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Every Breath You Take by The Police

Every Breath You Take

The Police

As of 2026-09-04, "Every Breath You Take" by The Police has charted in 64 markets across 5 platforms, peaking at #18 (AT) on the Rotation chart.

Markets: 64
First seen: 2026-06-17
Latest chart date: 2026-09-04
Peak: #18 at

Started in 35 markets, now in 64.

Why it's moving

Plays up 9% in Australia, with gains across 19 marketsAug 26–30
Shazam's #32 across 17 marketsSep 2
Climbed #68 → #38 in Luxembourg on Apple MusicAug 28 – Sep 4
Climbed #85 → #63 in the Netherlands on Apple MusicAug 28 – Sep 4
Climbed #125 → #112 in Brazil on ShazamAug 28 – Sep 2
Climbed #182 → #168 in Italy on ShazamAug 28 – Sep 2

Signal breakdown

Velocity43.2

Play growth75.3

Breadth32.5

Acceleration70.7

Discovery62.5

New entry0.0

Sources moving4

Score 62.1

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 Rockstar — Dolly Parton with Sting2023source
On the show Stranger Things source
On the show The Blacklist source
On the show The Sopranos 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 spotify2026-06-172026-09-04#3777#18
#37
Costa Ricacr · shazam spotify2026-06-172026-09-02#10374#22
#103
Chilecl · deezer shazam spotify2026-06-172026-09-02#6875#27
#68
Perupe · deezer shazam spotify · 1 city2026-06-172026-09-02#6076#29
#60
Argentinaar · deezer shazam spotify · 1 city2026-06-172026-09-02#11176#30
#111
Brazilbr · shazam spotify2026-06-172026-09-02#4368#33
#43
Spaines · shazam spotify2026-06-172026-09-02#7375#33
#73
El Salvadorsv · deezer spotify2026-06-172026-09-02#13772#33
#137

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 youtube2026-06-172026-09-04#8480#27
#84
World feedworld · shazam2026-07-202026-09-02#7644#56
#76

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
ar 1 city · best #43 buenos aires
pe 1 city · best #29 lima

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Identity

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

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