Legacy
What year was it ranked as the #2 break up song by VH1?
Every Breath You Take
In 1999, "Every Breath You Take" was listed as one of the Top 100 Songs of the Century by BMI. In 2003, VH1 ranked the song the #2 greatest Break-up song of all time. And also as of 2003, Sting was still taking in an average of $2000 per day in royalties for the then 20-year-old song "Every Breath You Take. "In October 2007, Sting was awarded a Million-Air certificate for 9 million airplays of "Every Breath You Take" at the prestigious BMI Awards show in London, with only Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" a close second at 8 million air plays. Sting performed the song in front of an audience of 1.9 billion people at Live Aid in 1985, with Phil Collins providing additional vocals. Sting performed it again, 20 years later, at Live 8.