Relationships
| lyricist and composer: | Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) |
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| publisher: | Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases) (ended) EMI Blackwood Music (Canada) Ltd. EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (Sting) GM Sumner Chappell Music (UK) (from 1980 to ????) Chappell Music Co. (from 1980 to ????) Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. (from 1980 to ????) Virgin Music, Inc. (US arm of Virgin’s publishing company) (from 1980 to ????) Virgin Publishing (from 1984 to ????) EMI Music Publishing, Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (from 2003 to ????) Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) (from 2022-02 to present) |
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| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/The-police-dont-stand-so-close-to-me-lyrics [info] |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/77830 [info] |
| Songfacts: | http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1220 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q2608208 [info] |
| music quoted in: | Money for Nothing (Dire Straits song) |
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Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recordings | ||||
| 1980-07-07 – 1980-08-07 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | The Police | 4:02 | |
| 1980-08-22 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1980-08-22: Les Arenes, Beziers, France) | live | The Police | 3:18 |
| 1980-08-22 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1980-08-22: Les Arènes, Béziers, France) | live | The Police | 3:21 |
| 1980-08-26 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1980-08-26: Plage du Mourillon, Toulon, France) | live | The Police | 3:55 |
| 1980-10-18 | Don't Stand So Close to Me (live, 1980-10-18: Grugahalle, Essen, Germany) | live | The Police | 3:34 |
| 1980-10-18 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1980-10-18: Grugahalle, Essen, Germany) | live | The Police | 3:30 |
| 1980-10-18 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1980-10-18: Grugahalle, Essen, Germany) | live | The Police | 3:38 |
| 1980-10-18 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1980-10-18: Grugahalle, Essen, Germany) | live | The Police | 3:32 |
| 1981-01-15 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1981-01-15: Los Angeles Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | The Police | 3:28 |
| 1981-02-02 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1981-02-02: Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan) | live | The Police | ?:?? |
| 1981-02-02 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1981-02-02: Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan) | live | The Police | ?:?? |
| 1981-02-02 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1981-02-02: Budohkan, Tokyo, Japan) | live | The Police | 3:38 |
| 1981-02-13 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1981-02-13: Logan Campbell Centre, Auckland, New Zealand) | live | The Police | 2:51 |
| 1981-02-16 | Voices Inside My Head / Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1981-02-16: Showgrounds, Sydney, Australia) | live | The Police | 5:25 |
| 1981-02-22 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1981-02-22: Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia) | live | The Police | 3:53 |
| 1981-02-22 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1981-02-22: Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia) | live | The Police | ?:?? |
| 1981-02-22 | Voices Inside My Head / Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1981-02-22: Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia) | live | The Police | 4:50 |
| 1981-08-22 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1981-08-22: Liberty Bell Horse Racetrack, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | The Police | 3:37 |
| 1982-01-03 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1982-01-03: Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden) | live | The Police | 3:37 |
| 1982-01-19 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1982-01-19: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | The Police | 3:39 |
| 1982-01-20 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1982-01-20: Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA, USA) | live | The Police | 3:41 |
| 1982-01-23 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1982-01-23: The Coliseum, New Haven, CT, USA) | live | The Police | 3:39 |
| 1982-03-09 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1982-03-09: Glen Helen Park, San Bernardino, CA, USA) | live | The Police | 3:29 |
| 1982-04-22 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me / Can’t Stand Losing You / Reggatta de Blanc / Be My Girl (live, 1982-04-22: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | The Police | 12:23 |
| 1982-07-31 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1982-07-31: Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead, UK) | live | The Police | 3:29 |
| 1982-09-03 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1982‐09‐03: US Festival 1982, Glen Helen Regional Park, San Bernardino, CA, USA) | live | The Police | ?:?? |
| 1983-07-22 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1983-07-22: Lilitz, PA, USA) | live | The Police | 3:10 |
| 1983-07-22 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (cut) (live, 1983-07-22: Lilitz, PA, USA) | live and partial | The Police | 1:34 |
| 1983-08-03 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1983-08-03: Olympic Stadium, Montréal, QC, Canada) | live | The Police | 3:53 |
| 1983-09-10 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1983-09-10: The Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA, USA) | live | The Police | 3:52 |
| 1983-10-01 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1983-10-01: Camp Municipal Narcís Sala, Barcelona, Spain) | live | The Police | 3:38 |
| 1983-10-03 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1983-10-03: Palais des Sports, Lyon, France) | live | The Police | 3:40 |
| 1983-10-03 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (cut) (live, 1983-10-03: Palais des Sports, Lyon, France) | live and partial | The Police | 0:35 |
| 1983-10-14 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1983-10-14: Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden) | live | The Police | 4:16 |
| 1983-11-03 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1983-11-03: The Omni, Atlanta, GA, USA) | live | The Police | 3:46 |
| 1983-11-14 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1983-11-14: Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX, USA) | live | The Police | 3:51 |
