A special re-recorded version of ‘Every Breath You Take’ for the satirical British TV Show, Spitting Image.

The song appears at the final episode of the first series in a highly thought provoking piece featuring the silhouettes of several world leaders of the time followed against a sunset which was followed by an image of the Grim Reaper glaring into the camera (the narrator of the song) reminding the politicians and ultimately the listener of the song “I’ll be watching you”, giving an already dark song a even darker message in this “parody”.

The song was actually recorded by Sting for the series back in 1985 (supposedly in exchange for copies of the first series of the show according to urban legend).

Sting was due to perform this version of the song live at his appearance at Live 8 but dropped it last minute although he did clear it with the parody’s other writers.