"Proper Education" is a

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of the 1979 song "

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" by

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by the Swedish DJ and electronic music producer

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. It was released in Sweden on 24 November 2006 and in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2007. "Proper Education" reached number two on the

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and topped the US ''Billboard''

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chart in 2007. On 8 December 2007, the song received a nomination for

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at the 2008 Grammy Awards.

Music video

The music video for the song features

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escaping school (which connects to the original song's theme) while doing

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stunts. They 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". The video was shot on the Broadwater Farm Estate in

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Track listings

CD single # "Proper Education" (radio edit) — 3:19 # "Proper Education" (club mix) — 6:09 CD maxi single # "Proper Education" (radio edit) — 3:19 # "Proper Education" (original version) — 6:09 # "Proper Education" (

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remix) — 9:03 # "Proper Education" (

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remix) — 8:58 # "Proper Education" (Video) 12" maxi single # "Proper Education" (club mix) — 6:09 # "Proper Education" (dub mix) — 8:38

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References

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