The Polices Every Breath You Take is actually a | Music News

In 2006, The Independent reported: “The problem was, he was already married to actress Frances Tomelty, who just happened to be Trudie’s best friend (Sting and Frances lived next door to Trudie in Bayswater). The affair was widely condemned.”

Seeking solace from the highlight, Sting discovered refuge within the Caribbean, and it was there he composed what would change into a deceptively ominous hit.

Sting confessed: “I woke up in the middle of the night with that line in my head, sat down at the piano and had written it in half an hour. The tune itself is generic, an aggregate of hundreds of others, but the words are interesting.”

He described the melody as commonplace however thought of the lyrics compelling.

“It sounds like a comforting love song. I didn’t realize at the time how sinister it is. I think I was thinking of Big Brother, surveillance and control.”

Though typically misconstrued as a romantic serenade, the track actually unravels the narrative of a jealous lover consumed by obsession, monitoring “every breath you take; every move you make.”

Sting admitted his astonishment that the tune was incessantly misjudged as heartwarming. He clarified its true theme: obsession with a former lover and the ensuing envy.

He recounted an encounter with one couple: “One couple told me ‘Oh we love that song; it was the main song played at our wedding!’ I thought, ‘Well, good luck’.”

The musician mirrored on the observe’s grim nature, stating: “I think the song is very, very sinister and ugly, and people have actually misinterpreted it as being a gentle little love song, when it’s quite the opposite.”