<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Alternative cover </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> American single picture sleeve </Td> </Tr> <P> "Don't Stand So Close to Me" is a hit song by the British rock band the Police, released in September 1980 as the lead single from their third album Zenyatta Mondatta . It concerns a schoolgirl's crush on her teacher which leads to an affair, which in turn is discovered . </P> <P> The band's third number one on the UK Singles Chart, it was also the best selling single of 1980 in the UK . The song also charted in the top ten in Australia, Canada and the US . The Police won the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for this song . </P>

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