IT'S CALLED RESPECT, DIDDY DID NOT GIVE IT TO STING, AND NOW HE'S PAYING THE PRICE......AND WILL BE FOR SOME TIME TO COME!!! ALWAYS RESPECT ANOTHER ARTIST FOR THEIR WORK!!!!!

The Police became globally popular in the late 70's & early 80's. They were part of the British new wave scene & they played a style of rock influenced by punk, reggae & jazz. They have had a lot of hits such as "Message In A Bottle", "Roxanne", "Can't Stand Losing You", "Walking On The Moon", "Don't Stand So Close to Me", "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" etc. Sting went on to have a big solo career.

"Sean John Combs did not secure legal approval for the sample before releasing the song, and Police songwriter Sting sued, receiving 100% of the song royalties, with payments reportedly going until 2053."

Welcome to The Police! Three songs you NEED to check out by this band: King of Pain Every Little Thing She Does is Magic Synchronicity 2

Diddy didn’t just sample it, it was straight up theft 😂 Also, when you first listen to this you’ll think awww it’s a nice little love song. And then when you realize it might be a stalker song you’re like…oh. Shit.

This is an all time classic. Any other versions are copies.

If you want more from The Police/Sting, react to: Roxanne, Fields of Gold, Every Little Thing She Does, Don't Stand So Close To Me, Message in a Bottle, Synchronicity, Wrapped Around Your Finger, and Walking on the Moon.

I love these reactions where you know the song, and like the song, and you find out that it was sampled - but you never knew the artist that was responsible for the track. 😊

Sting joined Puff Daddy in an epic live performance at the MTV Awards in 1997. They did a mashup of their songs together. It's definitely worth watching, it'll give you major goosebumps.

This is the classic stalker song!! Even the band members said it is about a guy's obsession with a girl!!! 🎶🎼🎵🎸🥁🎹🎤🤘🤘🤘🔥🔥 The Police originally wrote and recorded this. Others have sampled it!!!

Stewart Copland is one of the great drummers/ percussionist in music. Sting is an incredible bassist and vocalist and Andy was so good at leaving space with his guitar. Non of them could be changed out with another musician. It wouldn’t work in this band, they complement each other too well

I saw Sting in concert at the Hollywood Bowl two weeks ago. He did this song. It was a fantastic.

It's stated that P Diddy pays Sting $5,000 a day in royalties for the next 30 years for this police masterpiece aswell as all the proceeds when Sting sued P Diddy for not getting permission to sample the song .

I recorded a live version of a police concert on BBC TV to cassette tape, before they were famous. Literally, a microphone stuck in front of the TV. They did a version of "Roxanne" that was incredible. I don't know if there will be a version of that concert on KZfaq.

You should check out my favorite Police song, "King Of Pain" off of the Synchronicity album. It's not one of the big hits, but beloved by many. Great dynamics, enigmatic lyrics, and everyone really shines on it. There's really no bad songs from The Police. People are giving you the big hits, but Synchronicity is a great album. The two title tracks are straight up bangers. Synchronicity I and II.

Priceless reactions to this song! 😁👍 I was 13 when it was a hit, and The Police have been one of my favourite bands since 1980 😊 Many of their songs have a Reggae vibe to them 🙂

Every time I think of The Police I can hear Eddie Murphy singing Roxanne.

Great reaction. Yes, more Police please! Next recommended Police song: “Wrapped Around Your Finger”

Rappers KNEW that their fans were oblivious to rock n roll sounds. So many of their fans worshipped rap stars and much was DUE TO rock n roll samples. FACT/TRUTH. Is what it is..no dispute🔴

Well, P. Diddy actually performed "I'll be missing you" w/ Sting at the MTV awards in memory of the Nororious B.I.G. (R.I.P.) P. Diddy sampled so many famous songs, including "Let's dance" by David Bowie ... "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin... 'All around the world' by Lisa Stansfield.

When this video premiered, there were actually 4 versions. Black and white, and then three B&W videos tinged with red, blue, or yellow, the primary colors that were featured on the album cover. And this video got played every day, more than once, so it was always a question of, "are they going to play one of the colors I haven't seen yet?" I don't recall seeing the red one a lot.

Not only did P Diddy have to deal with Sting (The Musician) but now he has to deal with another type of sting.....POLICE STING 😁😁😁

Recommendations from The Police: So Lonely Roxanne Can't Stand Losing You Message in a Bottle Walking on the Moon Don't Stand So Close to Me De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic Synchronicity II King of Pain

Roxanne is your next step

😂😂😂I was just *waiting* for your reaction when you realized that's where the sample came from! 😂 love it!

