The Police – Every Breath You Take | The Real Meaning Explained
What is "Every Breath You Take" by The Police really about? It is the most played song in radio history. It has been the soundtrack of millions of weddings. And the man who wrote it — Sting — has spent the rest of his life trying to tell people that it is actually a song about stalking, surveillance, and obsession. In this episode of Behind The Lines, we go inside one of the most successful misunderstandings in pop music history.
We tell the full story of how Sting wrote this song in 30 minutes in the middle of the night while hiding from the British paparazzi at Ian Fleming's old James Bond…
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