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The Police
title: Don't Stand So Close to Me text: 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 album "Zenyatta Mondatta". It concerns a schoolgirl's crush on her teacher which leads to an affair, which in turn is discovered. The band's third number one on the UK Singles Chart, it was also the best selling single of 1980 in the UK. The song also charted in the top ten in Australia, Canada and the US. The Police won the 1981 Grammy Award for Best title: Don't Stand So Close to Me text: / AMY 354 (UK) The song was covered in the episode "Ballad" of the American television series "Glee" in 2009. It was performed by the character Will Schuester (played by Matthew Morrison) as a musical mashup with "Young Girl" by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap. It was included on the from the series. The single version charted at number 67 in Canada, number 64 in the United States and number 50 in Ireland. The song was featured in "Mars vs. Mars", an episode of the American television series "Veronica Mars". The song was also featured in the season one, title: Don't Stand So Close to Me text: It is one of only two shared songwriting credits on any Dire Straits album. "Don't Stand So Close to Me" features Sting on lead vocals. Like many Police songs, the verses are more subdued, while the chorus is bolder and louder. The song also bears a reggae style, yet another common trait in Police songs. Thematically, the "wet bus stop" idea invites comparison with the 1966 hit song "Bus Stop" by another English group, The Hollies. The track uses a guitar synthesizer in the middle of the song, which was used by guitarist Andy Summers. Summers said, "After Sting had title: Don't Stand So Close to Me text: concert DVD "...All This Time", Sting denied that the song is autobiographical. "Don't Stand So Close to Me" appeared on The Police's album "Zenyatta Mondatta" (A&M), and became a hit No. 1 UK single, along with a corresponding music video. In the US, it reached the top 10 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 10. In the UK, the track was confirmed by the end of 1980 to have been the biggest selling single of that year. The B-side, "Friends", was written by Andy Summers and is inspired by "Stranger in a Strange Land", a science fiction title: Don't Stand So Close to Me text: the album "", and was released as a single, reaching number 24 in the British charts. It also reached number 11 in Ireland, number 14 in New Zealand, number 19 on the Netherlands MegaCharts Singles Chart (number 20 on Dutch Top 40), number 27 in Canada and number 46 on "Billboard" Hot 100 (number 10 on the "Billboard" Mainstream Rock Tracks). Because of the decrease in tempo, a slight lyric change is found in the line "Just like the old man in that book by Nabokov" (the word 'famous' was added). A new music video was produced for the reworked