The lyrics talk about someone who has split from either a past love partner or just someone that they were in love with. They don't have this person in their life anymore, and so they write to them and they're writing them in a very obsessive, some would say creepy way. I'll be watching you. I'll be watching you.

But 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.

Their story was chronicled in the recently released documentary, May The Lord Watch, currently available on YouTube.

"Every Breath You Take" is a song by the English rock band the Police from their album Synchronicity (1983). Written by Sting, the single was the biggest US and Canadian hit of 1983, topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks (the band's only No.