THE POLICE Released Hit Single ‘DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME’ Today 45 Years Ago
Top singles from the past…
19 September 2025
Legendary trio THE POLICE (1977–1984, 1986, 2007–2008) released their hit single
DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME’ on 19 September 1980, today 45 years ago.
It topped the UK Charts and was the best-selling
single that year. In the US it peaked at #9.
It featured on their 3rd LP
Zenyatta Mondatta.
The song deals with the mixed feelings of lust, fear and guilt that a schoolteacher
has for a student and the fallout when the inappropriate relationship is discovered
by other adults.
