Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | Every breath you take |
| Artist | The Police |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Album | Synchronicity |
| Image Album |  |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4:13 |
| Dur Grp | 4:00-4:29 |
| Year | 1983 |
| Decade | 1980-1989 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 115 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 115-119 |
| Umbrella | 080-119 |
| Key | Ab |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
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| Rec Tag 1 | Tonality switch |
| Rec Tag 2 | No 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 3 | Ending Fade out |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
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| Voc Info 1 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 2 | With BGV lyrics |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | INTERLUDE |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
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| Instr 1 | EG |
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
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| Awards 1 | Grammy - Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals |
| Nominations 1 | Grammy - Record of the Year |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Certification | BPI - Multi Platinum |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/police/everybreathyoutake.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Sting |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
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| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A spider's web / Mirror |
| Explanation | ✱ Obsessive love is depicted as an invisible web where every movement and breath of the other is monitored. |
| MTag 1 | Body:Senses:Breath |
| MTag 2 | Control |
| MTag 3 | Society:Social:Isolation |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | I-vi-IV-V |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | IV-IV/bIII-ii-I, I-II-V |
| Ch Prog B | bVI-bVII |
| Progr Category 1 | I-IV-V-vi |
| Used Chords# Fam | 9 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, II, ii, IV, iv, V, bVI, vi, bVII |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Visual |  |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 60 |
| Mel Cmplx | 49 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 34 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 74 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 57 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 60-69 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 40-49 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 30-39 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 70-79 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 50-59 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 82 |
| Spot-Energy | 45 |
| Spot-Valance | 74 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 80-89 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 40-49 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 70-79 |
| Genre ▾ | |
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| Genre 1 | Rock |
| Style ▾ | |
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| Style 1 | Soft Rock |
| Style 2 | New Wave |