‘A nasty little song, really rather evil’: how Every Breath You Take tore Sting and the Police apart

Sting and his former bandmates go to the high court over a royalties dispute this week – the latest chapter in the song’s remarkably fractious story ...
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Sting pays Police bandmates £600,000 in royalties

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Police, pictured on tour in Japan in 1981, from left to right: Andy Summers, Sting and Stewart Copeland [Getty Images] Sting ...

Sting and The Police: A Legal Battle Over Streaming Royalties

In 2025, drummer Stewart Copeland and guitarist Andy Summers filed a lawsuit against Sting, alleging that he had withheld streaming royalties for their classic hit "Every Breath You Take." According ...
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Sting Thinks He Might Have ‘Substantially Overpaid’ His Former Police Bandmates

Sting’s ex-bandmates in the Police, guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland, have taken the singer and bassist to court, claiming he has not paid them properly for the “digital ...
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Sting’s Lawyer Says His Police Bandmates Actually May Have Been “Substantially Overpaid”

The Police's 1983 mega-hit "Every Breath You Take" is one of the biggest pop hits of all time, and its sole credited songwriter is Sting, the band's singer and bassist. This has long been a point of ...