Don’t Stand So Close to Me
~ Recording by The Police
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:03 | The Police | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | The Police | Single |
| A&M Records | AMS 7564 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | AMLH 64831 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | SP-3720 |
| 1.1 | Don't Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | L 37377 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | SP 4831 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:03 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | 393 720-1 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:04 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | AMLH 64831 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:03 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta (dBx) | The Police | Album |
| Nautilus Recordings (US-based vinyl audiophile label) | NR 19 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | CD 3720 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:03 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | CDA 64831 |
| 1.24 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 3:59 | The Police | The Number One Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest | RDC 91511 - 4 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:03 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | D25Y3280 |
| 1.7 | Don’t Stand So Close | 3:55 | The Police | The Marquee: 30 Legendary Years | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation) | 840 010-1, MQTV 1 |
| 1.13 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 3:56 | The Police | Is This Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CDP 7 93250 |
| 1.7 | Don't Stand So Close to Me | 3:55 | The Police | The Marquee: 30 Legendary Years | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation) | 840 010-2 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | CD-3720 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:03 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | CD-3720, D 130108 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | 393 720-2 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:03 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta (made in France by PMDC) | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | 393 720-2 |
| 1.7 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Greatest Hits | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 540 030-2 |
| 1.7 | Don't Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Greatest Hits | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 540 030-2 |
| 1.7 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Greatest Hits | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 540030-2 |
| 1.7 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Greatest Hits | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 540 030-2 |
| 1.7 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Greatest Hits | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 540 030-2, 5400302 |
| 1.7 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Greatest Hits | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | STARTCD6006 |
| 1.7 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Greatest Hits (BIEM/MCPS, "Made in France by PMDC") | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 540 030-2 |
| 2.11 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:03 | The Police | Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 540 151-2, 540 152-2, 540 153-2, 540 154-2 |
| 1.16 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:00 | The Police | Great Original Hits of the 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest | |
| 2.11 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:03 | The Police | Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 31454 0150 2 |
| 2.11 | Don't Stand So Close to Me | 4:03 | The Police | Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 06024 9841216 9, 060249841217 6, 060249841218 3, 060249841219 0, 060249841220 6 |
| 2.11 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:03 | The Police | Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 31454 0150 2 |
| 2.11 | Don't Stand So Close to Me | 4:03 | The Police | Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 91454 0150 2 |
| 2.11 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:03 | The Police | Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 540 150-2 |
| 2.21 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 3:54 | The Police | Love Eternal | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Miracle (aka Miracle Records & Miracle Sounds) | MIRCD 0001 |
| 1.5 | Don't Stand So Close to Me | 4:01 | The Police | Every Breath You Take: The Classics | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 31454 0380 2 |
| 1.5 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:01 | The Police | Every Breath You Take: The Classics (BMG club release) | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | 31454 0380 2, D 103515 |
| 1.5 | Don't Stand So Close to Me | 4:01 | The Police | Every Breath You Take: The Classics (club edition) | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | CD 0380 |
| 1.2 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 3:59 | The Police | The Very Best of Pop Music 1980-81 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Egmont Music Club | EMC8081010 |
| 1.4 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 3:58 | The Police | The Very Best of Pop Music Presentation CD 1980–1992 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Egmont Music Club | EMC8092010 |
| 1.5 | Don't Stand So Close to Me | 4:00 | The Police | Greatest hits | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 540 380-2 |
| 1.5 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:01 | The Police | Greatest Hits | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 540 380-2 |
| 1.5 | Don't Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Hard Rock Cafe: New Wave | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 7243, R2 72894 |
| 1.5 | Don't Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Hard Rock Cafe: New Wave | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| R2 72894 | |
| 1.16 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | The Very Best of Sting & The Police | Sting / The Police | Album + Compilation | A&M Records | 540 428 2 | |
| 1.16 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | The Very Best of Sting & The Police | Sting / The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | POCM-1552 |
| 1.16 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | The Very Best of Sting & The Police | Sting & The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | SSTARCD 6358 |
| 1.16 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | The Very Best of Sting & The Police (beige text background, made in France by PMDC) | Sting / The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 540 428 2, 540 428-2, PY 900 |
| 1.13 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | The Very Best of Sting & The Police | Sting & The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 540 834 |
| 1.13 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | The Very Best of Sting & The Police (club edition) | Sting / The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records, BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions) | 31454 0834 2, D121344 |
| 1.16 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | The Very Best of… Sting & The Police | Sting / The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records, Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation) | 540 428 2 |
| 1.13 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | The Very Best of...Sting & The Police | Sting & The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 31454 0834 2 |
| 1.7 | Don't Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Greatest Hits | The Police | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.16 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | The Very Best of Sting & The Police | Sting / The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 540 428 2, 540 428-2 |
| 1.16 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:01 | The Police | The Very Best of... Sting & The Police | Sting & The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 493 252-2 |
| 1.16 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:01 | The Police | The Very Best of Sting & The Police | Sting & The Police | Album + Compilation |
| UTV Records, A&M Records | 069 493 252-2, 493 252-2 |
| 2.2 | Don’t Stand So Close | 3:55 | The Police | 50 Years of the Greatest Hit Singles | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD X 491 |
