The Police – Every Breath You Take

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Label:	A&M Records – AM-2542
Format:	Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Styrene, Indianapolis Pressing
Country:	US
Released:	May 1983
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Alternative Rock, Pop Rock, New Wave

Tracklist

A		Every Breath You Take Written-By – Sting	4:13
B		Murder By Numbers Written-By – A. Summers*, Sting	4:31

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – A&M Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – A&M Records Ltd.
Copyright © – A&M Records, Inc.
Published By – Magnetic Publishing Ltd.
Published By – Reggatta Music
Published By – Illegal Songs, Inc.
Mastered At – Masterdisk
Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis

Credits

Mastered By – RL* (tracks: A)
Producer – Hugh Padgham, The Police

Notes

Label-factory variant, styrene pressing (RCA Indianapolis, R on labels, small isolated I stamped in the run-outs)
Issued with picture sleevewith straight cut top opening. Almost identical issue with curved top opening is here: The Police - Every Breath You Take
Company sleeve Indianapolis pressing The Police - Every Breath You Take

Side A: (From the A&M album "Synchronicity" SP-3735)
Side B: Issued as a non-album track

Magnetic Publishing Ltd., represented by Reggatta Music.
Administered in the U.S. and Canada by Illegal Songs, Inc. (BMI)

© 1983 A&M Records, Inc. Printed in U.S.A.
℗ 1983 A&M Records, Inc.
Murder By Numbers ℗ 1983 A&M Records Ltd.
Released in the United States by A&M Records, Inc.

Similar US pressings of this release:
Every Breath You Take - code 'W' on label - pressed by Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA
Every Breath You Take - code 'X' on label - pressed by Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Every Breath You Take - code 'C' on label - pressed by Monarch Record Mfg. Co.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Pressing Plant ID (Printed on labels): R
Pressing Plant ID (In runouts, stamped): I
Pressing Plant ID (In runouts): RCA
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): AM-02542-A
Matrix / Runout (Label side B ): AM-02542-B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, Variant 1): A&M AM-02542-A RCA-1 MASTERDISK RL A1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, Variant 1): A&M AM-02542-B RCA-3 A1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, Variant 2): A&M AM-02542-A RCA-1 MASTERDISK RL I A5
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, Variant 2): A&M AM-02542-B RCA-3 I A3
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, Variant 3): A&M AM-02542-A RCA-2 MASTERDISK RL I A1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, Variant 3): A&M AM-02542-B RCA-3 I A1

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Every Breath You Take (7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo)	A&M Records, A&M Records	AMS 9287, AM 117	Europe	1983
Recently Edited	Every Breath You Take (7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo)	A&M Records	AM 117	UK	1983
Recently Edited	Every Breath You Take (7", 45 RPM, Single, Picture Disc, Stereo)	A&M Records	AMX 117	UK	1983
	Every Breath You Take (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo)	A&M Records	SP-17230	US	1983
	Every Breath You Take (7", 45 RPM, Single)	A&M Records	K 9104	Australia	1983