Don't Stand So Close To Me by The Police Song Details

The Police's ' "Don't Stand So Close To Me" was released on its scheduled release date, October 3, 1980. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:02, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. This song is part of Zenyatta Mondatta (Remastered 2003) by The Police. The song's track number on the album is #1 out of 11 tracks. Based on our data, United Kingdom was the country where this track was produced or recorded. Based on our statistics, Don't Stand So Close To Me's popularity is fairly popular right now. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

Since Don't Stand So Close To Me by The Police has a tempo of 140 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright). With Don't Stand So Close To Me being at 140 BPM, the half-time would be 70 BPM with a double-time of 280 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty fast for this song. This makes this song perfect for activities such as, jogging or cycling. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of D Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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