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About This Track
“Don’t Stand So Close to Me” is a 1980 song and hit single by the British rock band 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 Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal” for this song. A re-recorded version of the song was released in 1986 as “Don’t Stand So Close to Me ‘86”.
The song deals with the mixed feelings of lust, fear and guilt that a school teacher has for a female student and vica verse, and inappropriateness leading to confrontation.
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.
The line “Just like the old man in that book by Nabokov” alludes to Vladimir Nabokov’s famous novel Lolita which covers somewhat similar issues.
Sting was asked to perform on Mark Knopfler’s “Money for Nothing” as he was in Montserrat 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.
The song deals with the mixed feelings of lust, fear and guilt that a school teacher has for a female student and vica verse, and inappropriateness leading to confrontation.
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.
The line “Just like the old man in that book by Nabokov” alludes to Vladimir Nabokov’s famous novel Lolita which covers somewhat similar issues.
Sting was asked to perform on Mark Knopfler’s “Money for Nothing” as he was in Montserrat 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.
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Shouts
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FoREVer7x wrote:
If Sting was my teacher I'd want him too *_~
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Falbrav1 wrote:
Great song but I still prefer the singles lifted off Outlandos d'amour
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BamBino1951 wrote:
I always loved this song. I believe that Carl Palmer, Bill Bruford and John Bohnem are the best drummers of the rock era.
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dogsofautumn wrote:
Stewart Copeland-Best Drummer ever!!!
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nellbel wrote:
my english teacher is pretty hot
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silvasonicsurfa wrote:
......what people forget now is that then we were in a music climate of post punk, disco, novelty hits, and pre early electronica / new romantics, this sounded so fresh and different.......... coupled with the fact that the blonde threesome were not unattractive to the ladies.......BINGO! massive hits......
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kikikirsche wrote:
yes!¸.•´¸.•*´
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vanceLot777 wrote:
YEA-YAAAA...!
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DxKnight wrote:
i luv this song :')
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Friedenspanzer2 wrote:
like the police stuff much more than stings solo songs.
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JacintaHurst wrote:
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥3
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jomabbs wrote:
This was fantastic to dance too... It reminds me of my courting days
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platinum-blonde wrote:
i've been obsessed with this song for about a year.
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RonjaP wrote:
the intro is EPIC! what am I talking the whole song is great! <3
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kylede2011 wrote:
Just like the old man in that book by Nabokov
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clash_94 wrote:
leibe <3
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korpsr666 wrote:
dont stand so close to me.{=
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crocy2 wrote:
great...
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jomabbs wrote:
I love this song.
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tiochaidhanla wrote:
very tru interperation and tenpation
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