I absolutely love The Police. Been a fan since 1980❤😎🤗🔴

Wait until you learn that Stuart Copeland the drummer composed and created all the music for all the Spyro The Dragon video games -- Its so obvious once you know -- I love Stings solo work and I hope you give him a listen too -- Next Police song should be Walking on the Moon -- Or Message in a Bottle -- or I love The Beds too big Without You or King of Pain or Invisible Sun or Roxanne LOL I love lots of Police songs they are a favorite of mine for years

React to their song Roxanne next. Also, Message in a Bottle is another great Police song.

Roxanne should be next

Best reaction to any reaction to any song so far!

I just heard an interview with drummer Stewart Copeland that the original name for the band was ****** the Police, but they wouldn't have gotten very far in pop music with a band name like that. (****** = a familiar expletive)

Other police songs you might like to hear: "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," "King of Pain," "Roxanne," "Message in a Bottle," "Walking on the Moon," "Synchronicity II."

priceless!!!

The irony of the "Police" making a stalking song...lol Love it by the Police though.

And yet Elvis still gets ripped apart for “stealing” songs…at least he changed the arrangements etc an made them unique to him…as I say…MOST ARTISTS DO COVERS….BACK IN THE DAY TO THE PRESENT….So can we all just give Elvis some slack! And yes many don’t even TRY to change the arrangement in any way lol Great reaction ❤

This coworker thing was funny😂

The Stalker's Anthem. “The song is very, very sinister,” Sting said to the BBC, “and ugly. And people have actually misinterpreted it as being a gentle little love song, when it’s quite the opposite.”

Sting is laughing all the way to the bank!!!!!! Just saying. So says Austin Tx!!!!! 😎🍸

Check out The Moody Blues , a British Band from Late sixties up into the 80's - " I'm Just A singer", The Voice", and while not my favorite but maybe their best known "Nights in White Satin". Also, rock band STYX - "Mr. Roboto", "Come Sail Away" Renegade" for a few

This is iconic but there are so many more, and more interesting, Police songs. Walking On The Moon, Roxanne, Spirits In The Material World, Invisible Sun. Plus a host of amazing album tracks. Well worth diving into them more.

I was able to see The Police twice when they reunited. Such great shows!

The ultimate stalker song. It was even creepy when it came out.

you need to hear The Judds live and watch that final tour back in 1991 the Farewell tour you will love it

The Stalker's Anthem although many did not realise this at the time.

Rule of thumb: every time you hear a hip hop hit Google where it was sampled from…because they always are

Greatest "stalker" song! LOL. I always love everything from the Police, but one day was watching a breakdown of popular songs and realized....this as the point of view of a Stalker!

I'm glad you pointed out how little Diddy changed. Anyone who calls what he did a "sample" is really not telling the truth.

I saw them in concert in 1984 at the University of Kentucky. Geez, I feel old.

Stewart Copeland is the only American in the band. British musician Andy Summers graduated 🎓 from San Fernando Valley State University (later renamed Cal State-Northridge) 50+ years ago. He is upset 😡 that he does not get much royalties especially from Puff Daddy. I met him in my home area, the San Francisco Bay Area, back in the 2000s. YT has videos of Sting explaining that Puff Daddy must pay $X each time I'll Be Missing You appears. Sting laughs 🤣 to the bank! 🏦 This song. 40 years 🎂 since this was released. This beat Michael Jackson (Beat It and Billie Jean) for Song of the Year 1983 in Billboard, The Grammys and AMA. The Police recorded in Montserrat. This was 1 of the songs where Sting and Stewart Copeland were fighting over. The Police was going to break up before finishing recording this song and the remainder of the album. Summers walked 🚶‍♂️ to the late Sir George Martin, RIP, for advice. It worked! 😃 Meanwhile, nearby, Spandau Ballet was on the rise. The band recorded the album True including the sing with the same name. Sting and Spandau Ballet appeared in the video Do They Know It's Christmas 🎄. Note for you: get some singing lessons: your singing voice has some promise! 😃 Suggested videos 📹: 1 The Police performs Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 2 Sting and Dire Straits perform Money for Nothing. 3 Spandau Ballet performs True.

AKA..... THE STALKER SONG!😂

Stalker Ballad !!!

Hi, you are really smart and funny, I laughed the whole time at your interesting and hilarious reaction 😅😅 More generally, it surprises me how little the people of the United States know about the music of other countries (of course, I am not referring to you who are very young, so you are forgiven, but to many other reactors). There is a whole world to discover out there, guys.... This song in Europe was a MYTH and in this beautiful video guys, Sting is just handsome. By the way, he lives in Italy now. Love (Excuse me for my bad English) Teresa from Genoa-ITALY

Ditty's version also featured Faith Evans 💜

A great place to start with the Police, because most of their really good stuff is BETTER than this.

