Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland claim they did not receive songwriting credits for hit Every Breath You Take
Sting has reportedly been sued by his former Police bandmates over alleged lost royalties from their hit song Every Breath You Take.
In the suit, filed in London’s high court, guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland claim they never received songwriting credits on the 1983 single. The pair also allege they have never been paid for their writing contributions.
The case is said to have been listed under “general commercial contracts and arrangements”. Sting appears as a defendant under his real name, Gordon Matthew Sumner, along with his company, Magnetic Publishing Ltd.
The Police formed in 1977 and achieved a US No 1 single with Every Breath You Take, which appears on the band’s fifth and final album, Synchronicity.
