Proper Education


"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.
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Music video

The music video for the song features Daniel Ilabaca escaping school 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, 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

Swedish 12-inch single
Dutch CD single
  1. "Proper Education"
  2. "Proper Education"
  3. "Proper Education"
  4. "Proper Education"
Spanish 12-inch single
UK CD1
  1. "Proper Education"
  2. "Proper Education"
UK CD2
  1. "Proper Education"
  2. "Proper Education"
  3. "Call on Me"
  4. "Proper Education"
  5. Extended interactive CD-ROM
UK 12-inch single
US and Australian CD single
  1. "Proper Education"
  2. "Proper Education"
  3. "Proper Education"

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart Peak
position
Moldova Airplay 99

Year-end charts

Chart Position
Australian Club Chart 17
Australian Dance 23
Belgium 43
Belgium 54
CIS Airplay 24
Europe 27
France 89
Germany 51
Hungary 15
Hungary 47
Netherlands 35
Netherlands 72
Russia Airplay 20
Sweden 68
Switzerland 58
UK Singles 66
US Hot Dance Airplay 17