Sting did the same thing to Dire Straights on “Money for Nothing”.
All he did was quote workers in his house to the band members. (”Look at that faggot” “yeah that’s his own hair”)
As part of the settlement, they recut it and Sting sang backup vocals.
Based on "Don't Stand So Close to Me".
No, you got it twisted. Knopfler was the one quoting the workers in the house. Sting happened to be on Monserrat Dire Straights already had the “Don’t Stand So Close to Me,” part. According to Sting, he never thought about asking for songwriting credit or royalties, but his music publisher, who he didn’t get along with, pursued the royalties/credit, without even asking him.