| 2.11 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 3:55 | The Police | Mastermix Classic Cuts: 50 Years of Pop | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | BX031 |
| 1.16 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:01 | The Police | The Very Best of Sting & The Police | Sting / The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 493 315-2 |
| 1.16 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:01 | The Police | The Very Best of... Sting & The Police | Sting / The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 493 252-2 |
| 1.5 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me – Remastered 2003 | 4:02 | The Police | Every Breath You Take The Classics | The Police | Album + Compilation | A&M Records | ||
| 2.5 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Every Breath You Take: The Classics | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 493 698-2 |
| 1.5 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Every Breath You Take: The Classics | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 493 698-2 |
| 2.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | 493 645-2 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | 493 645-2 |
| 1.5 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:01 | The Police | Every Breath You Take: The Classics | The Police | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.5 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Every Breath You Take: The Classics | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records, Inc., Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division) | 069 493 607-2 |
| 1.5 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Every Breath You Take: The Classics | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records, Inc., Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division) | 069 493 607-2 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | 0694935972 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records, Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division) | 069 493 597-2 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:04 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | 493 654-2 |
| 1.18 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | iTunes Originals | Sting | Other + Compilation + Interview |
| A&M Records | 16446201 |
| 1.4 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:01 | The Police | Rewind | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 982 2979 |
| 1.3 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 3:58 | The Police | Donna’s Top 2004 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Belgium | 982.629-1 |
| 1.5 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Every Breath You Take: The Classics | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records, Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division) | B0003765-02 |
| 1.5 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Every Breath You Take: The Classics | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 069 493 607-2 |
| 1.5 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:01 | The Police | Every Breath You Take (deluxe box) | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | |
| 11.15 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 3:56 | The Police | Classic Cuts Presents: 80's Night: The Ultimate DJ Collection: Special Stereo Wide Edition 16 CD Box | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | |
| 1.15 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 3:56 | Police | Classic Cuts Presents: 80s Night: The Ultimate DJ Collection: O to S | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | BX018 |
| 1.5 | Don't Stand So Close to Me | ?:?? | The Police | Every Breath You Take: The Classics | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records, Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 9820175 |
| 1.19 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 3:59 | The Police | The No.1 DJ Collection: 80's, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | CD147 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:04 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta (The Police 30th Anniversary Paper Sleeve Collection) | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | UICY-93191 |
| 1.2 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:01 | The Police | 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing | 0602498444788 |
| 1.2 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:05 | The Police | UNO | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music México | 0602498444788 |
| 1.12 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | The Police | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | B000908002 |
| 1.12 | Don't Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | The Police | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | B0009080-02 |
| 1.13 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | The Police | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 1736143, 1736145, 1736146 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | UIJY-9027 |
| 1.3 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:05 | The Police | Deejay 25 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), Warner Strategic Marketing | 5301999 |
| 1.3 | Don't Stand So Close to Me | 4:05 | The Police | 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Group International (manages UMG's offices in most countries outside of North America) | 530 020-0 |
| 1.12 | Don't Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | The Police | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 1736149 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta (limited edition) | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | UICY-90740 |
| 1.7 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Greatest Hits | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | UICY-90828 |
| 13.15 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:00 | The Police | Mastermix Professional Engineered for DJs: Decades | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | SET225 |
| 2.7 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:00 | The Police | The 50 Greatest Songs | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records, Cherrytree Records, Universal Music France | 530 105-7 |
| 1.16 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:03 | The Police | The Very Best of Sting & The Police | Sting / The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records, Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | UICY-8175 |
| 2.8 | Don't Stand So Close to Me | 4:01 | The Police | Top Gear: Full Throttle | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 5331453 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | UIGY-9562 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:04 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | UICY-40075 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.1 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:03 | The Police | Zenyattà Mondatta | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | SP-4831 |
| 1.7 | Don’t Stand So Close to Me | 4:02 | The Police | Rock 81 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| K‐tel (International budget record label) | TC-280 |
Relationships
| engineer: | Nigel Gray (UK producer) |
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| producer: | Nigel Gray (UK producer) The Police (British rock band) |
| drums (drum set): | Stewart Copeland (from 1980-07-07 until 1980-08-07) |
| electric bass guitar, synthesizer and lead vocals: | Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (from 1980-07-07 until 1980-08-07) |
| electric guitar: | Andy Summers (from 1980-07-07 until 1980-08-07) |
| background vocals: | Stewart Copeland (from 1980-07-07 until 1980-08-07) Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (from 1980-07-07 until 1980-08-07) Andy Summers (from 1980-07-07 until 1980-08-07) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | A&M Records Ltd. (in 1980, in 2003) A&M Records, Inc. (in 1980, in 1997) |
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| recorded at: | Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (from 1980-07-07 until 1980-08-07) |
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| has remixes: | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (5.1 mix) |
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| recording of: | Don’t Stand So Close to Me (from 1980-07-07 until 1980-08-07) |
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Related works
Don’t Stand So Close to Me
| 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. (The American 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. (from 2022-02 to present) |
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