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"Love Lessons"
the cover of the 1986 UK 7" single
Stewart with Derek Holt at Bledlow Ridge during the recording
Recorded by Stewart Copeland and Derek Holt
Released:	1986-08-11
Recorded:	1985
Length:	3:15
Album(s):	Live! For Life
Label(s):	I.R.S.
Writer(s):	Stewart Copeland
Producer(s):	Stewart Copeland / Jeff Seitz
Studio(s):	The Worried Rabbit
Released as single?	YES

"Love Lessons" is a song written by Stewart Copeland and recorded by Stewart Copeland and Derek Holt in 1985.

About the song

Stewart Copeland remembers writing this song in his head while driving home from Surrey Sound Studios in his yellow Cortina (i.e. in rather early The Police days).

The Police attempted to record it for Ghost In The Machine, but the song was soon abandoned. Stewart counts in, sings the main vocals and plays probably most (if not all) of the guitar parts, maybe except for a quieter part that sounds like a guitar synth. There's a higher backing vocal that's probably Sting.

In 1985 Stewart Copeland worked together with Derek Holt for the Droids project. They recorded this tune at Stewart's The Worried Rabbit home studio in Buckinghamshire - it was released on the Live! For Life sampler and as a 7".

There's also an Arthur Baker remix with Equalizer-esque sounds at the start and of course the Klark Kent version from his Kollected Works CD.

Personnel

The Police (1981)
Stewart Copeland / Derek Holt / Jeff Seitz (1985)
Klark Kent

Release History

Albums

Love Lessons appears on the following album releases:

Cover art	Album title	Release date	Release country
	Live! For Life	1986-MM-DD	USA
40px	Banda Sonora Original De Las Series De TV "Ewoks" Y "Droids"	1985-MM-DD	Spain
	Kollected Works	1995-MM-DD	USA
	Klark Kent	2023-11-17	worldwide

Singles

CD Singles

Cover art	Catalog no.	Songs	Release date	Release country
	Catalog no.	"Song"(s)	YYYY-MM-DD	Country

7" Singles

Cover art	Catalog no.	A-side song/B-side song	Release date	Release country
	IRM 120	"Love Lessons"/"Amy (by the band SILENT MOVIES)"	1986-MM-DD	UK
	IRM 147	"The Equalizer Busy Equalizing"/"Love Lessons"	1987-11-23	UK

12" Singles

Cover art	Catalog no.	A-side song(s)/B-side song(s)	Release date	Release country
40px	IRMT 120	"Love Lessons" (remix)/"Love Lessons"/"Amy"	1986-MM-DD	England, UK
	IRMT 147	"The Equalizer Busy Equalizing" (extended mix)/"The Equalizer Busy Equalizing" (edit)/"Love Lessons" (remix)	1987-11-23	England, UK

Video

"SONG TITLE" appears on the following video and dvd releases:

Cover art	Video title	Release date	Release country
	Video or dvd title	YYYY-MM-DD	Country

Awards, nominations, and certifications

Awards

This section needs more information.

Year	Winner	Award	Category
YYYY	WINNER (album, song, producer, etc.)	AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.)	CATEGORY

Nominations

This section needs more information.

Year	Nominee	Award	Category
YYYY	NOMINEE (album, song, producer, etc.)	AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.)	CATEGORY

Certifications

This section needs more information.

Country	Certifier	Classification	Certification
COUNTRY	CERTIFIER (RIAA, IFPI...)	CLASSIFICATION (Album, singles, foreign artist...)	CERTIFICATION (Gold, Platinum, Diamond...)

Lyrics

Lyrics are property and copyright of their owners, and provided here for educational purposes only.

Live! For Life lyrics

There was an ambush in the park
Left me standing, took my heart
A sudden look and a feeling of surprise
The girl I knew had changed before my eyes  

So where can I learn about love
Where can I learn how to touch her
Where can I learn about love
Where can I learn how to hold her

She'll want some guy who's grown up and cool
They never taught me 'bout that in school
I had to touch her so I threw her in the pool
Now everybody knows that I'm her fool

Where can I learn about love
Where can I learn how to touch her
Where can I learn about love
Where can Iearn how to hold her
Hold her...
Hold her...
Hold her...

Instead of lessons in French and Maths
I gotta learn about romance
I know so much but girls are hard to understand

So where can I learn about love
Where can I learn how to touch her
Where can I learn about love
Where can I learn how to hold her
Hold her...
Hold her...
Hold her...

So where can I learn about love
Where can I learn how to hold her
Where can I learn about love
Where can I learn how to touch her
Hold her...
Touch her...
Hold her...
Hold her...
Hold her...
Hold her
Touch her...
Touch... her...

The Police (attempt) lyrics

Oh...

