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"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, [ 6 ] in advance of their debut album Outlandos d'Amour , released on 3 November. [ 7 ]
In February 1979, "Roxanne" was issued as a single in North America, where it was played on radio despite the subject matter. The song peaked at No. 31 in Canada and No. 32 in the US, spurring a UK re-release of it in April. The band performed "Roxanne" on BBC1's Top of the Pops, and the re-issue of the song peaked at No. 12 on the UK Singles ...
"Roxanne" (stylized in all uppercase [2]) is a song by American rapper Arizona Zervas. It was released on October 10, 2019. [3] The song was written by the artist himself with Lauren Larue, and produced by 94Skrt and Jae Green. [4] "Roxanne" reached number one in New Zealand and peaked within the top ten in Australia, Norway, the UK, and the US.
"Roxanne" (The Police song), a 1978 song by The Police "Roxanne" (Arizona Zervas song), a 2019 song by Arizona Zervas "Roxanne", a 1978 song by Golden Earring from Grab It for a Second; Roxanne (band), a band active in the late 1980s
Shante, who was a member of the Juice Crew, was contracted to write a track in rebuttal to U.T.F.O.'s rap, posing as the Roxanne in the U.T.F.O. song. Marley Marl produced the song "Roxanne's Revenge" using the original beats from an instrumental version of "Roxanne, Roxanne". The track became an instant hit and made Shante, only 14 at the time ...
"Roxanne's Revenge" was a 7 minute response to the "Roxanne, Roxanne" - the misogynistic social commentary against women who turned down their sexual advances. 14-year old Roxanne created the renowned diss track after freestyling on the instrumental of the original "Roxanne, Roxanne" for 7 minutes straight due to the group, U.T.F.O bailing out ...
"Every Breath You Take" is a song by the English rock band the Police from their album Synchronicity (1983). Written by Sting, the single was the biggest US and Canadian hit of 1983, topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks (the band's only No. 1 hit on that chart), and the Canadian RPM chart for four weeks.
During the late 1960s to early 1980s, Wilde continued to record and, with Ronnie Scott, co-wrote hit singles for others including the Casuals' "Jesamine" and Status Quo's "Ice in the Sun". He is the father of pop singer Kim Wilde and co-wrote many of her hit singles including "Kids in America" with his son Ricky. He continues to perform and record.