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On this day in 1979, The Police single “Roxanne” debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at #82 (February 24)

So basically, after this song came out, you couldn’t go anywhere without someone screaming at you “ROOOOOOXXANNE” in a screeching falsetto.
Well, at least that’s what was happening at the high school I went to around the time of this song…

This was first single with Andy Summers on guitar, and the first major-label release by The Police, who were struggling at the time. 

A year earlier, they released their debut single "Fall Out" on an independent label owned by Stewart Copeland's brother Miles.
The song failed to chart, and the group felt a lot of pressure to produce something that would keep them off the dole.

Sting wrote the song after being inspired by wandering through the red light district of Paris in October 1977 while the band were there to perform at the Nashville Club.

Andy Summers recalled:

Sting played it for me in my living room early on. He was very shy at first bringing in his songs. But it was brilliant, and later on we all worked it out in a damp basement in North London. 

I remember Stewart telling Sting where to place the bass notes, which was a bit tricky. 

Miles Copeland came down to hear us and we were kind of embarrassed to play it for him, because Miles had blinders on and was into fast and furious punk. 
But much to his credit, he said, 'This is great, a knockout!' I was really surprised. 

And he took it to A&M and got a contract for one single. 
I don't think it ever broke the Top 40 in America, but eventually it became the Police signature tune.”

If you listen, near the start of the song you can hear Sting accidentally sitting down on the keys of an upright piano in the studio and someone laughing, which happened by accident while the tape was rolling, which they ended up keeping and using mixed in with the intro of the track!

It was a slow burner, but It eventually got to #8 in New Zealand, #12 in the UK, #19 in the Netherlands, #22 in Ireland, #31 in Canada, #32 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and #34 in Australia.

The song ranked #388 on the Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" 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.

It’s also one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

 ROOOOOOXXANE!

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