There was an ambush in the park
Left me standing, took my heart
A sudden look and a feeling of surprise
The girl I knew had changed before my eyes  

So where can I learn about love
Where can I learn how to touch her
Where can I learn about love
When do I know I can hold her

She'll want some guy who's grown up and cool
They never taught me 'bout that in school
I had to touch her so I threw her in the pool
Now everybody knows that I'm her fool

Where can I learn about love
Where can I learn how to touch her
Where can I learn about love
When do I know I can hold her
Hold her...
Hold her...
Hold her...

Instead of lessons in French and Maths
I gotta learn about romance
I know so much but girls are hard to understand
What could be more important to a man

So where can I learn about love
Where can I learn how to hold her
Where can I learn about love
When do I know I can touch her
Touch her...

Where can I learn about love
Where can I learn how to touch her
Where can I learn about love
When do I know I can hold her
Hold her...
Hold her...
Hold her...
Hold heeeeer...

Quotations and trivia

This section needs more information.

Alternative and cover versions

The Police's recording attempt while recording Ghost In The Machine
Arthur Baker remix - with more Equalizer-esque sounds at the start
Klark Kent version on his Kollected Works CD
a version sung in Spanish (by an unknown singer) appears on this 1985 LP from Spain: Banda Sonora Original De Las Series De TV "Ewoks" Y "Droids".

External links

References

sources: Stewart Copeland; Jeff Seitz; Derek Holt; Music Week - July 26, 1986 (release date)

