'Every Breath You Take' was the biggest hit by The Police, which have since disbanded, although Sting is still actively touring. Photo: Filepic
US rapper Diddy says he is paying The Police frontman Sting US$5,000 (RM22,000) a day for sampling the British rock group’s 1983 hit Every Breath You Take on his own song, I’ll Be Missing You, in 1997.
Sting was originally not credited on the song, but the matter was later resolved.
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