Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’86

~ Recording by The Police

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:47The PoliceDon’t Stand So Close to Me ’86The PoliceSingle
A&M RecordsAM 354
1.5Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:49The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • AU1986-12-01
A&M RecordsCD 3902, CD 53218
1.6Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:49The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records397 062-2
1.6Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:49The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records393 902-2
1.6Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:49The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M RecordsEVECD 1
1.5Don't Stand So Close to Me '864:49The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M RecordsCD 3902/DIDY 824
1.5Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:49The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M RecordsEVERY1
1.5Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:49The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M RecordsEVERC 1
1.5Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:49The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records393 902-1
1.5Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:49The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)CD 3902, D 173924, DX 824
1.6Don't Stand So Close to Me '864:49The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records397 095-2
1.6Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:49The PoliceTheir Greatest HitsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records, Ltd.397 096-2
1.6Don't Stand So Close to Me '864:49The PoliceTheir Greatest HitsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records, Polystar (Germany)397 095-2
1.6Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:49The PoliceTheir Greatest HitsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • ZA1991-04-01
A&M RecordsSTARCD 5773
4.18Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:51The PoliceMessage in a Box: The Complete RecordingsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • US1993-09-28
A&M Records540 151-2, 540 152-2, 540 153-2, 540 154-2
4.18Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:51The PoliceMessage in a Box: The Complete RecordingsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records31454 0150 2
4.18Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:51The PoliceMessage in a Box: The Complete RecordingsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records540 150-2
1.13Don't Stand So Close to Me '864:54The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The ClassicsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-09-12
A&M Records31454 0380 2
1.13Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:54The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The Classics (BMG club release)The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-09-12
A&M Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)31454 0380 2, D 103515
1.13Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:54The PoliceEvery Breath You Take (The Classics) (Club Edition)The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records, Columbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.)CD 500380
1.13Don't Stand So Close to Me '864:54The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The Classics (club edition)The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M RecordsCD 0380
1.13Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:53The PoliceGreatest HitsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records540 380-2
1.13Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:51The PoliceGreatest HitsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records540 380-2
1.13Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’86 – 2003 Stereo Remastered Version4:51The PoliceEvery Breath You Take The ClassicsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2003-01-01
  • MX2003-01-01
  • US2003-01-01
A&M Records
2.13Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:54The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The ClassicsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-03-04
A&M Records493 698-2
1.13Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:54The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The ClassicsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-03-04
A&M Records493 698-2
1.13Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:54The PoliceEvery Breath You Take (The Classics)The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records069 493 607-2
1.13Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:54The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The ClassicsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records, Inc., Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division)069 493 607-2
1.13Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:54The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The ClassicsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
2.13Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:54The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The ClassicsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records, Inc., Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division)069 493 607-2
1.6Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:49The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
1.13Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:54The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The ClassicsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-01-11
A&M Records069 493 607-2
1.13Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:54The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The ClassicsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-01-11
A&M Records, Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division)B0003765-02
1.13Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:53The PoliceEvery Breath You Take (deluxe box)The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2005-10-28
A&M Records
1.13Don't Stand So Close to Me '86?:??The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The ClassicsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records, Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)9820175
4.18Don't Stand So Close to Me '864:51The PoliceMessage in a Box: The Complete RecordingsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records06024 9841216 9, 060249841217 6, 060249841218 3, 060249841219 0, 060249841220 6
1.5Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:49The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The Singles (2021 MQA x UHQCD)The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2021-08-25
Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)UICY-40352
1.5Don't Stand So Close to Me '864:49The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M RecordsCD 3902/DX 824
1.5Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:49The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The Singles (made in Japan)The PoliceAlbum + CompilationA&M RecordsCD 3902, DIDY 824
1.5Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:49The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + CompilationA&M Records7502139022, CD 3902
1.5Don't Stand So Close to Me '864:49The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + CompilationA&M RecordsCD 3902/DX 824
1.5Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:49The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + CompilationA&M RecordsCD 3902, DX 824
1.4Don't Stand So Close to Me4:50The PoliceThe 80's MixVarious ArtistsAlbum + CompilationConcept Records (Australia)CEL039/3
Bootleg
1.1Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’864:49The PoliceMissing in a BoxThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

drum machine programming:Stewart Copeland
producer:Laurie Latham
The Police (British rock band)
electric bass guitar:Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
electric guitar:Andy Summers
vocals:Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:A&M Records (from 1986 to present)
has remixes:Don’t Stand So Close to Me ’86 (5.1 mix)
recording of:Don’t Stand So Close to Me

Don’t Stand So Close to Me

lyricist and composer:Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
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)
music quoted in:Money for Nothing (Dire Straits song)