I am not a student of music theory, I only know that I and one other person who mentioned it at the time heard a similarity, when hearing the opening:
Yo-oh, Yay-ay
I love you more than I can say
Every breath you take
Every move you make
In retrospect, not enough to sue over, but we both heard “Leo Sayer” when hearing the song for the first time.
I prefer the Big Daddy (NOT “Puff” Daddy) version anyway:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abu6d4dt9PM