In July the band booked time in the studio to record a new album. "[16] Gary T. Marx, sociologist and scholar of surveillance studies, wrote in 1988 that, while the song was "a love rather than a protest song", it "nicely captures elements of the new surveillance". Pitney's career in the US took a downturn after mid-1966, when "Backstage" ended another run of Top 40 hits. The tune itself is generic, an aggregate of hundreds of others, but the words are interesting. In the early 1970s, Pitney decided to spend only six months each year on the road in order to spend more time with his family. 112 – I'll Be Missing You", Swisscharts.com – Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat. We'd broken up, then sort of reformed to do the Amnesty Tour. [28]On the 60th anniversary of the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, on Billboard released the "Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Singles" chart where the song was ranked No. [6] In May 2019, was recognised by BMI as being the most played song in radio history. In a Qantas inflight radio program named "Reeling in the Years", Copeland was quoted as saying that the argument over Synclavier versus Fairlight drums was "the straw that broke the camel's back," and that this led to the group's unravelling. The song spent a record-breaking 11 weeks at number one on the Hot 100, making it the longest running number one hip hop song in history until Eminem's "Lose Yourself" spent 12 weeks at number one in 2002. [9] It also ranked number 25 on Billboard's Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs. A video collection entitled Every Breath You Take: The Videos was released alongside the album. According to Sting, "It was a very symbolic moment. Gene Francis Alan Pitney (February 17, 1940[1][2] – April 5, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and sound engineer.[3]. Pitney also recorded songs in Italian, Spanish and German, and twice finished second in Italy's annual Sanremo Music Festival, where his strong vibrato reminded older listeners of the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso. [2], Diddy's verses were composed by rapper Sauce Money. Even though we made gazillions off of it, and it's the biggest hit we ever had. Deutsch 2 481 000+ Artikel. In 1990, the album was repackaged in New Zealand, Australia and Spain as Their Greatest Hits with a different cover. By the time the trio reconvened to play three concerts for the Amnesty International A Conspiracy of Hope Tour in June 1986, the atmosphere was tense. [12] It was re-aired on the 25th anniversary edition of This Morning in 2013, in which presenter Holly Willoughby "broke out into a cold sweat" while reliving the moment. [22], In 1999, "Every Breath You Take" was listed as one of the Top 100 Songs of the Century by BMI. 1 in Germany, Finland, Switzerland and Ireland. [10] In 2008, Q magazine named it among the top 10 British Songs of the 1980s. In 2000, Pitney sang harmony vocals on Jane Olivor's recording of his 1962 hit "Half Heaven – Half Heartache", which was released on her 'comeback' album Love Decides.