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"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"
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Single by The Police
from the album Zenyatta Mondatta
B-side

  • "A Sermon" (UK)

  • "Friends" (US)
Released October 1980[1]
Format
Vinyl record (7")
Recorded 1980
Genre


  • Reggae rock

  • post-punk

  • new wave
Length 4:05
Label
A&M – AMS 9110
Songwriter(s) Sting
Producer(s)


  • Nigel Gray

  • Stewart Copeland

  • Sting

  • Andy Summers

The Police singles chronology





"Don't Stand So Close to Me"
(1980)
 "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"
(1980)
 "Invisible Sun"
(1981)

Alternative cover

US 7-inch cover
US 7-inch cover




"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" is a song by The Police, released as a single in December 1980. Released as the British second single from the album Zenyatta Mondatta, the song was written by Sting as a comment on how people love simple-sounding songs. The song was re-recorded in 1986 as "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da '86" but was not released until 1995.




Contents






  • 1 Background


  • 2 Composition


  • 3 Personnel


    • 3.1 Track listing




  • 4 Charts


    • 4.1 Weekly charts


    • 4.2 Year-end charts




  • 5 "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da '86"


  • 6 References





Background


According to lead singer Sting, the song is about the attraction that people have to simple songs.[2] Sting later criticised those who labelled the lyrics of the song as "baby talk," claiming that the song was grossly misunderstood.[2] He evaluated, "The lyrics are about banality, about the abuse of words," saying that "the lyrics have an internal logic."[2]


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I was trying to make an intellectual point about how the simple can be so powerful. Why are our favourite songs 'Da Doo Ron Ron' and 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy'? In the song, I tried to address that issue. But everyone said, 'This is bullshit, child's play.' No one listened to the lyrics. Listen to the lyrics. I'm going to remake it again and put more emphasis on what I was talking about.


— Sting, Rolling Stone, 2/1988[2]


The phrase "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" supposedly was made up by Sting's son. Sting said of this, "In fact, my son came up with it. I've never paid him – so that's another possible lawsuit. He writes songs himself these days. He's got a lot of self-confidence – I don't know where from."[2]


Its B-side, "A Sermon," was originally written by Stewart Copeland in 1977 and is a parable about a band ruthlessly making it to the top. Copeland played most of the guitar as well, including the intro riff, while Andy Summers can be heard in the middle.[3] Sting said of the song, "It's arrogant, but Stewart is good at being arrogant in a funny way – as in that Klark Kent line about 'If you don't like me, you can suck my socks'."[2] In the US version of the single, "De Do Do Do De Da Da Da" was paired with "Friends", a composition by Andy Summers.


"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" was released as the follow-up single to "Don't Stand So Close to Me" in Britain, and was released as the debut single from Zenyatta Mondatta in America. Upon its release, the became a top ten hit in the United Kingdom and the United States (their first in said country), reaching  No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart[4] and  No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. In addition to its English-language release, both a Spanish-language and Japanese-language version of the song were recorded and released in their respective markets in early 1981. Actual 45RPM copies are rare.


The cover was designed by Hipgnosis and use the title of the song to juxtapose an image of the band with one of a woman's hand reaching out to a telephone to call the police.


The song was prominently featured in the 1982 film The Last American Virgin and on its soundtrack. It also appeared in the pilot episode of the medical drama St. Elsewhere.



Composition


The song is composed in the key of A major with the chord progression of Asus2-F#m7(add4)-C#m7 in the verses and Asus2-A-Asus2-A-E-D in the chorus.[5] The song uses guitar reverb and echo in the verses.


"I've danced in the Caribbean for weeks to that song," remarked Joni Mitchell. "I'm an old rock and roll dancer, you know. The stops, the pauses, in that one are really fun. I appreciated the rhythmic hybrids, the gaps between the bass lines, the repetitive figures with space between them. James Taylor and I had dinner with Sting once at our mutual manager's place. He was quite effusive about us being his heroes. So I always think of him as our son."[6]



Personnel




  • Sting – bass, lead and backing vocals


  • Andy Summers – guitar, lead vocals on "Friends"


  • Stewart Copeland – drums, guitar on "A Sermon"



Track listing


7" – A&M / AMS 9110 (UK)



  1. "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" – 4:09

  2. "A Sermon" – 2:34


7" – A&M / AM 2275 (US)



  1. "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" – 4:09

  2. "Friends" – 3:35


7" – A&M / AM 25000 (US)



  1. "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" (Spanish Version) – 4:00

  2. "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" (Japanese Version) – 4:00



Charts











"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da '86"


































"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da '86"

Song by The Police
from the album Every Breath You Take: The Classics
Released 1995 (1995)
Format
DTS-CD SACD
Recorded 1986
Genre Rock, new wave
Label A&M
Songwriter(s) Sting
Producer(s) Stewart Copeland, Sting, Andy Summers, Laurie Latham

The song was re-recorded in 1986, alongside "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86," for inclusion on the Every Breath You Take: The Singles compilation but was ultimately excluded from the album. It was released on the DTS-CD and SACD release of the Every Breath You Take: The Classics album.



References





  1. ^ http://www.45cat.com/record/am2275


  2. ^ abcdef "'De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da' / 'A Sermon'". sting.com..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ Sutcliffe, Phil (1993). "The B-sides and Other Obscure Releases." In Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings (pp.57–59) [Boxed set booklet]. A&M Records Ltd.


  4. ^ The Police in the UK Charts, The Official Charts.


  5. ^ "The Police "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" Sheet Music in A Major - Download & Print - SKU: MN0068300". Musicnotes.com. 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2016-10-16.


  6. ^ Guitar World, September 1996


  7. ^ http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_anno/hpy1981.htm


  8. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.


  9. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 24, 1981


  10. ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.4689&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062


  11. ^ "Top 20 Hit Singles of 1981". Retrieved 26 December 2018.


  12. ^ Musicoutfitters.com


  13. ^ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1981











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