"Proper Education"
Single by Eric Prydz vs. Floyd
Released24 November 2006 (2006-11-24)[1]
Length
  • 3:21 (radio edit)
  • 6:09 (club mix)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Eric Prydz
Eric Prydz singles chronology
"Woz Not Woz"
(2005) 		"Proper Education"
(2006) 		"Pjanoo"
(2008)
Pink Floyd singles chronology
"Wish You Were Here (Live)"
(1995) 		"Proper Education"
(2007) 		"Louder than Words"
(2014)
Alternative cover
CD2 cover

"Proper Education" is a remix of the 1979 song "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" by Pink Floyd by the Swedish DJ and electronic music producer Eric Prydz. 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 UK Singles Chart and topped the US Billboard Hot Dance Airplay chart in 2007. On 8 December 2007, the song received a nomination for Best Remixed Recording at the 2008 Grammy Awards.

Music video

The music video for the song features Daniel Ilabaca escaping school (which connects to the original song's theme) while doing parkour 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 Tottenham.

Track listings

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[55] Gold 4,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Sweden 24 November 2006 12-inch picture disc
[1]
Netherlands 22 December 2006 CD Spinnin'
United Kingdom 1 January 2007 12-inch vinyl
United States 30 January 2007 Digital download Ultra
Australia 5 March 2007 CD Ministry of Sound [56]
United States 6 March 2007 Maxi-CD Ultra [1]

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