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Don't Stand So Close to Me. " 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.
Money for Nothing (song) " Money for Nothing " is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, the second track on their fifth studio album Brothers in Arms (1985). It was released as the album's second single on 28 June 1985 through Vertigo Records. The song's lyrics are written from the point of view of two working-class men watching music ...
Zenyatta Mondatta. Zenyatta Mondatta (stylised as Zenyattà Mondatta on the album cover artwork) is the third studio album by British rock band the Police, released on 3 October 1980 by A&M Records. It was co-produced by the band and Nigel Gray. Zenyatta Mondatta reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and number five on the US Billboard 200.
"Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" was released in October 1986 as the final single from The Police. "De Do Do Do De Da Da Da" was also recorded but the band was unsatisfied with the result, and as such it was shelved, only to be subsequently included on the DTS-CD release of the Every Breath You Take: The Classics album in 1995.
In the US version of the single, "De Do Do Do De Da Da Da" was paired with "Friends", a composition by Andy Summers. "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" was released as the follow-up single to "Don't Stand So Close to Me" in Britain, and was released as the debut single from Zenyatta Mondatta in America. Upon its release, the single became a top ten hit ...
Released: 18 October 1985 (UK) "Your Latest Trick". Released: 25 April 1986. Brothers in Arms is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 17 May 1985 [2] through Vertigo Records internationally and Warner Bros. Records in the United States. It was the first album in history to sell over one million copies in CD ...
The article mentions that "Don't Stand So Close to Me" broke The Police in the U.S. I thought that "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" was released before "DSSCTM" and also peaked at No. 10 0n the Billboard Hot 100. It was the single that 'broke' The Police in the USA, as it reached the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, peaking at #10.
B-side of "Don't Stand So Close to Me" 1980 [11] "Hole in My Life" Sting Outlandos d'Amour: 1978 [1] "How Stupid Mr. Bates" Andy Summers Sting Stewart Copeland Brimstone and Treacle: 1982 "Hungry for You (J'aurais toujours faim de toi)" Sting Ghost in the Machine: 1981 [4] "I Burn for You" Sting Brimstone and Treacle: 1982 "Invisible Sun" † Sting