8. Every Breath You Take by Sting (1983)
Sting’s biggest hit, Every Breath You Take, was penned back in 1983. The song spent eight weeks at number one on the Billboard Top 100. The song received a reboot in 1997 after Puff Daddy released a cover tribute to the late Notorious BIG called I’ll Be Missing You. Puff Daddy’s version won a Grammy and went on to become one of the best-selling singles of all time, selling 7 million copies worldwide. Sting’s song was responsible for ¼ of the singer’s lifetime publishing income. Today the song still reportedly produces $2000 a day ($730,000 per year) in royalties for Sting.
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