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 !  colspan="2" | <big>'''"Love Lessons"'''</big>
 |- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
-|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:Love_Lessons_cover.jpg|thumb|center|the cover of the 1986 UK 7" single]]
+|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:Love_Lessons_cover.jpg|thumb|center|the cover of the [[1986]] UK 7" single]]
 |- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
-|  colspan="2" | [[Image:1985_stewart_derek_holt.jpg|thumb|center|Stewart with Derek Holt at Bledlow Ridge during the recording]]
+|  colspan="2" | [[Image:1985_stewart_derek_holt.jpg|thumb|center|Stewart with [[Derek Holt]] at Bledlow Ridge during the recording]]
 |- style="background-color: #E6E6E6;"
 !  colspan="2" | Recorded by [[Stewart Copeland]] and [[Derek Holt]]
 |- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 | <b>Released:</b>
-| [[1986]]
+| [[1986-08-11]]
 |- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 | <b>Recorded:</b>
-| RECORDED TIME PERIOD
+| [[1985]]
 |- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 | <b>Length:</b>
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 |- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 | <b>Producer(s):</b>
-| [[PRODUCER NAME(S)]]
+| [[Stewart Copeland]] / [[Jeff Seitz]]
 |- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 | <b>Studio(s):</b>
-| [[RECORDING STUDIO(S)]]
+| [[The Worried Rabbit]]
 |- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 | <b>Released as single?</b>
@@ Line 39: / Line 39: @@
 =About the song=
-''This section needs more information.''
+[[Stewart Copeland]] remembers writing this song in his head while driving home from [[Surrey Sound Studios]] in his yellow Cortina (i.e. in rather early [[The Police]] days).
+[[The Police]] attempted to record it for [[Ghost In The Machine]], but the song was soon abandoned. Stewart counts in, sings the main vocals and plays probably most (if not all) of the guitar parts, maybe except for a quieter part that sounds like a guitar synth. There's a higher backing vocal that's probably [[Sting]].
+In [[1985]] [[Stewart Copeland]] worked together with [[Derek Holt]] for the [[Droids]] project. They recorded this tune at Stewart's [[The Worried Rabbit]] home studio in Buckinghamshire - it was released on the [[Live! For Life]] sampler and as a 7".
+There's also an Arthur Baker remix with Equalizer-esque sounds at the start and of course the [[Klark Kent]] version from his [[Kollected Works]] CD.
 =Personnel=
-''This section needs more information.''
+* [[The Police]] ([[1981]])
+* [[Stewart Copeland]] / [[Derek Holt]] / [[Jeff Seitz]]  ([[1985]])
+* [[Klark Kent]]
 =Release History=
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 ! Release country
 |- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
-| [[Image:Live!ForLife.jpg|40px]]
+| [[Image:Image-Live!ForLife.jpg|40px]]
 | [[Live! For Life]]
 | [[1986-MM-DD]]
 | USA
+|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
+| [[Image:Banda_Sonora_Original_De_Las_Series_De_TV_Ewoks_Y_Droids_cover.jpg|40px]]
+| [[Banda Sonora Original De Las Series De TV "Ewoks" Y "Droids"]]
+| [[1985-MM-DD]]
+| Spain
 |- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 | [[Image:KlarkKent-album-kollectedworks.jpg|40px]]
@@ Line 62: / Line 75: @@
 | [[1995-MM-DD]]
 | USA
+|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
+| [[Image:2023_Klark_Kent_cover.jpg|40px]]
+| [[Klark Kent (album) | Klark Kent]]
+| [[2023-11-17]]
+| worldwide
 |}
@@ Line 98: / Line 116: @@
 | IRM 147
 | "[[The Equalizer Busy Equalizing]]"/"[[Love Lessons]]"
-| [[1987-MM-DD]]
+| [[1987-11-23]]
 | UK
 |}
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 ! Release country
 |- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
-| [[Image:stub.gif|40px]]
+| [[Image:Love_Lessons_1986_12_inch.jpg|40px]]
-| Catalog no.
+| IRMT 120
-| "[[A-side song]]"/"[[B-side song]]" (add more songs as necessary)
+| "[[Love Lessons]]" (remix)/"[[Love Lessons]]"/"Amy"
-| [[YYYY-MM-DD]]
+| [[1986-MM-DD]]
-| Country
+| England, UK
+|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
+| [[Image:The_Equalizer_Busy_Equalizing_1987_12_inch.jpg|40px]]
+| IRMT 147
+| "[[The Equalizer Busy Equalizing]]" (extended mix)/"[[The Equalizer Busy Equalizing]]" (edit)/"[[Love Lessons]]" (remix)
+| [[1987-11-23]]
+| England, UK
 |}
@@ Line 179: / Line 203: @@
 '''Lyrics are property and copyright of their owners, and provided here for educational purposes only.'''
+==Live! For Life lyrics==
 <pre>
 There was an ambush in the park
@@ Line 189: / Line 214: @@
 Where can I learn about love
 Where can I learn how to hold her
-(demo: when do I know I can hold her)
 She'll want some guy who's grown up and cool
@@ Line 207: / Line 231: @@
 I gotta learn about romance
 I know so much but girls are hard to understand
-(demo: what could be more important to a man)
 So where can I learn about love
@@ Line 229: / Line 252: @@
 Touch her...
 Touch... her...
+</pre>
+==The Police (attempt) lyrics==
+<pre>
+Oh...
+There was an ambush in the park
+Left me standing, took my heart
+A sudden look and a feeling of surprise
+The girl I knew had changed before my eyes
+So where can I learn about love
+Where can I learn how to touch her
+Where can I learn about love
+When do I know I can hold her
+She'll want some guy who's grown up and cool
+They never taught me 'bout that in school
+I had to touch her so I threw her in the pool
+Now everybody knows that I'm her fool
+Where can I learn about love
+Where can I learn how to touch her
+Where can I learn about love
+When do I know I can hold her
+Hold her...
+Hold her...
+Hold her...
+Instead of lessons in French and Maths
+I gotta learn about romance
+I know so much but girls are hard to understand
+What could be more important to a man
+So where can I learn about love
+Where can I learn how to hold her
+Where can I learn about love
+When do I know I can touch her
+Touch her...
+Where can I learn about love
+Where can I learn how to touch her
+Where can I learn about love
+When do I know I can hold her
+Hold her...
+Hold her...
+Hold her...
+Hold heeeeer...
 </pre>
@@ Line 235: / Line 306: @@
 =Alternative and cover versions=
-There's also a version recorded by [[Klark Kent]] on his [[Kollected Works]] CD - with slight changes in structure.
+* [[The Police]]'s recording attempt while recording [[Ghost In The Machine]]
+* Arthur Baker remix - with more Equalizer-esque sounds at the start
+* [[Klark Kent]] version on his [[Kollected Works]] CD
+* a version sung in Spanish (by an unknown singer) appears on this [[1985]] LP from Spain: [[Banda Sonora Original De Las Series De TV "Ewoks" Y "Droids"]].
 =See also=
-''This section needs more information.''
+* [[1985-11-22 (Stewart Copeland)]]  - TV performance
 =External links=
-''This section needs more information.''
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35hj0qfe7ZQ Live! For Life version]
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIMitPazAgQ Arthur Baker remix]
+* [https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1986/Music-Week-1986-07-26-IDX-3.pdf#search=%22stewart%20copeland%22 Music Week - July 26, 1986]
 =References=
-''This section needs more information.''
+sources: [[Stewart Copeland]]; [[Jeff Seitz]]; [[Derek Holt]]; Music Week - July 26, [[1986]] (release date)
 [[Category:Songs (Klark Kent)]] [[Category:Songs & Compositions (Stewart Copeland)]]

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About the song

Personnel

Release History

Albums

Singles

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7" Singles

12" Singles

Video

Awards, nominations, and certifications

Awards

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Lyrics

Live! For Life lyrics

The Police (attempt) lyrics

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