De Do Do Do De Da Da Da! The Police!

When I think of the 80’s, I think of the Police! Now, I used to get in a lot of trouble as a teen but I’m not talking about the cops mind you, but the awesome band that recorded one of my favorite songs, “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da". The Police, released this as a single in December 1980. It was the second single from the album Zenyatta Mondatta and a top ten hit in the United Kingdom and the United States!

According to Sting, the song is about the attraction that people have to simple songs. About the way politicians, entertainers and other people use words to manipulate others. He decided to write this when he became interested in songs with nonsense lyrics like, “Do Wah Diddy Diddy,” and “Tutti Frutti,” and “Da Do Ron Ron”. He wanted to find out why those songs worked and decided to write one of his own. He claims that his son came up with the title. Sting called it, “An articulate song about being inarticulate.”

There are those critics out there that still dismiss this song but Sting says they just haven’t bothered to listen to the lyrics. Critics! I say, with a reunion tour that ended in 2008 that grossed $358 million? Who cares!!