Sting’s former bandmates within the Police have sued the singer and bassist for what they declare are unpaid royalties over the group’s hit “Each Breath You Take.”
Within the go well with, filed in London Excessive Court docket, guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland declare they by no means received songwriting credit score on their band’s 1983 single, one of many greatest hits of the ‘80s and famously sampled on Diddy and Religion Evans’ “I’ll Be Lacking You.” They allege within the go well with that they’ve by no means been paid for his or her writing contributions.
A consultant for Sting didn’t instantly return a request for remark.
The Police shaped in 1977 and rapidly turned U.Okay. chart-toppers, incomes a U.S. No. 1 single with “Each Breath You Take” earlier than splitting in 1984. Sting went onto a profitable solo profession with singles like “Fields of Gold” and “Englishman in New York.” Regardless of an extended historical past of musical and private acrimony throughout the group, the Police reunited for a profitable reunion tour in 2007.
In February 2022, Sting offered his total songwriting catalog to Common for an estimated $300 million, becoming a member of a wave of veteran artists cashing in on their publishing for eye-watering figures. He not too long ago carried out on the FireAid profit in Inglewood.
