They did Girls on Film, and they would go on to do other videos that were very visually striking as well." 3. It was directed by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, who were establishing themselves as innovators in the music video realm. The Police were already mainstays of the channel, but the video for Every Breath You Take was a really striking black-and-white clip. "By 1983, MTV had expanded enough in the States to be a formidable promoter of music," Johnston says. Its success is inextricable from the advent of MTV From that conversation (and some supplemental sleuthing), we've extracted 10 key facts about this creepy yet undeniably catchy song.įor the full discussion, listen and follow the Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud podcast, on your favourite podcast player.Ģ. To mark the occasion, music critic Maura Johnston joined host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to talk about the impact Every Breath You Take had on pop music in the '80s, and its enduring appeal four decades on. The song also propelled the chart-topping success of the UK group's fifth and ultimately final album, Synchronicity, which was released 40 years ago this week. And a nascent MTV was making multi-platinum eye candy out of freaky fashionistas like Prince, Culture Club, Duran Duran, and Cyndi Lauper.īut in the midst of all these big sounds and bigger hair, The Police's Every Breath You Take managed to worm its way into the darkest recesses of our collective psyche en route to becoming the top-selling single of 1983 - quite a feat for a moody, mid-tempo track that's essentially about stalking your ex-lover. David Bowie dropped the biggest-selling album of his career in Let's Dance. 1 on the Billboard charts in February and stayed on the throne for the next 37 weeks. It was the year Michael Jackson's Thriller hit No. When you think of the most impactful years in pop music history, 1983 has to be right up there. 8:26 The Police’s blockbuster single Every Breath You Take turns 40
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