
Roxanne
Lead vocals: Man
Taal: Engels
Roxanne is een nummer van de Britse band The Police uit april 1978. Het is de debuutsingle van het allereerste album Outlandos d'Amour eveneens uit 1978. Het nummer werd geschreven door de leadzanger van de band, Sting, en gaat over een man die verliefd wordt op een prostituee. De single werd in februari 1979 heruitgebracht. Roxanne komt voor op alle greatest hits albums van de band. In 2004 plaatste Rolling Stone het nummer op plaats 388 van de lijst The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
"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, in advance of their debut album Outlandos d'Amour, released on 3 November. 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, 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" and was voted No. 85 by VH1 on its list of the "100 Greatest Rock Songs".
"Roxanne" was first song the band performed live at the 2007 Grammy Awards to kick off their 30th Anniversary Reunion Tour. In 2008, "Roxanne" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.