Proper Education

"Proper Education" is a remix by the Swedish DJ and producer Eric Prydz. The original song by Pink Floyd, "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II", was remixed to create this song; it has a much more emphasized 4/4 beat than the original song. It made it to number two on the UK Singles Chart in the United Kingdom and reached number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay chart in the United States in 2007, making it the first remixed recording of an original song to reach the top spot on this chart. On December 8, 2007, the song also received a nomination for best remixed recording at the 2008 Grammy Awards.

Music video

The music video for this song includes teenagers (Daniel Ilabaca) escaping school while doing parkour stunts and other various actions, like jumping from building to building. They then sneak into a number of apartments and perform energy efficient tasks, such as replacing lightbulbs with their energy efficient equivalent, turning down thermostats, turning off televisions, putting bricks in toilets (to save water) etc. Finally, they tap into the apartment complex's power grid and power down the whole building, before re-lighting some of the apartments so that the words "SWITCH OFF" appear in lights on the side of the building. The video ends with the words "you don't need an education to save the planet".

Track listings

CD single

"Proper Education" (Radio Edit) — 3:22
"Proper Education" (Club Mix) — 6:08

CD maxi

"Proper Education" (Radio Edit) — 3:20
"Proper Education" (Original Version) — 6:08
"Proper Education" (Sébastien Léger Remix) — 9:03
"Proper Education" (Sebastian Ingrosso Remix) — 8:57
"Proper Education" (Video)

12" maxi

"Proper Education" (Club Mix) — 6:09 — 8:57
"Proper Education" (Dub Mix) — 8:38

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
Denmark^[1]	Gold	November 27, 2007	4,000

Charts

Chart (2006-2007)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^{[ 1]}	20
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^{[ 1]}	20
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^{[ 1]}	2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)^{[ 1]}	12
Czech Republic (IFPI)^{[ 1]}	6
Denmark (Tracklisten)^{[ 1]}	3
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)^{[ 1]}	1
France (SNEP)^{[ 1]}	10
Germany (Media Control AG)^{[ 1]}	4
Hungary (Dance Top 40)^{[ 1]}	3
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)^{[ 1]}	2
Ireland (IRMA)^[2]	9
Italy (FIMI)^{[ 1]}	11
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^{[ 1]}	3
Slovakia (IFPI)^{[ 1]}	29
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^{[ 1]}	4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^{[ 1]}	7
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^{[ 1]}	12
United Kingdom (The Official Charts Company)^[2]	2
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play^[3]	29

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)	Rank
German Singles Chart ^[4]	51
Swedish Singles Chart^[5]	68

Preceded by "Koneeseen kadonnut" by Apulanta	Finnish number-one single 4/2007 (1 week)	Succeeded by "Perfect Skin" by The 69 Eyes
Preceded by "U + Ur Hand" by Pink	Billboard Hot Dance Airplay number-one single February 24, 2007-March 3, 2007	Succeeded by "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado

References

↑ Danish certifications ifpi.dk (Retrieved January 17, 2009)
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Proper Education", in various singles charts Acharts.us (Retrieved January 17, 2009)
↑ Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved January 17, 2009)
↑ http://www.mtv.de/charts/Single_Jahrescharts_2007
↑ "Årslista Singlar – År 2007" (in Swedish). Swedish Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 8 December 2010.

v t e Eric Prydz

Albums	Eric Prydz Presents Pryda (2012)

Singles	"Call on Me" "Woz Not Woz" "Proper Education" "Pjanoo" "Niton (The Reason)" "Every Day"

Record labels	Pryda Mouseville Pryda Friends Virgin Records EMI Astralwerks

Related articles	Axwell Steve Angello

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