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\n\tSting<\/a> is being sued by his former Police<\/a> bandmates Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland over alleged missing royalties for their signature song \u201cEvery Breath You Take,\u201d according to reports published by the Los Angeles Times<\/a> and other titles.<\/p>\n \n\tSummers and Copeland filed their lawsuit in London High Court, in which they claim they were never properly credited as songwriters on \u201cEvery Breath You Take,\u201d their biggest hit in the U.S. The pair also claim they never received royalties for their contributions to it. <\/p>\n \n\tSting (real name: Gordon Matthew Sumner) and his publishing company, Magnetic Publishing, are listed as defendants in the suit.<\/p>\n \n\tReleased in 1983, \u201cEvery Breath You Take\u201d went all the way to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the band\u2019s first and only leader on the chart, and won a brace of Grammy Awards, for song of the year and best pop performance by a duo or group with vocals. <\/p>\n