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Don't Stand So Close to Me
1980 single by the Police
Don't Stand So Close to Me
"Don't Stand So Close to Me" is a hit song by the English rock band the Police, released on 18 September 1980 as the lead single from their third studio album Zenyatta Mondatta. It concerns a teacher who has sexual fantasies about a student. The band's third No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, it was the best-selling single of 1980 in the UK, selling 808,000 copies in that year alone. The song also charted in the top ten in Australia, Canada, and the US Billboard Hot 100. The Police won the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 24th Annual Grammy Awards for this song. Record World praised the song's "ingenious percussion, arrangement and hook".
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