世界上最赚钱的歌曲（2012）

There may be songwriters who are not entirely sure themselves.
所以由于多种原因 这是行业最高秘密之一
So, in many ways, it's one of the industry's best kept secrets,
但我们的分♥析♥员们编辑了过去六十年
but our analysts have compiled all the publicly available data
所有能够找到的公开数据 虽然不太精确
over the last 60 years, and so it might not be precise,
但已经无人能及了
but it's as precise as anyone's going to get.
我们的结果肯定在正确范围内
We are in the right ballpark, certainly.
第八名是第一首英国的上榜歌♥曲
The eighth song on our list is our first British entry.
也是最年轻的一首 诞生于1983年
It's also our youngest song, dating from 1983.
由警♥察♥乐队录制
It was recorded by The Police,
署名作者是英国最成功的
and is credited to one of our
歌♥曲作者和歌♥手之一 斯汀
most successful songwriters and artists, Sting.
2007年伦敦的一场颁奖典礼
And at an award ceremony in London in 2007,
为这首歌♥标记了九百万电台播放量
it was marked for nine million radio plays.
别担心 我们只会放一遍
Don't worry, we're only going to play it once.
♪你的每次呼吸♪
♪Every breath you take♪
♪你的每个举动♪
♪Every move you make...♪
《你的每次呼吸》席卷了全球排行榜
Every Breath You Take stormed charts all over the world.
在美国
Number one in the USA,
英国 南非 爱尔兰 意大利
UK, South Africa, Ireland, Italy...
无处不高居榜首
Everywhere, really.
卖♥♥出了几百万唱片
That's many millions of records sold.
艺术家的一生中 有些歌♥曲
Certain songs come at a time in an artist's life
会在全世界都准备好的时候到来
when the world is ready.
那首歌♥烙刻在每个人心中
I mean, that song was seared into everybody.
我想警♥察♥乐队当时处在事业的特殊期
I think Police was at a special spot in their career.
当然 那是录像的时代
This, of course, was in a time of video,
而斯汀拍摄的那部黑白音乐录影带
and the video, the black and white of Sting doing that,
一切都带来了巨大的冲击
everything had a tremendous impact.
♪自从你离去 我毫无头绪♪
♪Since you're gone I've been lost without a trace♪
♪我在夜晚梦到自己只能看见♪
♪I dream at night I can only see...♪
1984年第一届MTV大奖庆祝了这一成功
This was celebrated by the first MTV Awards in 1984.
MTV成就了音乐全球化并极大增长歌♥曲销量
MTV made music global, and boosted song sales massively.
♪我不停哭泣 宝贝 宝贝♪
♪I keep crying, baby, baby♪
♪求你♪
♪Please...♪
《你的每次呼吸》简直接近完美 真的
Every Breath You Take is damn near perfect. It is.
大卫·赫普沃斯
作家 广播员
它绝对是一件传世杰作
It's an absolute masterpiece.
人们谈论八十年代的录音室声音时说
And people talk about, you know, '80s studio sounds,
"鼓声那么小"什么的 不
"Oh, the terrible tinny drums" And all that. No!
去听听《你的每次呼吸》
Go and listen to Every Breath You Take.
我认为这是我最成功的一首歌♥
I think it's my most successful song
可能比其他歌♥曲都有名
and probably better known than any others.
斯汀
视频节选自《流行歌♥曲的秘密》 2011年
但是 它一点也不新颖
And yet, it's not in the least bit original.
它有标准的和♥弦♥序列
It has a standard chord sequence...
♪你的每次呼吸♪
♪Every breath you take♪
♪你的每个举动♪
♪Every move you make.♪
如果有这样的开场白 这样的歌♥名
If that's your opening line and that's the title of the song,
西蒙·格林纳威
伦敦当代表演学院
你就锁定了这首歌♥的方向
you've locked in where you're going.
《你的每次呼吸》 我是说真的
And Every Breath You Take, I mean that, really,
我想知道他要告诉我什么
I want to know about what he's going to tell me now.
斯汀的基础旋律由安迪·萨默斯
Sting's basic melody was developed into the famous guitar riff
发展成了有名的吉他连复段
by Andy Summers.
我们走进录音室 斯汀对我说
We went into the studio and Sting said to me,
"来吧 自己发挥
"Go on, make it your own.
安迪·萨默斯
警♥察♥乐队吉他手
鼓和贝斯都在
Just... OK, the drums and bass are there,
"你可以随心所欲 我无所谓"
"Do whatever you want to it, I don't care anymore."
真的是个挑战
That's really throwing down the gauntlet.
但是我想办法应对
But, you know, I was able to rise to the occasion,
然后加入了那个乐句
and put in that lick, you know,
连复段贯穿了整首歌♥
that riff all the way through the song,
听起来马上就变成警♥察♥乐队的歌♥了
that just made it sound immediately like The Police.
