Lyrics - Every Breath I Take by Pitney Gene

Written by
Carole
King and
Gerry
Goffin
Peaked at # 42 in 1961
One of the first hits produced by young
Phil
Spector,who spent a then-unprecedented $14,000 recording thissong at
New
York's
Bell
Sound
Studios in late
June of 1961.
Gene
Pitney reportedly had a cold while trying to sing thissong in the studio, forcing him to sing the final verses in falsetto.
Arranged by
Alan
Lauber, and featuring backing vocals by
The
Halos.
Single b/w "
Mr.
Moon,
Mr.
Cupid and
I."
Two decades later,
Britishsinger/songwriter
Sting did an homage to this song with the
Police'ssmash 1983 hit "
Every
Breath
You
Take."
OPENING
SCAT(dip-dip, dooba bop bop) (dip-dip, dooba bop bop)<continues in background throughout>
I hardly ever thank the stars above
For sending me your very precious love
You never hear me say a prayer
Of thanks to someone 'way up there
Who gave me such a lucky *break*
Oh, no, darling
Only with ev'ry breath
I take
And every time we have to be apart
I hardly ever find you in my heart
And when it comes to thinking of
The thought of losing all your love
I never worry how my heart would ache
Oh, no, darling
Only with ev'ry breath
I *take*
Only with ev'ry little step
I *make*
Only with ev'ry little beat of my *heart*
And ev'ry single minute
I'm *awake*<instrumental-one full verse>
Oh, no, darling
Only with ev'ry breath
I *take*
Only with ev'ry little step
I *make*
Only with ev'ry little beat of my *heart*
And ev'ry single minute
I'm awake<falsetto>
Oh-aah, ev'ry little breath
I take
Ev'ry little step
I *make*
Ah, ah, ah, ah, uh, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ev'ry breath
I take(dip-dip, dooba bop bop) (dip-dip, dooba bop bop)'s to end

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