Diddy Pays Sting $5k Daily for 'Every Breath You Take' Sample.
TL;DR
Diddy revealed on Twitter that he pays Sting $5,000 per day for sampling the Police frontman's hit song "Every Breath You Take" on his own song "I'll Be Missing You." The resurfaced video clip from a 2018 interview shows Sting confirming that Diddy asked for permission to sample the hit after his own song was released. Sting notes that there are no hard feelings and that the two are "very good friends now." The comprehensive worldwide agreement between Sting and Universal Music Publishing includes most of Sting's song catalog, including "Every Breath You Take."
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