The most egregious "sample" of all time was Coolio's "Gangsters Paradise."

Saying you've never heard of The Police is in a similar ballpark to saying you've never heard of The Beatles....

That's a f**king riot, about your idiot coworker! MMBxMOB you're so chill, I love it.

The Police were 3 guys - Sting (real name Gordon Sumber) on vocals & bass, Stewart Copeland (drums) and Andy Summers (guitar), but they were short-lived from around 1978 until 1985 before they disappeared in 1986... Sting launched a solo tour, while the other 2 worked behind the scenes in music... They did reunite for 1 last tour in 2007/ '08. 'Every breath you take' was a dark song from 1983 about obsession and control in the Cold War era... Sting said he was hot happy around that time because The Police were not getting along and his personal life was a mess. The 3 members of The Police were friends, but they could not be in the same band because they fought constantly - even in public view. It likely came about because Stewart Copeland founded The Police, but it was Sting who made them a sensation... so, there was rivalry between the 2. Originally, Stewart Copeland saw the British punk rock scene and decided to form The Police as a punk rock band in 1977 ... Sting joined on bass/ vocals and then, Andy Summers later joined on guitar, and the band blossomed musically as a result, becoming much more than a punk band. They debuted in 1978 w/ the album 'Outlandos D'amour' and had this unique sound w/ rock, reggae and 60's pop influences w/ Sting writing all the songs. The Police only released 5 studio albums, but became one of the biggest bands in the world by the early 80's... The last album 'Synchronicity' was a pop record in 1983 and The Police would cease touring by 1986. A compilation record of their hits ("Every breath you take: The singles") was released in 1986 and sold 5x platinum in the US. Sting released his debut solo album 'The dream of the Blue Turtles' in 1985 and it sold 3x platinum in the US... so, he focused his creative efforts on his solo albums from that point on... There was always demand for The Police to reunite, but they always refused. Finally, they agreed to tour one last time for the fans in '07 ... They claimed that they made more bank$$$ than they had at the peak of their career. So many classics by The Police - 'Wrapped around your finger' ... 'Every little thing she does is magic' ... "Don't stand so close to me" ... "I can't stand losing you" ... 'Roxanne' ... 'Message in a bottle' 🔥🔥

It's such a trip when you find the original version of a song you know by heart. There are two songs from the 80s, I Want Candy and Mickey, that were huge hits, but most people have never heard the original "I Want Candy" by the Strangeloves or "Kitty" by a group called Racer (no, not Racer X, just Racer)

Sting said that this song was about obsession not love.

You Must React! Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting - All For Love

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Thing is, Sting and the Police are amenable to let artists use their things for collabs or samples.. they have a lot.. but it was the straight sample without clearing that bugged them.

Maybe Diddi did it (try saying that after a few shots! 😅) coz he couldn’t risk sting not authorising it and getting the tribute out was more important than the money.

I saw them in concert in 1982. They were awesome. I didn’t know the whole Diddy plagiarism thing. I’m watching it right now and it’s straight up theft. It’s played at a lot of funerals apparently. Now I’m watching a video of Diddy, Faith Evans and Sting performing it together at the VMAs in 1997, so no hard feelings?

The original stalker song.

This was my favorite band in high school. 84😂

And that’s just ONE of the many reasons why there’s so many Ditty haters, justified in MY opinion…Police tho.. there’s some great “later” Police songs, but the early shit is the SHIT! It’s more reggae/punk/pop.. less “commercial”. In MY opinion, Sting was only Sting with The Police then he was Stung. Stewart Copeland is “one of THOSE guys” btw.. many many great hits. Love your style and deep dive of info to let the world KNOW this stuff! Keep it up

Listen to his Christmas song with Bing Crosby!!!!!!!!

Roxanne!!!💕💗 Sting!!!

Yup, Sing was watching Diddy.

I didn’t know that about the Diddy drama. Damn! He had to know better. It’s hard to believe he’d do something that stupid. I always thought he was a smart guy. I mean he performed the dang song Live on the Grammys broadcast, maybe it was the AMAs… . Also, am I wrong or a Diddy say the proceeds for the song were going to biggie’s family? I guess there’s still proceeds that aren’t part of the royalties…so they still get some… but does this mean that Sting is actually getting that money ultimately from Biggie’s family? Not that they are in desperate need for it… I know biggie’s family still gets Biggie’s proceeds from his own music, which is a fortune I’m sure. Still can’t believe Diddy thought he’d get away with that. I have always heard that he’s tight with money.

