Robbie Macduff from L18 1hnHad Sting been listening to I'm Following You from It's A Great Life (film) and sung in 1930 by Annette Hanshaw? Just asking?.OhioIt always amazed me that the same guy who wrote "if you love someone set them free" also wrote "every step you take I'll be watching you." I always found this song creepy to be honest, it sounds like a song about somebody stalking a significant other. It really depends on who you ask about this song, many people think this is just a love song. Lillian from MarsI always found this song to be interesting.(Laughter) I could still hear the words, which aren't about love at all. I watched Andy Gibb singing it with some girl on TV a couple of weeks ago, very loving, and totally misinterpreting it. On one level, it's a nice long song with the classic relative minor chords, and underneath there's this distasteful character talking about watching every move. It's about jealousy and surveillance and ownership." Regarding the common misinterpretation of the song, he added: "I think the ambiguity is intrinsic in the song however you treat it because the words are so sadistic. In a 1983 interview with the New Musical Express, Sting explained: "I think it's a nasty little song, really rather evil. The Police frontman Sting wrote it after separating from his first wife, Frances Tomelty. Some people even used it as their wedding song. It is about an obsessive stalker, but it sounds like a love song. This is one of the most misinterpreted songs ever.
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