THE BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

To compliment my recently completed ‘1000 BEST SONGS LIST,’ here is another that just missed the cut.

1020-The Police-Don’t Stand so Close to Me.
1980-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 1.03.This guy has been given a position of trust, authorised to teach his pupils, but he abuses that trust, what shall we do? I know, let’s call the Police.
The Police (see also best songs 727,) were formed in 1977, by Sting, and Stewart Copeland,a third member, Henry Padovani was soon added,but was replaced within a year, by Andy Summers.
‘Don’t Stand so Close to Me’ became the third of five UK Number 1’s for the band, and is also the best selling song of 1980.
The song is about a school teacher who finds one of his pupils attractive,the tracks writer Sting was a school teacher before becoming a musician.The line ‘Just like the old man in the book by Nabokov,’ refers to the novel ‘Lolita,’ written by Vladimir Nabokov,which is about an older man pursuing underage girls
In a 2001 interview for the concert DVD ‘All This Time,’ Sting denied that this song is autobiographical.
‘Temptation,frustration, so bad it makes him cry.Wet bus stop,she’s waiting, his car is warm and dry.’
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