那一刻我记忆犹新 我在录音室
I remember the moment clearly. I was out in the studio,
很大的录音室 独自一人
this large studio, completely alone.
我弹完吉他的部分 所有人都起立
I finished the guitar part and everybody stood up
欢呼鼓掌 就这么定了
and cheered and clapped. That was it.
♪你的每次假笑 你的每个要求♪
♪Every smile you fake, every claim you stake,♪
♪我会看着你♪
♪I'll be watching you...♪
歌♥曲获得了巨大的成功 许多婚礼
Massively successful song and played at lots of weddings
等场合都会播放 被人们作为经典浪漫曲目
and things and deemed to be a kind of big romantic classic.
你的每次呼吸 我会看着你
Oh, every breath you take, I'll be watching you.
实际上 它更接近离婚而不是结婚
And in fact, it has more to do with divorce than weddings
因为斯汀就是在他和第一任妻子
because Sting wrote this around the time
分开的时候写出的这首歌♥
he was splitting up with his first wife.
他说这首歌♥唱的不是爱慕之情
And he has said this song is not about adoration,
而是守望 暧昧的跟踪
it's about kind of watching, borderline stalking,
唱的是控制
it's about control.
我总是认为它不是
I always thought that rather than it being a, you know,
举起香槟向别人祝酒
toasting someone with a glass of champagne,
而是用威胁的眼神
it was glaring at them menacingly
透过喝光的玻璃杯底盯着别人
through the bottom of a drained pint glass.
奇怪的是 也许这就是这首歌♥引人入胜之处
And weirdly, maybe this is the song's appeal.
毕竟在八十年代 英国的离婚率
After all, in the '80s, the divorce rate in Britain
居高不下
went through the roof.
《你的每次呼吸》抓住了时代的基调
Every Breath You Take caught the tone of the times.
它是一首非常现代的情歌♥
It's a very modern love song.
据他的发行商估计
It's estimated by his publisher
《你的每次呼吸》的收入
that the revenues from Every Breath You Take,
占警♥察♥乐队所有
were a quarter to a third
已发行歌♥曲的
of the entire song publishing catalogue
四分之一到三分之一
of The Police.
仅仅一首歌♥
Just one song.
很多人都是这样
And that happens with so many people,
超级明星 如果深究
hugely popular artists, actually, if you drill down,
就是三四首歌♥ 如果再深究
it's three or four songs, if you drill down a bit further,
就是一首歌♥
it's one song.
但是 那要花费很大力气
But, you know, that's hell of a day's work, that is.
录制《你的每次呼吸》 以及
Recording Every Breath You Take,
《同时代》专辑的其他歌♥曲 据各方面所说
and the rest of the Synchronicity album, was, by all accounts,
是一个痛苦的过程
a painful process.
尤其是当时斯汀和鼓手
In particular, relations between Sting
斯图尔特·科普兰之间的关系正如履薄冰
and drummer Stewart Copeland were reaching breaking point.
你认为警♥察♥乐队
So do you think there's going to be Police around
会坚持很长时间吗
for quite a long time yet?
我们可能下周就要再次解散了
We'll probably break up again next week.
2003年 写出这首歌♥二十年后
In 2003, two decades after he wrote the song,
斯汀每天能从《你的每次呼吸》
Sting was raking in 2,000 a day
赚到两千美金
from Every Breath You Take,
和警♥察♥乐队大多数热门歌♥曲一样
a song, which like most of the big Police hits,
他把这首歌♥完全归于自己名下
he took sole credit for.
到那时 这些版税中很大一部分
By then, a big slice of these royalties
并不是来自原始录音
weren't coming from the original recording.
吹牛老爹 当时名为Puff Daddy
P Diddy, or Puff Daddy as he was known then,
吹牛老爹 美国著名说唱歌♥手
在1997年截取了这首歌♥的片段
sampled the song on a 1997 tribute
《我会想念你》 1997年
声名狼藉先生 美国著名说唱歌♥手 1997年被枪杀
作为对已故朋友声名狼藉先生的悼念
to his late friend Notorious B.I.G.
我认为非常非常明智的一点是
One thing I think that was very, very bright,
戴尔·布莱恩特
公告牌音乐公♥司♥董事长兼首席执行官
这确实增加了作者
it certainly increased the value to the writer
和发行商获得的价值
and the publisher,
他们来申请许可的时候
when they came for the licence,
说"我们要改歌♥词
and they said, "We're changing lyrics,
我们要这样 我们要那样
"We're doing this, we're doing that,
我们想获得这样做的许可
we would like to have permission to do it
而且我们想获得一部分作者署名权
"and we would like certain portion of the writer's credit
与发行权 因为我们做了这么多"
"And the publishing because we're adding so much new work."
发行商说
The publisher said,
"我们提供许可 但你们不能署名
"We'll let you do that, but you're not getting any credit.