-cam.com/video/4LdUme7QZLY/w-d-xo.html. 🇬🇧
'The Police' have a lot of great hits. The band name came from Stewart Copeland the drummer whose father worked for the FBI. Stings real first name is Gordon. He got his nickname because in the early days he would always wear a yellow and black striped sweater.
Try Roxanne.. walking on the moon.. beds too big without you..there are so many to choose from..you got there with meaning your reactions are always great and entertaining ❤
If you haven't checked out the Jam, you could probably pick any track you like but Eton Rifles, and a town called malice are both classics. If you related to Elvis in the ghetto town called malice might be the best. Also check out a film called Quadrophenia.
Police songs which are worth to to listen to: Message In A Bottle Roxanne Walking On The Moon De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da The Beds To Big Without You Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic So Lonely tbc.
The first pop/rock band that I ever liked, and it started with the Synchronicity album. Went out and bought all 5 of their albums over the following months, then was devastated when they broke up... Ah, the follies of youth...
I actually listened to it many times and did research and My guess was correct the leads singer said he didn’t know why people thought it was a happy song because it was nothing like that. Listen to it again then research it
MY OPINION : The song is for to the person of whom 'the character' has died and gone to heaven...like an angel watching over the person that he once loved
P Diddy was sued by Sting for not getting permission to use the song Every Breath You Take for P Diddy's song "Missing You". Sting receives 100% of the song royalties, or about $730,000 a year. Don't ask, get sued.
It’s funny you never hear critics giving the lyrics a hard time when it’s performed by a female singer. Even more strange someone hasn’t heard one of the most played songs in the history of radio
Jayy. I have a request, I've been listening to Chris Stapleton, Tennessee Whiskey. But do the Live, Austin city limits version, Plz, this is Fire, you'll love it.
Please react to the concert version of Sting's "Bring On The Night / When The World Is Running Down You Make The Best Of What's (Still Around) ". It is only audio, but I am absolutely positive you'll gonna love it. :-)
Check it out is the name of the song John Cougar Mellencamp is the who did it sometimes he says John Cougar sometimes he's John Mellencamp and I think it's John Cougar Mellencamp but the song as the song is called check it out check that out there but come on now
"Sting later said he was disconcerted by how many people think the song is more positive than it is. He insists it is about the obsession with a lost lover, and the jealousy and surveillance that follow." - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Breath_You_Take#Origins_and_songwriting)
You pretty much nailed the meaning.
Yay I’m glad I nailed it
@@THEJAYYSHOW It's creepy, but such a good song. Keep doing what you do!
@@THEJAYYSHOW You paid attention to the song and that is what we love about you....You are really into listening and learning!
@@THEJAYYSHOW piddy diddy song was I will be missing you.
The other Police song that people play at weddings when they really, really shouldn’t is “Wrapped Around Your Finger”. Well worth a listen.
After it got to be a number one hit, Sting heard that people were playing it as a first dance at their weddings. He laughed and was like “good luck” lol
Most people think it’s a romantic song, but no, it’s about a stalker.
Kind of makes me laugh at the couples who have it in their wedding playlist.
Do people never listen to the lyrics? Sting even sings it with a menacing voice. How can people think it's a romantic song?
You understood the song exactly. The tension between the instrumentals and the lyrics and vocals makes the song both beautiful and a little bit scary at the same time. And the video points that up.
Sting called this song "pretty poison", in that the sweet melody pulled people in so much that they didn't think what the lyrics were really about. It's not a love song, but a song about a controlling psychopath. He always said he was shocked when he heard that some people used it as their wedding song.
I had a co worker who was a stalker, wanted our kifs, told another co worker he would kill me, throw me in a ditch and take them to Germany as they were blonde hair and blue eye. And my husband would do lifeninnprison.
Police wouldn't do.anything
After 30 years it still terrifying.
Sting is like Shakespeare- he was an English teacher before becoming one of the most iconic and global superstars of the last 40 years. This is the most played song on the radio with 15 million+ and counting. Awarded recently by BMI for this milestone. Sting got the award as the songwriter...
"He seemed like a chill relaxed stalker." Haha!
You have to check out some more Police songs. You would love them. They were a great band.
One of the most influential icon of the world, sting and the police one of the greatest group of the century.
Sting, the lead singer, is usually a bass player, so it is good to see him transition his skills to a double bass classical instrument.
Good you caught the meaning because people have played this at weddings thinking it was a live song and it is clearly far from lol
😂😂🤦🏽♀️
Sting wrote it in 1982 in 30 minutes it is about a jolted lover and the jealousy that follows. Sting is the lead singer.
I hope you mean jilted. Unless the lover was hit by high voltage. Perhaps AC/DC? 🤪
@@falxonPSN yes jilted my phone changes words and sometimes I do not catch them sorry.
@@margaretherrmann6866 no issues! Just gave me a bit of a chuckle picturing a person getting zapped.
photos jolted is just worse than jilted. Lol.
