Next to You

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"Next To You"
Single by The Offspring
Released	2005
Format	Vinyl and CD
Genre	Punk Rock

"Next to You" is a song written by Sting and recorded by The Police on their debut album Outlandos d'Amour in 1978. The song was performed regularly on the early Police tours, and Sting later included it during his 'Broken Music' tour in 2005-2006.

When Sting originally presented the song to his bandmates, they felt it was not aggressive nor political enough for the early punk sensibility of The Police. Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland suggested replacement lyrics, but Sting vetoed them and kept his original love song. The song also includes a slide guitar solo by Summers, which Copeland had dismissed as "old wave."

[edit] Cover versions

The song was covered by the American rock band The Offspring on their only compilation album, Greatest Hits. It is a hidden song located on the same track as "(Can't Get My Head) Around You." It appears on the song at exactly 3 minutes 15 seconds. Although the track was never released to the radio as a single, the song was popular enough to land a spot on both the Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts.

The song was also covered by Anthrax, and appears on their "Taking the Music Back" single.

Down By Law also covered the song on their 1993 "DC Guns" 7" EP.