El Heppo has alluded to the troubles that occur within a band when some of them realise that the singer has a much bigger house than the others. Apparently The Police – and this has been alluded to in interviews – had an agreement where arranger’s fees were paid to what we colloquially refer to as ‘the other two’, however Mr. Sumner’s learned friends are arguing that, technically, this refers to ‘records’ and not streaming revenues. This seems unfair and nitpicking to me, notwithstanding that (a) he doesn’t need the money and (b) no-one’s sampling ‘Every Breath You Take’ for the bass part. Surely the track is the track, whatever medium we enjoy it through?
“Stingo’s written me another house!”
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