You got it exactly! When it first came out most of us got lost in the melody and thought it was a romantic song. Took us 15ish years to realize it was a stalker song 🤣
You're right that it's the beautiful music that hooks you, but it took me only about three weeks of hearing it CONSTANTLY on the radio for it to get a little creepy and then a LOT creepy. That didn't keep me from loving the song. In fact, that subtlety makes it brilliant. But I picked up on it being a really nasty song fairly quickly.
If you think he's creepy now wait till you find out he was a school teacher first.
😂
STING!! That being said - YEP, ultimate stalker song (eek!). I recommend "Roxanne" and "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" by The Police.
Yes, Roxanne! A song about a hooker 😁
They addressed a real problem in society. You’re right it’s about a stalker. ❤️
Simply goes to show the changing of the times.....thank God! 😹 At the time, I remember it well being popular on the radio, it was accepted as a jilted lover song. I personally think it's ok since it's art! That's the beauty of music painting movies...all can explore human emotions without actually doing what's presented. Storytelling. Sting is so young! 🖤
Written by Sting. Produced by The Police + Hugh Padghem. 1983.
Sting: lead vocal, bass, synthesizers.
Andy Summers: guitar, piano.
Stewart Copeland: drums.
The Police: backing vocals.
Godley + Creme: direction of the video.
Andy graduated from CSU Northridge in 1972. Stewart is the only American. 🇺🇲 Sting + Andy are British. 🇬🇧
The Police were in The Bahamas. Sting + Stewart Copeland were constantly arguing + laying temper tantrums. The infighting was so bad that Andy Summers left the house to look for help. Luckily, the late George Martin, producer of The Beatles, was nearby. Andy talked to George.
His advice was relayed to Andy. Then, Andy returned. Sting + Stew stopped their bickering for the meantime.
Meanwhile, Spandau Ballet was working on their album True on another side of the island! 😃 SB was on the rise! 🤯
1 year later, Sting met Spandau Ballet at the Band Aid recording session, London, UK. 🇬🇧
Yet, The Police was slowly breaking up. 😖😖😖 Sting + Stew could not even agree on how to play Every Breath You Take. 😖 This was a song on the final full studio album.
Information c/o Andy Summers: I was at his book signing! 😃
Do not think of EBYT as only a stalker song: think of it as a break up of The Police + wishing the band was like it was on their 1st album.
Sting wrote If You Love Someone Set Them Free as an antithesis to this song. He released the song in 1985, 2 years after this song was released.
Sting is 1 of the GOAT singers of pop/rock music. See Rick Beato interview Sting. th-cam.com/video/efRQh2vspVc/w-d-xo.html.
Sample. Puff Daddy sampled this. He made his rap into a tribute of Biggie Smalls. Guest singer is Faith Evans, widow of Biggie.
RIP Biggie, Sir George Martin.
Suggested next video: Sting. All This Time. 30 years! Link: th-cam.com/video/4LdUme7QZLY/w-d-xo.html. 🇬🇧
Yeah, the song is definitely about being stalked.
perfect reaction to the meaning of the song!!
Your face is my face when watching people dance their first dance at their wedding to this song 😂
Sting is a genius if you want a more positive song by him try Fields of Gold
Great song.
It is absolutely a scary stalker song, but it's also one of the most famous beautiful songs of all time.
The dichotomy is amazing
'The Police' have a lot of great hits. The band name came from Stewart Copeland the drummer whose father worked for the FBI. Stings real first name is Gordon. He got his nickname because in the early days he would always wear a yellow and black striped sweater.
Try Roxanne.. walking on the moon.. beds too big without you..there are so many to choose from..you got there with meaning your reactions are always great and entertaining ❤
Your shock at how dark this song is, was absolutely fantastic. This happened to Sting himself.
That's Sting. Try "Desert Rose." Totally different feel, rather beautiful.
Definitely check Fields of Gold, Shape of my Heart and Desert Rose from Sting. Completely different vibe and you’ll love his voice
Guess it depends if you want Sting stalking you or not 🤣
When this song came out, Sting admitted on MTV that it's not a luv song.. it's a song about control, obsession.. none of this is new 2 us
STING was always so good
Its about a stalker, from the stalkers point of view. Sting said as much. It's supposed to be creepy, that's the idea of the song... lol🤣
Great song
But, who wouldn't want a stalker that looks like Sting?
The group Blondie made a song (One Way Or Another) with similar stalker lyric vibe, but more upfront with its statement. Try it and see.
If you haven't checked out the Jam, you could probably pick any track you like but Eton Rifles, and a town called malice are both classics. If you related to Elvis in the ghetto town called malice might be the best. Also check out a film called Quadrophenia.
Police songs which are worth to to listen to:
Message In A Bottle
Roxanne
Walking On The Moon
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
The Beds To Big Without You
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
So Lonely
tbc.
Gotta admit....it's catchy!!! 😺
The meaning is pretty clear. A radio DJ used to call it "The jealousy song".