It was well known at the time that Sting wrote this about his acrimonious divorce from Frances Tomelty.

Yes it was sampled by Diddy! Never can go wrong with music gods!

You have to do Sting, Bryan adams and Rod Stewart collaboration 🙏

You've never heard of the Police!? What rock have you been living under?

I like message in a bottle and don't stand so close to me. Sring has awesome Solo work as Well; my favorite probably being.... White Wedding

Your done.

Rappers KNEW that their fans were oblivious to rock n roll sounds. So many of their fans worshipped rap stars and much was DUE TO rock n roll samples. FACT/TRUTH. Is what it is..no dispute🔴 I used to be a rap fan. Stopped in 2018. They have sampled & stole from rock n roll without informing fans. Disgraceful💥

It’s Andy Summers, the legend guitarist they didn’t know what to do with this song so it’s nothing to do with Sting. It’s Andy Summers. This will get lost them. Everybody is nobody looks for proper detail

Diddy straight up stole this song. He acts like he originated the whole thing. I was about 4-5y/o when this was all over the radio, maybe younger,. As I got older I felt the lyrics were so creepy even though I loved the song. It's kind of a classic, beautiful, stalker song if you think about it. Say hi to your idiot co-worker for me.

Dude, Diddy did it because "F--K THE POLICE!" and "F--K" around he did... and then he found out.

Daddy is still paying for ripping off Summers guitar riff. Artists who were getting ripped off were asking for so much in royalties., plus the fines were extreamly high. That's why you never really hear (some people call it sampling lmao, ) Artists getting ripped off anymore......FACTS !!!!!

Everyone samples BUT Diddy is real bad for just straight up taking classic hits and sampling them with little to no change. He knows if you make a beat off an already catchy tune, that your tune will be catchy af too. Check out “all around the world” by mase, that’s David Bowie

Check out "We Are Spirits In The Material World "!!!!!!!

Sting took %100 royaltise.

As of 2024 still the most played song in history with airplay not even Rihanna, Jay Z or Taylor Swift can match

They paid sting for the rights to play his music.

Yes, they didn't effort to much... I mean, putting in words in a softly way. Hundreds of hiphop/rappers stole and stole once and once again taking all the credit. This happens because younger generations don't have a background of musical knowledge. The worst part is that they don't even care. Then you have mud gods shining like gold.

This is why you don't rip off other artists work.

Diddy didn't sample it he reworked/reinterpreted it as a Biggie tribute- I'll be Watching You for I'll be Missing you. - It's a great song and it was introduced to a whole new generation so that's the good thing.

Have another band for you to react to who were together their entire career(another trio)-ZZTOP-until the death of their bassist Dusty Hill in 2021; started in the 70’s, blues/rock, also known as the Little Old Band from Texas; when their lead singer/lead guitarist was playing in his high school group in the sixties, Jimi Hendrix picked them to tour with him & said Billy was the best guitarist he’d ever heard; love when you discover new(old groups from my youth) bands & you have warmed this older white ladies heart with your joy; have a great rest of the week, peace. 🥰🥰❤️❤️☮️☮️

This song has a bad reputation now. It's known as the stalker song. Go back and listen to the words!!

Rappers KNEW that their fans were oblivious to rock n roll sounds. So many of their fans worshipped rap stars and much was DUE TO rock n roll samples. FACT/TRUTH. Is what it is..no dispute🔴 I used to be a rap fan. Stopped in 2018. They have sampled & stole from rock n roll without informing fans. Disgraceful💥 Total disrespect.. just a fact whether people except or not. Rock n roll is genuine & sincere.. just a fact.🔴

Watch Diddy at the Grammys?@???

Maybe Ditty used a computer generated drum as he could not find a real drummer from his generation?

I love that for Diddy. He's awful, to put it mildly. On many levels. Glad his estate will be paying Sting's estate even after he's probably gone. No way did Diddy make the song out of altruism, you're giving him way too much credit as a human. Nope, he was trying to get away with something.

Diddy was not sampling . He was stealing the work and the sound of composers shamelessly and made a fortune not paying artists under his label.

Rappers KNEW that their fans were oblivious to rock n roll sounds. So many of their fans worshipped rap stars and much was DUE TO rock n roll samples. FACT/TRUTH. Is what it is..no dispute🔴 I used to be a rap fan. Stopped in 2018. They have sampled & stole from rock n roll without informing fans. Disgraceful💥 Total disrespect.. just a fact whether people except or not. Rock n roll is genuine & sincere.. just a fact.🔴 Obviously Diddy kept his mouth shut about his scam. Also DIDDY IS A PEDO. True colors ALWAYS come out. Rock n roll❗❗❗❗ rocks 100%

Bruh...