Sting collaborated in performing Every Breath You Take 's sampled version , `` I 'll Be Missing You '' at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards .
The song is sampled in Puff Daddy 's 1997 hit I 'll Be Missing You , which would later go platinum multiple times and win a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ; Sting ultimately participated in a performance of `` I 'll Be Missing You '' at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards.
Every Breath You Take