The first pop/rock band that I ever liked, and it started with the Synchronicity album. Went out and bought all 5 of their albums over the following months, then was devastated when they broke up... Ah, the follies of youth...
Perfectly put together from many simple notes
I've only just recently discovered your channel and I absolutely love your reactions!. Just how we looked when we saw this video for the first time.
I'd love to see you do some solo Sting stuff, especially "Be Still My Beating Heart."
Now check out "Wrapped around your finger".
you misunderstood the song. this is a classic song. listen to it again a few times eventually you will get it.
I actually listened to it many times and did research and My guess was correct the leads singer said he didn’t know why people thought it was a happy song because it was nothing like that. Listen to it again then research it
MY OPINION : The song is for to the person of whom 'the character' has died and gone to heaven...like an angel watching over the person that he once loved
P Diddy was sued by Sting for not getting permission to use the song Every Breath You Take for P Diddy's song "Missing You". Sting receives 100% of the song royalties, or about $730,000 a year. Don't ask, get sued.
If you want something lighter, try ' Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic' 😇💙✊
It's 💯 stalker point of view...and was a huge hit. #1 many weeks
If new now, it would get boycotted. In the 80's no one blinked.
Yes, he's stalking her. Back in the 80's we could do that shit
"Don't stand so close to me". Yeah, this song is great but creepy
Rooooooooooo-xanne! And yes, he’s got a voice!!! 😊
It’s funny you never hear critics giving the lyrics a hard time when it’s performed by a female singer. Even more strange someone hasn’t heard one of the most played songs in the history of radio
Just what stalkers need an anthem. Lol
Now I gotta look up if you reacted to "SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME" by Rockwell. 😂...
It's a good song! 😎
who the fuck cares if is a stalker song or a love one..........this is a great song......nothing to add!
2:39 That's 'Sting'
How did I never notice the eyes before? I caught on to the stalker vibe first time I heard. But, my God. The eyes!
Sting was good friends with Bob Marley. React to 3 little birds by Bob Marley!
Sting and Copland actually used to hang out with Bob Marley whenever Bob would come to England
Even though walking on the moon doesn’t exactly make sense to me I love it. Desert rose I think you would love. It’s quite different 🖖🏻🇨🇦😊
The Police are great !!!!!!!
I love this reaction video 💖
It IS a stalker song. It was about his divorce from his first wife. He even said later that it was creepy.
That's what I heard also in one of his interviews! He was in a weird place.
Sting performed this song live with Pdiddy and faith Evans
it took 30 years for me to convince my friends it was about a stalker not till sting confirmed it won a bet
He isn't the stalker he was the one being stalked!
YES...yes he is
Jayy. I have a request, I've been listening to Chris Stapleton, Tennessee Whiskey. But do the Live, Austin city limits version, Plz, this is Fire, you'll love it.
Please react to the concert version of Sting's "Bring On The Night / When The World Is Running Down You Make The Best Of What's (Still Around)
". It is only audio, but I am absolutely positive you'll gonna love it. :-)
See I always thought this song was so beautiful and romantic 💀🤣❤️
Check it out is the name of the song John Cougar Mellencamp is the who did it sometimes he says John Cougar sometimes he's John Mellencamp and I think it's John Cougar Mellencamp but the song as the song is called check it out check that out there but come on now
It is about a stalker as opposed to pdiddy version a tribute to biggie smalls.
Please, please, please do The Hu, song: Yuve Yuve Yu. It’ll knock your socks off.
Check out a band called Band-Maid. “Dice”. A Japanese hard rock band.
lolololololol is he stalking her?
👌🤗
@1:40 stank face...engaged
Staking or not Number one back in day then sample became number one due to piddy using it for biggie tribute
Stalker Song?? :-)
Police did lots of great songs, for something completely differend could you have coment of Desert rose also by sting
A beautiful song about a stalker.
you should do research into some eof the songs it might surprise you
You should react to "My one and only love" he's dreamy in that song. I love him.
Its about him being stalked.
When you look up the meaning it’s the other way around
No way is it him being stalked. The whole lyric section, the creepy lighting, the close-up of Sting with those EYES.....nope, he is the stalker!
Its just a song about a heartbreak
i be watch you 😰😰😰 i be watch you
This song was sampled by P. Diddy
About a stalker who can't over her.
Yes the song is about a stalker
Thought you was going to do Bee Gees...Too much heaven???????
no disrespct to p. diddy or anything, but can't those guys think of their own melodies for once
Even worse. P diddy tried to not pay sting for the sample. Sting took him to court. PDiddy now writes Sting a cheque every year.
Do “Crusin to the park” by Durand Jones and the indications
For the ultimate song about a stalker you should try Sarah McClachlan "Possession" ( the Later With Jools Holland , version ) raw and emotional
must be great to be a musician have an issue? write a song about it make a million issue solved
stolker 🤨🤨😰
She cheating on him and yeah he stalking her...lol.
Lol you look scared haha
I am like number 100. Do I win? Lol
Maybe it's about a window washer,whatcher...mmmm