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"Don't Stand So Close to Me" is a famous 1980 song and hit single by the British pop group The Police. It concerns a schoolgirl's crush on her young teacher and the teacher's nervousness about the situation. The Police won the 1982 Grammy Award for "Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal" for this song. The song was re-released in 1986 as "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86". Image File history File links Sleeve to Police single File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ...
The Police are a three-piece rock band consisting of singer/bassist Sting, guitarist Andy Summers, and drummer Stewart Copeland. ...
Zenyatta Mondatta is the third album by The Police, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music). ...
See also: Musical groups established in 1980 Record labels established in 1980 list of years in music 1980s in music. ...
A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ...
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A&M Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Universal Music Group. ...
A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ...
For professional wrestler Steve Borden, see Sting (wrestler). ...
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Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is an American musician. ...
Andrew James Summers (born 31 December 1942) is an English guitarist and composer best known for his work in The Police. ...
A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ...
The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ...
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ...
The Mainstream Rock Tracks chart is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock (that is, alternative) stations, which are counted in the Modern Rock Tracks chart. ...
The Police are a three-piece rock band consisting of singer/bassist Sting, guitarist Andy Summers, and drummer Stewart Copeland. ...
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De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da is a song by The Police, released as a single in October 1980. ...
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For popular forms of music in general, see Popular music. ...
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The Police are a three-piece rock band consisting of singer/bassist Sting, guitarist Andy Summers, and drummer Stewart Copeland. ...
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The Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal has been awarded since 1980. ...
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The song deals with the mixed feelings of the teacher, his lust on one hand, and the inappropriateness leading to "strong words in the staff room; the accusations fly", and to the girl being teased. The proxemics-related title expresses the second feeling. Bus shelter with seats with armrests, designed to deter proximity, as well as sleeping. ...
Similar to another Police song ("Every Breath You Take") "Don't Stand So Close to Me" may be considered an example of a paranoia song because of the situation of the schoolteacher—trying to avoid temptation with the girl who lusts after him. The music and lyrics of the song were written by the lead singer of The Police, Sting, who had previously worked as an English teacher. In a 2001 interview for the concert DVD ...All This Time, Sting denied that the song is autobiographical. Every Breath You Take is a song written by Sting and originally performed by The Police. ...
For professional wrestler Steve Borden, see Sting (wrestler). ...
DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...
...All This Time is a live album and concert film by Sting, recorded and filmed on 11 September 2001, the day of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon in the United States of America, and is dedicated to those who lost their lives on that...
For music albums named Autobiography, see Greek eauton = self, bios = life and graphein = write) is a form of biography, the writing of a life story. ...
The line "Just like the old man in that book by Nabokov" alludes to Vladimir Nabokov's famous novel Lolita which covers similar issues. Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: ВладиÌмир ВладиÌмирович ÐабоÌков, pronounced ) (April 22 [O.S. April 10] 1899, Saint Petersburg – July 2, 1977, Montreux) was a Russian-American author. ...
Lolita (1955) is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov. ...
Sting was asked to perform on Mark Knopfler's "Money for Nothing" as he was in the Montserratat at the time, and reused the melody from the chorus of "Don't Stand So Close to Me" in the counterpoint lyric 'I want my MTV'. It was only after this story was related to reporters during promotions for the Brothers in Arms album that lawyers for Sting became involved, and later copies of the album co-credit the song to Sting. The initial pressings list only Mark Knopfler. It is one of only two shared songwriting credits on any Dire Straits album. Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE, D.Mus. ...
Money for Nothing is a song by Dire Straits, which first appeared on their 1985 album Brothers in Arms and subsequently became an international hit when released as a single. ...
Brothers in Arms can refer to: a 1985 album called Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits. ...
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1980 single release "Don't Stand So Close to Me" appeared on The Police's album Zenyatta Mondatta (A&M), and became a hit 'No.1' UK single along with a corresponding music video. It was the single that 'broke' The Police in the USA, as it reached the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. In the U.K, the track was confirmed by the end of 1980 to have been the biggest selling single of that year. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ...
Zenyatta Mondatta is the third album by The Police, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music). ...
A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ...
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ...
1986 single release The song was re-recorded in 1986 with a slower, more intense chorus and the new version appeared as "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" on the album Every Breath You Take: The Singles. A slight change occurs in the lyrics where the line becomes "Just like the old man in that famous book by Nabokov" (adding the word 'famous'). A new music video was produced for the reworked song that was notable for its early use of animated computer graphics. This single was reportedly also one of the first commercial CD singles ever produced. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ...
The Police are a three-piece rock band consisting of singer/bassist Sting, guitarist Andy Summers, and drummer Stewart Copeland. ...
Every Breath You Take: The Singles is The Polices greatest hits album, released in 1986. ...
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For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ...
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A&M Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Universal Music Group. ...
A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ...
For professional wrestler Steve Borden, see Sting (wrestler). ...
In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ...
Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is an American musician. ...
Andrew James Summers (born 31 December 1942) is an English guitarist and composer best known for his work in The Police. ...
A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ...
The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ...
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ...
The Mainstream Rock Tracks chart is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock (that is, alternative) stations, which are counted in the Modern Rock Tracks chart. ...
The Police are a three-piece rock band consisting of singer/bassist Sting, guitarist Andy Summers, and drummer Stewart Copeland. ...
King of Pain is a song by The Police, originally released on their 1983 album, Synchronicity. ...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Every Breath You Take: The Singles is The Polices greatest hits album, released in 1986. ...
Computer graphics is a sub-field of computer science and is concerned with digitally synthesizing and manipulating visual content. ...
A CD single is a music single in the form of a compact disc. ...
As The Police had already disbanded by the time the 1986 single was released, this is technically the most recent recording the band has released to the present day.
Cultural references - On the season two finale episode "Casino Night" of NBC's The Office, the character Kevin is in a Police cover band Scrantonicity that performs "Don't Stand So Close to Me" on their audition tape.
- Memphis Rapper Gangsta Boo features the most recent version on her 2001 album, Both Worlds *69.
- In the webcomic Irregular webcomic by David Morgan-Mar, the sword of the hobbit Lambert(sting)sings it whenever Orcs are near.
- In the Veronica Mars episode "Mars vs. Mars", a group of girls tease a classmate who has allegedly had an affair with a teacher by regaling her with the song during a lunch break.
- In the Gym Class Heroes song, "Scandalous Scholastics", a reference is made to "Don't Stand So Close to Me" as the song is about a young student who has an affair with his teacher: "This isn't how it was supposed to be, reminiscent of Don't Stand So Close to Me".
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Casino Night is the 22nd (and final) episode of the second season of The Office (U.S. version). ...
The Office is an Emmy Award and Peabody Award-winning[1] American television comedy that debuted on NBC as a midseason replacement on March 24, 2005. ...
Scrantonicity is the name of a fictional rock n roll band from the United States version of the television series The Office. ...
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External link - "Don't Stand So Close To Me" music video with lyrics
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