Don't Stand So Close to Me

"Don't Stand So Close to Me"
Single by The Police
from the album Zenyatta Mondatta
B-side	"Friends" (UK) "A Sermon" (US)
Released	19 September 1980
Recorded	1980
Genre	New wave pop rock
Length	4:02
Label	A&M (AMS 7564)
Songwriter(s)	Sting
Producer(s)	Nigel Gray Stewart Copeland Sting Andy Summers
The Police singles chronology
"The Bed's Too Big Without You" (1980) "Don't Stand So Close to Me" (1980) "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" (1980)
Music video
"Don't Stand So Close to Me" at YouTube
"Don't Stand So Close To Me (Christmas Version)" at YouTube

"Don't Stand So Close to Me" is a 1980 song by The Police. It is the lead single on their third studio album Zenyatta Mondatta. It went to number 1 in Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom, number 2 in Canada and New Zealand, number 3 in Australia, Italy, the Netherlands and South Africa, number 8 in Belgium, number 9 in Norway and number 10 in the United States. It won a Grammy Award in 1982.

"Don't Stand So Close to Me '86"

"Don't Stand So Close to Me '86"
Single by The Police
from the album Every Breath You Take: The Singles
B-side	"Don't Stand So Close to Me" (Live)
Released	October 1986 (1986-10)
Recorded	July 1986
Genre	Rock new wave
Length	4:51
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 So Close to Me '86" (1986) "Can't Stand Losing You" (1995)

The song was re-recorded in 1986 with a new brooding arrangement with a different chorus and more opulent production. It went to number 1 in Spain, number 11 in Ireland, number 13 in Finland, number 14 in New Zealand, number 19 in the Netherlands and number 24 in the United Kingdom.