Song

Every Breath You Take

Key: Ab major
Camelot: 4B
BPM: 117.3

Key confidence high · relative F minor (4A) · BPM confidence high · half-time 58.6 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-12

The recording is tuned near 451 Hz, not A440.

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As of 2026-10-19, "Every Breath You Take" by The Police has charted in 69 markets across 5 platforms, peaking at #7 (JP) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads Ab major (4B) at 117.3 BPM.

Markets: 69
First seen: 2026-06-17
Latest chart date: 2026-10-19
Peak: #7 jp

Started in 35 markets, now in 69.

Why it's moving

Plays up 331% in Denmark, with gains in 10 countriesOct 5–8
#33 on Shazam in 18 countriesOct 14
#7 in Shazam's fastest risers in 2 countriessince Oct 8
Turned around in Germany: was slipping 17.5 places a day, now climbing 4 places a dayOct 7–11
Turned around in Australia: was slipping 7 places a day, now climbing 0.5 places a dayOct 7–11
Climbing faster in Spain: 4 places a day, up from 0 places a dayOct 7–11

Signal breakdown

Velocity52.3

Play growth91.8

Breadth33.4

Acceleration82.3

Discovery63.2

New entry0.0

Sources moving4

Score 64.8

Why it's here

The song spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1983 and was that year's top-ranked single, giving it permanent catalog standing rather than a new-news standing. [1] The song stayed in music news through 2026 as Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland's royalties claim against Sting was heard at London's High Court, with reports in January 2026 that Sting had paid his former Police bandmates more than $800,000 since the suit was filed. [2] Sting continued to perform the song live in 2026 on his Sting 3.0 trio tour, with venues billing "Every Breath You Take" among the hits in the set. [3]

stapleDrafted 2026-09-01Confidence 0.45

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

Covered Dolly Parton with Sting2023source
On the show The Blacklist source
On the show The Sopranos source
Written by Sting source
Covered Phil Collins & Sting source
Covered Sting & Phil Collins source
Covered Sting source
Covered Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band with Sting source
Covered Bruce Springsteen source
Covered Bruce Springsteen with Sting, Tracy Chapman source
Covered Sting & Bruce Springsteen source
Covered Sting feat. Bruce Springsteen source
Covered Rita Lee source
Covered Carolyn Watkinson, Ricky Koole, Karin Bloemen, Adelheid Roosen, Rocq‐E Harrell en Leoni Jansen source
Covered The Countdown Singers source
Covered The Zampoñas source
Remixed by The Police, Every Breath You Take source
Sampled by Top Jimmy Page, eVerY BreAtH You TAKe 83-11 source
Sampled by Puff Daddy & the Family feat. Faith Evans & 112, I’ll Be Missing You source
Sampled by Puff Daddy & Faith Evans featuring 112, I’ll Be Missing You source
On the show Stranger Things source
Sampled by Super Mash Bros., Young Gelt Cash Gelt Billionaires source

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 2 other handles of this record (remasters, official videos).

MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
Austriaat · applemusic shazam spotify2026-06-172026-10-19#40122#13
#40
Spaines · shazam spotify · 2 cities2026-06-172026-10-19#36122#14
#36
Costa Ricacr · shazam spotify2026-06-172026-10-19#154121#22
#154
Chilecl · deezer shazam spotify2026-06-172026-10-19#112122#27
#112
Perupe · deezer shazam spotify · 1 city2026-06-172026-10-19#76123#29
#76
Argentinaar · deezer shazam spotify · 1 city2026-06-172026-10-19#152123#30
#152
Brazilbr · shazam spotify2026-06-172026-10-19#52115#33
#52
El Salvadorsv · deezer spotify2026-06-172026-10-17#169114#33
#169

Worldwide feeds · not markets

A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.

MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
Global feedglobal · spotify youtube2026-06-172026-10-19#159125#24
#159
World feedworld · shazam2026-07-202026-10-19#6078#56
#60

City pickups

City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.

us 3 cities · best #41 oklahoma city
es 2 cities · best #46 valencia
jp 2 cities · best #33 tokyo
ar 1 city · best #43 buenos aires
pe 1 city · best #29 lima

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Editions

Identity

ISRC: GBAAM8300001
Slug: the-police__every-breath-you-take
Sources: applemusic, deezer, shazam, spotify, youtube

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