Zenyatta Mondatta

Zenyatta Mondatta
Studio album by The Police
Released:	1980-10-03 (UK) 1980-10-21 (Japan)
Recorded:	1980-07-07 - 1980-08-07
Length:	38:16
Label(s):	A&M
Producer(s):	The Police, Nigel Gray
Studio(s):	Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands

Introduction

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Personnel

• Sting - bass, lead vocals
• Stewart Copeland - drums, backing vocals
• Andy Summers - guitar, bass on "Behind My Camel, backing vocals

Track listing

All songs written by Sting unless otherwise indicated.

1. "Don't Stand So Close To Me" – 4:04
2. "Driven To Tears" – 3:20
3. "When The World Is Running Down You Make The Best Of What's Still Around" – 3:38
4. "Canary In A Coalmine" – 2:26
5. "Voices Inside My Head" – 3:53
6. "Bombs Away" (Stewart Copeland) – 3:09
7. "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" – 4:09
8. "Behind My Camel" (Andy Summers) – 2:54
9. "Man In A Suitcase" – 2:19
10. "Shadows In The Rain" – 5:02
11. "The Other Way Of Stopping" (Stewart Copeland) – 3:22

Singles released

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Variants, special editions and re-releases

A 1/4" 2-trk Original Master Tape features a version of The Other Way Of Stopping with a slightly altered ending.

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Country	Position
1981	Billboard Pop Albums	U.S.A.	5
1983	The Billboard 200	U.S.A.	129

Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Country	Position
1981	"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"	Billboard Pop Singles	U.S.A.	10
1981	"Don't Stand So Close To Me"	Billboard Mainstream Rock	U.S.A.	11
1981	"Don't Stand So Close To Me"	Billboard Pop Singles	U.S.A.	10
1981	"Driven To Tears"	Billboard Mainstream Rock	U.S.A.	35
1981	"Voices Inside My Head"/"When The World Is Running Down You Make The Best Of What's Still Around"	Billboard Club Play Singles	1981	3

Awards, nominations, and certifications

Awards

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Year	Winner	Award	Category
1981	"Behind My Camel"	Grammy Awards	Best Rock Instrumental Performance
1981	"Don't Stand So Close To Me"	Grammy Awards	Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Nominations

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

Certifications

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Country	Certifier	Classification	Certification
U.K.	BPI	Album	Gold
U.K.	BPI	Album	Platinum
U.S.A.	RIAA	Album	Gold
U.S.A.	RIAA	Album	Platinum
U.S.A.	RIAA	Album	Double Platinum

Quotations and trivia

Trivia

A Stewart Copeland quote from 1980-10-16 Smash Hits: "You can only get so far with your writing at home. The magic happens when the other two get involved. We all arrive at the studios with our songs. This time Sting had ten, I had five and Andy had about the same. We eventually used eleven."

When you check out what demos are out there and what was eventually used --- there are definitely some unheard songs around, although some of Andy's and Stewart's songs may have been used on Ghost In The Machine or later (as was the case with Sting's Demolition Man and I Burn For You):

Sting:

• Don't Stand So Close To Me
• Driven To Tears
• When The World Is Running Down
• Canary In A Coalmine
• Voices Inside My Head
• De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
• Man In A Suitcase
• Shadows In The Rain
• I Burn For You
• Demolition Man
• (Consider Me Gone) (this might have been a faulty memory / mis-interpretation by Nigel Gray - possibly referring to Shadows In The Rain)

Stewart Copeland:

• Bombs Away
• The Other Way Of Stopping

Andy Summers:

• Behind My Camel
• Friends

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Artwork

See also

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External links and reviews

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References

• Police, The. Discography, Zenyatta Mondatta.
• Police, The. Zenyatta Mondatta. (1980) [Audio recording], A&M Records.
• Secretjourney81. Album Sales Figures.
• Wikipedia. Zenyatta Mondatta.