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| "Roxanne" | ||||
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Roxanne_-_The_Police_(Original_UK_Release).jpg) Original 1978 UK sleeve | ||||
| Single by the Police | ||||
| from the album Outlandos d'Amour | ||||
| B-side | "Peanuts" | |||
| Released | 7 April 1978 | |||
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| Length | 3:02 (Single version) 3:15 (Album version) | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Sting | |||
| Producer(s) | The Police | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Roxannesingle.jpg) UK 1979 reissue | ||||
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| "Roxanne" on YouTube | ||||
"Roxanne" is a song by British rock band the Police. The song was written by lead singer and bassist Sting and was released as a single on 7 April 1978,[5] in advance of their debut album Outlandos d'Amour, released on 3 November.[6] It was written from the point of view of a man who falls in love with a prostitute. When re-released on 12 April 1979,[7] the song peaked at No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song ranked No. 388 on the Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time"[8] and was voted No. 85 by VH1 on its list of the "100 Greatest Rock Songs".
In 2008, "Roxanne" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[9]
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- ^ Prince, David J. (23 December 2009). "The Decade in Music: Top 50 Moments page 3 > The Police Rock the Grammys". Billboard. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
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- ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (17 July 2000). "A Flock of Haircuts: New Wave". Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-312-19821-3.
- ^ Clarkson 1996, p. 75.
- ^ Mojo (2007). Irvin, Jim (ed.). The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion (4th ed.). Canongate Books. p. 412. ISBN 978-1-8419-5973-3.
- ^ Clarkson 1996, p. 86.
- ^ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (1–500)". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 20 August 2006.
- ^ "GRAMMY Hall Of Fame – r". Grammy Hall of Fame Award. The Recording Academy. Retrieved 21 December 2012.