Diddy says he’s paying Sting $5,000 per day for sampling the Police frontman’s 1983 blockbuster hit “Every Breath You Take” on his own 1997 song “I’ll Be Missing You.” Diddy tweeted Wednesday in re…
along with most or all of Sting’s song catalog in a deal reported to be worth around $350 million. However, while terms of the deal were not disclosed, it seems likely that Sting kept at least some of the song and the catalog’s substantial publishing or songwriter shares.
The comprehensive worldwide agreement includes the entirety of both Sting’s solo works as well as those with The Police, including “Roxanne,” “Every Breath You Take,” “Shape Of My Heart,” “If I Ever Lose My Faith In You,” “Fields Of Gold,” “Desert Rose,” “Message in a Bottle,” “Englishman in New York” and “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic,” among other hits.
Presumably, he would also continue to receive a solid share of its recorded-music royalties and any synchronization use. Reps for Diddy, Sting and Universal did not immediately respond toOriginally released in May of 1983, “Every Breath You Take” was the biggest hit by Sting’s former band, the Police, and topped the U.S. charts for some eight weeks that year and won two Grammy Awards; it also went No. 1 in the U.K., Canada and several other countries and was a Top 10 hit in several others.
“I’ll Be Missing You,” credited to Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring the vocal group 112, was released almost exactly 14 years later as a tribute to Diddy’s friend and collaborator the Notorious B.I.G., who was shot to death two months earlier in a murder that remains unsolved. It became an even bigger hit, topping the U.S. charts for 11 weeks and reaching No. 1 in multiple countries across the globe.
Sting was originally not credited on the song and sued, but as he said, the matter was soon resolved.
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