When I Dont Know How to Let You Get That Close to Me

1980 single by The Constabulary

"Don't Stand up And so Shut to Me"
1980 unmarried cover
Unmarried by The Constabulary
from the album Zenyatta Mondatta
B-side	"Friends" (UK) "A Sermon" (US)
Released	nineteen September 1980
Recorded	1980
Genre	New moving ridge pop rock
Length	4:02 [1]
Label	A&1000 (AMS 7564)
Songwriter(south)	Sting
Producer(south)	Nigel Grey Stewart Copeland Sting Andy Summers
The Police force singles chronology
"The Bed'due south Too Big Without You" (1980) "Don't Stand And so Close to Me" (1980) "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" (1980)
Alternative cover
American single picture sleeve
Music video
"Don't Stand So Close to Me" on YouTube

"Don't Stand So Shut to Me" is a striking song by the stone band The Police, released in September 1980 equally the pb single from their third album Zenyatta Mondatta. It concerns a teacher who has a sexual relationship with a student, which in plow is discovered.

The band'due south third No. i on the Great britain Singles Chart, it was also the best selling single of 1980 in the UK.^{[2] [3]} The song also charted in the tiptop ten in Australia, Canada and the US. The Police won the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Grouping with Vocal for this song.^[4]

Groundwork [edit]

The music and lyrics of the song were written by the lead singer of The Constabulary, Sting. The song deals with the mixed feelings of animalism, fear and guilt that a schoolhouse instructor has for a student and the fallout when the inappropriate sexual relationship is discovered past other adults. The line But like the old human in that book past Nabokov alludes to Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita, which covers somewhat similar bug.^[5] The line was criticised for rhyming milkshake and coughing with Nabokov. ^[six] Sting replied, "I've used that terrible, terrible rhyme technique a few times."^[six]

Before joining The Police, Sting had previously worked every bit an English teacher.^[vi] His recollection was that he'd "been through the concern of having 15-year-sometime girls fancying me - and my really fancying them! How I kept my hands off them I don't know."^{[half dozen]} He referred to the song'southward story progression as "the instructor, the open page, the virgin, the rape in the car, getting the sack."^[6]

In 1993, however, he said of the vocal's inspiration, "You accept to think we were blond bombshells at the time and most of our fans were young girls then I started role playing a bit. Let's exploit that."^[6] In a 2001 interview for the concert DVD ...All This Time, Sting denied that the song is autobiographical.^{[ citation needed ]}

Production [edit]

"Don't Stand So Close to Me" appeared on The Constabulary's album Zenyatta Mondatta (A&M), and became a hit No. 1 UK single,^[seven] forth with a respective music video. In the US, it reached the elevation 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. ten. In the Great britain, the rail was confirmed past the terminate of 1980 to accept been the biggest selling single of that year.^{[ commendation needed ]}

The B-side, "Friends", was written past Andy Summers and is inspired by Stranger in a Strange Land, a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein.^[6] Summers described the track equally "Very quirky. A touch of Long John Silver on Acid."^[6]

Sting was asked to perform on Mark Knopfler's "Money for Aught" every bit he was in Montserrat at the time, and accidentally reused the tune from "Don't Stand So Close to Me" in the counterpoint lyric "I desire my MTV." It was only subsequently this story was relayed 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 but Knopfler. It is one of only 2 shared songwriting credits on any Dire Straits album.^{[ citation needed ]}

Composition [edit]

"Don't Stand So Close to Me" features Sting on pb vocals. Like many Constabulary songs, the verses are more than subdued, while the chorus is bolder and louder. The song too bears a reggae mode, withal another common trait in Police songs. Thematically, the "wet motorbus stop" idea invites comparing with the 1966 striking song "Jitney Stop" past some other English language grouping, The Hollies.^{[ citation needed ]}

The track uses a guitar synthesizer in the middle of the song, which was used by guitarist Andy Summers. Summers said, "Subsequently Sting had put the vocals on 'Don't Stand And so Close To Me' nosotros looked for something to lift the middle of the vocal. I came upward with a guitar synthesiser. Information technology was the get-go fourth dimension nosotros'd used information technology. I felt it worked actually well."^[half-dozen] The verses and choruses do not feature this upshot.^[six]

The verses are in the key of Grand minor, and the chorus is in D major.^[8]

Track listing [edit]

vii-inch – A&Grand / AMS 7564 (UK)

1. "Don't Stand So Close to Me" – 4:03
2. "Friends" – 3:37

7-inch – A&M / AMS 2301 (US)

1. "Don't Stand Then Shut to Me" – 4:03
2. "A Sermon" – 2:34

Personnel [edit]

• Sting – pb and backing vocals, bass guitar, bass pedals
• Andy Summers – guitars, guitar synthesizer
• Stewart Copeland – drums

Chart history [edit]

Certifications [edit]

UK chart history [edit]

"Don't Stand up And so Shut To Me" rapidly ascended to No. 1 in its first week of release on 27 September 1980,^[34] confirming their status as ane of the U.k.'s leading contemporary groups. It was too their 3rd Britain chart-topper in 12 months—in tandem with the No. one success of their new album Zenyatta Mondatta.

