Which of these songs won a Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1984?

At the 26th Annual Grammy Awards, the song "Every Breath You Take" by The Police was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year, Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, and Record of the Year. The song won in the first two categories: Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.

"Every Breath You Take" is a song from Police's album "Synchronicity" (1983). This song was written by Sting, and it was the biggest US and Canadian hit of 1983, topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for 8 weeks. It was the band's only No. 1 hit on that chart.

"Billie Jean", a song by the artist Michael Jackson, was released by Epic Records in January 1983. It is the second single from Jackson's 6th studio album, "Thriller" (1982). "Billie Jean" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song won 2 Grammy Awards: Best R&B Song and Best R&B Vocal Performance (Male).

"Hey Jude", a song by The Beatles (a rock band), was released as a non-album single in August 1968. It was credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The single was the Beatles' first release on their Apple record label. "Hey Jude" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1969. It failed to win.

"Yesterday", a song by The Beatles, has been credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was first released in London, England in August 1965 on the album "Help!". In 1997, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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Jerry Kimball

You mean "The Stalkers Handbook"?

Joy Holbrook

What fascinates me about this song is the message it conveys. To me, the song is horrific, yet it would seem that I’m the only person who’s actually listened to the words. If a man said to me, Every breath you take, every move you make, every bond you break, every step you take, I’ll be watching you.’, I’d run! It’s stalking. I thought that was illegal. But what fascinates me more, is the fact that the feminists had ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ banned, because the message in that song appeared to their minds to be a man trying to get a woman to stay with him so he could talk her into going to bed with him. Maybe, but I never took it that way. Yet in ‘Every Breath You Take’, the message is clear, there’s no way of justifying that message, or reading a different meaning into it.

Special Patrol Group

The 26th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 28, 1984. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1983. Every Breath You Take by The Police Grammy Award was for 1983.

Richard D. Boyle

Both Beatle songs from the late ‘60s.

Denise Currie

I went with Michael Jackson which was actually correct but the song he won it for was Beat It. I checked after getting it wrong and this info was from www.grammy.com, so I am sure they must know

Denise Currie

Marti Carr Bonham, I Googled it after putting Michael Jackson, as I thought it was the era he was winning a lot of things, and Google said it was Michael Jackson but the song was Beat It.