| 1983-11 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1983-11: Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, GA, USA) | live | The Police | 3:46 |
| 1983-12-23 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1983-12-23: Conference Centre, Brighton, UK) | live | The Police | 3:50 |
| 1983-12-27 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1983-12-27: Wembley Arena, London, UK) | live | The Police | 3:32 |
| 1984-02-08 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1984‐02‐08: William & Mary Hall, Williamsburg, VA, USA) | live | The Police | 3:44 |
| 1984-02-19 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1984-02-19: Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | The Police | 3:35 |
| 1984-04-03 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1984-04-03: Showgrounds, Melbourne, Australia) | live | The Police | 3:46 |
| 1988-05-06 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1988-05-06: Verona Theatre, Verona, Verona, Veneto, Italy) | live | Sting | 9:43 |
| 1988-10-15 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1988‐10‐15: Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | live | Sting | ?:?? |
| 1988-10-25 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 1988-10-25: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan) | live | Sting | 10:01 |
| 1999 | Don't Stand | cover | Fun Size | 2:59 |
| 2000-03-17 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2000‐03‐17) | live | Sting | ?:?? |
| 2000 | Don't Stand So Close to Me (live, VH1 2000) | live | Sting with Backstreet Boys | 3:43 |
| 2001-09-11 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2001-09-11: Villa Il Palagio, Figline Valdarno, Italy) | live | Sting | 2:17 |
| 2001-12-01 | Don't Stand So Close to Me (live, 2001-12-01: At the BBC) | live | Sting | 2:16 |
| 2007-05-27 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2007-05-27: Fan Club Show, GM Place, Vancouver, BC, Canada) | live | The Police | 4:28 |
| 2007-05-28 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2007-05-28: GM Place, Vancouver, BC, Canada) | live | The Police | 4:57 |
| 2007-06-10 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2007-06-10: Pepsi Center, Denver, CO, USA) | live | The Police | 4:43 |
| 2007-06-13 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2007-06-13: McAfee Coliseum, Oakland, CA, USA) | live | The Police | 4:40 |
| 2007-06-15 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2007-06-15: MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | live | The Police | 4:36 |
| 2007-06-18 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2007-06-18: US Airways Arena, Phoenix, AZ, USA) | live | The Police | 4:12 |
| 2007-06-20 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2007-06-20: Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | The Police | 4:34 |
| 2007-06-21 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2007-06-21: Honda Center, Anaheim, CA, USA) | live | The Police | 4:14 |
| 2007-06-26 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2007-06-26: American Airlines Arena, Dallas, TX, USA) | live | The Police | 4:44 |
| 2007-06-29 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2007-06-29: Toyota Center, Houston, TX, USA) | live | The Police | 4:23 |
| 2007-07-02 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2007-07-02: Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO, USA) | live | The Police | 4:57 |
| 2007-09-14 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2007‐09‐14: Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands) | live | The Police | ?:?? |
| 2007-09-16 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2007-09-16: Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland) | live | The Police | 5:05 |
| 2007-12-01 – 2007-12-02 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2007-12: River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | live | The Police | 4:42 |
| 2007-12-08 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2007-12-08: Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | live | The Police | 4:40 |
| 2007-12 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2007-12: River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | live | The Police | 4:42 |
| 2007-12 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2007-12: River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | live | The Police | 4:49 |
| 2008-01-24 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2008-01-24: ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia) | live | The Police | 4:42 |
| 2008-02-07 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2008-02-07: Venetian Arena, Macau, China) | live | The Police | ?:?? |
| 2008-02-13 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2008-02-13: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan) | live | The Police | 5:05 |
| 2008-02 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2008-02: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan) | live | The Police | 4:59 |
| 2008-06-05 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (live, 2008-06-05: SAP Arena, Mannheim, Germany) | live | The Police | ?:?? |
| 2010-03 | Don't Stand So Close to Me | cover | Paola Arnesano | 5:18 |
| Don't Stand So Close to Me | Sting | 2:17 | ||
| Don't Stand So Close to Me | cover | [unknown] | 3:40 | |
| Don't Stand So Close to Me | cover | Armsbendback | 3:55 | |
| Don't Stand So Close to Me | cover | Dan Friel | 3:57 | |
| Don't Stand So Close to Me | cover | Chris Thompson | 3:49 | |
| Don't Stand So Close to Me | cover | Rockabye Baby! | 2:31 | |
| Don't Stand So Close to Me | cover | Louchie Lou & Michie One | 3:57 | |
| Don't Stand So Close to Me | cover and instrumental | Vitamin Swing | 3:59 | |
| Don't Stand So Close to Me | cover and instrumental | The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 3:47 | |
| Don't Stand So Close to Me | cover | Angela | 3:26 | |
| Don't Stand So Close To Me | cover and instrumental | Sweet Little Band | 3:44 | |
| Don't Stand So Close to Me (live) | live | Sting | 4:57 | |
| Don’t Stand So Close | The Police | ?:?? | ||
| Don’t Stand So Close | The Police | 3:39 | ||
| Don’t Stand So Close | cover | Chris Thompson | 3:47 | |
| Don’t Stand So Close to Me | cover | Miah Bernard | 4:55 | |
| Don’t Stand So Close to Me | The Police | 4:04 | ||
| Don’t Stand So Close to Me | The Police | 3:45 | ||
| Don’t Stand So Close to Me | The Police | ?:?? | ||
| Don’t Stand So Close to Me | The Police | 4:51 | ||
| Don’t Stand So Close to Me | The Police | ?:?? | ||
| Don’t Stand So Close to Me | The Police | ?:?? | ||
| Don’t Stand So Close to Me | cover | Alana Marie | 3:31 | |
| Don’t Stand So Close to Me | The Police | ?:?? | ||
| Don’t Stand So Close to Me | The Police | 3:53 | ||
| Don’t Stand So Close to Me | cover | Kevyn Lettau | 4:35 | |
| Don’t Stand So Close to Me | The Police | 3:46 | ||
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