Hey teacher, leave them kids alone! Today we’re telling the story of the classic 80s track Don’t Stand So Close To Me by the Police. The controversial song is about a classroom instructor who crossed the line with one of his students. And since Sting was a teacher before joining this band, a lot of fans wondered if it was really about him. Was he speaking from a real experience? Besides that, this song holds another claim to fame as well. It is notorious for trying to pass off one of the worst rhymes in a pop song ever. Even band mates Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland admitted it was terrible. But despite all the drama surrounding it, this song was just they needed at the time. Not only did it become one of their most popular tracks, it opened the way for them to become global rock stars. and part of it would come back around a few years later to help create another massive hit. Money For Nothing from Dire Straits So get ready, we’ve got some controversy coming up on this one… NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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I’m excited to return to another one of my favorite shows that we do on this channel. It’s called Breakthrough. In this show we breakdown songs, albums or events that kicked open the door to an artist or band’s career and gave them the momentum to rocket to long term success. On previous episodes we have covered Boys Don’t Cry by The Cure, Don’t You Want Me by The Human League, and Centerfold by The J. Geils Band.
Today we’re going back to the beginning neon decade to bring you the tale of an iconic and controversial track from one of the greatest trios of all time… Drummer Stewart Copeland, guitarist Andy Summers, and bassist-slash-vocalist Gordon Sumner, better known to the world as Sting. You got it. It’s The Police with their 1980 breakthrough single Don’t Stand So Close to Me. Now I’ve got to qualify this one just a bit. Because by the time The Police released Don’t Stand So Close to Me, they admittedly already had a lot of success in the United Kingdom… Including two #1s: Message in a Bottle, Walking on the Moon, and a #2 spot with Can’t Stand Losing You.
However, Stateside, The Police hadn’t made it yet. None of the aforementioned tracks had landed them on the Billboard Hot 100. Roxanne did the best, reaching #32. And Message in a Bottle was next with a #74 ranking. And that was it. The Police had yet to release a breakthrough single in America. Said Summers, “We had some good hits off of our first two albums, and we were doing well in the States, but we hadn’t broken wide open there yet. You can’t believe how much pressure there was for us to make it in America. ‘Gotta make it in America. Gotta make it in America…
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