| "Don't Stand So Close to Me" | ||||
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 1980 single cover | ||||
| Single by the Police | ||||
| from the album Zenyatta Mondatta | ||||
| B-side |
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| Released | 19 September 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 4:02[1] | |||
| Label | A&M (AMS 7564) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Sting | |||
| Producer(s) | ||||
| The Police singles chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 American single picture sleeve | ||||
| Music video | ||||
| "Don't Stand So Close to Me" on YouTube | ||||
| "Don't Stand So Close To Me (Christmas Version)" on YouTube | ||||
"Don't Stand So Close to Me" is a hit song by the British rock band the Police, released in September 1980 as the lead single from their third studio album Zenyatta Mondatta. It concerns a teacher who has a sexual relationship with a student, which in turn is discovered.
The band's third No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, it was also the best selling single of 1980 in the UK selling 808,000 copies in 1980 alone.[2][3] The song also charted in the top ten in Australia, Canada and the US. The Police won the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for this song.[4] Record World praised the song's "ingenious percussion, arrangement and hook."[5]
- ^ amazon.com, "Zenyatta Mondatta [Digipak] Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered". Accessed 11 October 2014.
- ^ Copsey, Rob (26 February 2021). "The Official Top 50 best-selling songs of 1980". OfficialCharts.com.
- ^ "Britain's Favourite 80's Songs".
- ^ "Winners: Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal". Grammy.com. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. 7 February 1981. p. 1. Retrieved 23 February 2023.