The ring'south four-week run at No. 1 was the most for whatever single in the Britain in 1980. Having held off considerable contest from Ottawan with "D.I.S.C.O." and "Amorphous Trousers" past Madness, The Police fell to No. iii (being replaced at No. i past "Woman in Love" by Barbra Streisand). "Don't Stand Then Close To Me" spent a total of 8 weeks inside the UK acme 40, dropping out on 22 November. Iii weeks later on, their follow-up hit "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" charted at No. 9, eventually peaking at No. 5.

Usa chart history [edit]

"Don't Stand So Shut To Me" broke into the Billboard Hot 100 Height 40 on 21 February 1981 at No. 39.^[35] By 25 Apr, it reached a pinnacle position of No. 10, matching their previous Usa hit "De Practice Practise Do, De Da Da Da". Information technology dropped out of the summit 40 on 23 May after a 13-week run.

Legacy [edit]

During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, "Don't Stand up So Close To Me" took on a very different meaning in the context of COVID-xix, every bit people worldwide skillful social distancing.^{[36] [37]}

"Don't Stand And so Close to Me '86" [edit]

"Don't Stand And then Close to Me '86"
Unmarried by The Police
from the anthology Every Breath You Take: The Singles
B-side	"Don't Stand Then Shut to Me" (Live)
Released	October 1986 (1986-x)
Recorded	July 1986
Genre	Rock new wave
Length	four:51 [38]
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Sting
Producer(s)	Stewart Copeland Sting Andy Summers Laurie Latham
The Police singles chronology
"King of Pain" (1984) "Don't Stand And then Close to Me '86" (1986) "Tin't Stand Losing You" (1995)

The song was re-recorded in 1986 with a new, heart-searching arrangement, a dissimilar chorus and a more opulent production. The new version appeared as "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" on the album Every Breath You Take: The Singles, and was released equally a single, reaching No. 24 in the British charts.^[7] It also reached No. 11 in Republic of ireland, No. 14 in New Zealand, No. 19 on kingdom of the netherlands MegaCharts Singles Chart (number 20 on Dutch Top 40), No. 27 in Canada^[39] and No. 46 on Billboard Hot 100 (No. 10 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks).

Because of the subtract in tempo, a slight lyric change is institute in the line "Just similar the one-time man in that volume by Nabokov" (the word 'famous' was added). A new music video was produced for the reworked vocal past Godley and Creme, notable for its early use of animated calculator graphics. The version of the song used on the music video was subtly different to the version released every bit the single. It was approximately six seconds shorter, with a longer atmospheric suspension before the showtime lyric, but role of the chorus edited out towards the end. This version is only available on the music video, information technology has never been separately released as an audio recording.

Because drummer Stewart Copeland had broken his collarbone and was unable to drum, he opted to apply his Fairlight CMI to plan the drum track for the single, while singer/bassist Sting pushed to use the drums on his Synclavier instead. The group's engineer establish the Synclavier's programming interface difficult; information technology concluded upwards taking him ii days to complete the task. Copeland ultimately finished the drum programming and claimed that the Fairlight'south and so-legendary "Page R" (the device'south sequencing page) saved his life and put him on the map as a composer. In a Qantas inflight radio program named "Reeling in the Years", Copeland was quoted equally proverb that the argument over Synclavier versus Fairlight drums was "the straw that broke the camel's back," and that this led to the group's unravelling.^{[ commendation needed ]}

Every bit the Police had already disbanded past the fourth dimension the 1986 single was released, this, aside from the so-unreleased "De Do Practice Practice, De Da Da Da '86," was the last recording before the band's reunion and the most contempo studio recording the ring has released.

Track listing [edit]

7-inch – A&M / AM 354 (UK)

1. "Don't Stand And then Close to Me '86" – 4:47
2. "Don't Stand up So Close to Me" (alive) – 3:40

12-inch – A&Chiliad / AMY 354 (Uk)

1. "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" (dance mix) – half dozen:32
2. "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" – 4:47
3. "Don't Stand up So Shut to Me" (original version) – 4:03
4. "Don't Stand So Shut to Me" (live) – three:40

Charts [edit]

Chart (1986)	Summit position
Australia (Kent Music Written report)[9]	32
Spain (Los 40 Principales)	1
Dutch Acme 40	19
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[40]	13
Irish Singles Chart	xi
Great britain Singles Chart	24
United states of america Billboard Hot 100	46
Canadian Singles Chart	27

Glee cover [edit]

"Don't Stand So Close to Me"
Unmarried by Glee bandage
from the album Glee: The Music, Volume 2
B-side	"Young Girl"
Released	2009
Recorded	2009
Genre	Pop
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Sting
Producer(s)	Ryan White potato, Adam Anders
Glee cast singles chronology
"I'll Stand up by Yous" (2009) "Don't Stand So Shut to Me" (2009) "Crush" (2009)

The song was covered in the episode "Carol" of the American television series Glee in 2009. It was performed past the graphic symbol Will Schuester (played by Matthew Morrison) as a musical mashup with "Immature Girl" by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap. It was included on the 2d soundtrack album from the series.

The unmarried version charted at No. 67 in Canada, No. 64 in the United States and No. 50 in Republic of ireland.

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