Roxanne

~ Recording by The Police

Annotation

GBAAM7800003 is original master.
GBAAM0201086 is 2003 stereo remastered version

Annotation last modified on 2020-09-15 08:04 UTC.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.3Roxanne3:15The PoliceOutlandos d’AmourThe PoliceAlbum
  • GB1978-11-02
A&M RecordsAMLH 68502
1.2Roxanne3:04The PoliceNo Wave (clear blue vinyl)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
A&M RecordsSP-4738
1.3Roxanne3:15The PoliceOutlandos d’AmourThe PoliceAlbum
A&M RecordsAMLH 68502
1.2Roxanne3:10The PoliceBring On the NightThe PoliceSingle
A&M RecordsAMS 7687
1.3Roxanne3:15The PoliceOutlandos d’AmourThe PoliceAlbum
A&M Records394 753-1
1.3Roxanne3:15The PoliceOutlandos d’AmourThe PoliceAlbum
A&M Records394 753-1
1.3Roxanne3:12The PoliceOutlandos d’AmourThe PoliceAlbum
A&M RecordsSP-4753
1.3Roxanne3:15The PoliceOutlandos d’AmourThe PoliceAlbum
A&M RecordsCD-3311
1.3Roxanne3:15The PoliceOutlandos d’AmourThe PoliceAlbum
A&M Records394 753-2
1.3Roxanne3:15The PoliceOutlandos d’Amour (AM+)The PoliceAlbum
A&M RecordsCD-3311
1.3Roxanne3:15The PoliceOutlandos d’AmourThe PoliceAlbum
  • JP1986-08-21
A&M RecordsD32Y3022
1.1Roxanne3:12The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • AU1986-12-01
A&M RecordsCD 3902, CD 53218
1.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records397 062-2
1.1Roxanne3:12The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M RecordsCD 3902/DIDY 824
1.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M RecordsEVECD 1
1.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records393 902-2
1.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records393 902-1
1.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M RecordsEVERC 1
1.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M RecordsEVERY1
1.3Roxanne3:15The PoliceOutlandos d’AmourThe PoliceAlbum
  • JP1988-10-21
A&M RecordsD25Y3278
1.1Roxanne3:12The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)CD 3902, D 173924, DX 824
1.2Roxanne3:13The PoliceHet beste uit de top 100 aller tijden volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Dino Music (subsidiary of EMI Netherlands BV)DNCD 1212
1.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records397 095-2
1.9Roxanne3:05The PolicePop Classics: 28 Classic TracksVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint)
1.1Roxanne3:12The PoliceTheir Greatest HitsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records, Polystar (Germany)397 095-2
1.1Roxanne3:12The PoliceTheir Greatest HitsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records, Ltd.397 096-2
1.1Roxanne3:12The PoliceTheir Greatest HitsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • ZA1991-04-01
A&M RecordsSTARCD 5773
1.3Roxanne3:15The PoliceOutlandos d’AmourThe PoliceAlbum
A&M Records394 753-2, CDMID 126
1.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceGreatest Hits (BIEM/MCPS, “Made in France by PMDC”)The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records540 030-2
1.1Roxanne3:12The PoliceGreatest HitsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records540 030-2
1.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceGreatest HitsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records540030-2
1.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceGreatest HitsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records540 030-2, 5400302
1.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceGreatest HitsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M RecordsSTARCD6006
1.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceGreatest HitsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records540 030-2
1.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceGreatest HitsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records540 030-2
1.6Roxanne3:15The PoliceMessage in a Box: The Complete RecordingsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • US1993-09-28
A&M Records540 151-2, 540 152-2, 540 153-2, 540 154-2
1.6Roxanne3:15The PoliceMessage in a Box: The Complete RecordingsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records31454 0150 2
1.6Roxanne3:15The PoliceMessage in a Box: The Complete RecordingsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records31454 0150 2
1.6Roxanne3:15The PoliceMessage in a Box: The Complete RecordingsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records91454 0150 2
1.6Roxanne3:15The PoliceMessage in a Box: The Complete RecordingsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records540 150-2
1.2Roxanne3:12The PoliceStart: The Best of BritishVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-07-18
Dino EntertainmentDINCD 92
2.1Roxanne3:12The PoliceBack to the SeventiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Magnum (Dutch joint venture from 1990–1997)516 988-2
1.11Roxanne3:12The PoliceRock Moves & GroovesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram525 171-2
2.11Roxanne3:10The PoliceThe No.1 70's Rock AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1995-07-28
PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)525 717-2
1.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The ClassicsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-09-12
A&M Records31454 0380 2
1.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The Classics (BMG club release)The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-09-12
A&M Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)31454 0380 2, D 103515
1.1Roxanne3:10The PoliceEvery Breath You Take (The Classics) (Club Edition)The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records, Columbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.)CD 500380
1.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The Classics (club edition)The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M RecordsCD 0380
1.3Roxanne3:11The PoliceSulle strade del rock Vol. 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)525681-2
1.11Roxanne3:08The PoliceTijdloze honderd, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceGreatest HitsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records540 380-2
1.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceGreatest HitsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records540 380-2
1.17Roxanne3:14The PoliceThe Very Best of Sting & The PoliceSting / The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records540 428 2
1.17Roxanne3:14The PoliceThe Very Best of Sting & The PoliceSting / The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • JP1997-11-24
A&M RecordsPOCM-1552
1.4Roxanne3:12The PoliceRoxanne 97 (Puff Daddy remix)Sting & The PoliceSingle
  • GB1997-12-10
A&M Records582 455-2
1.4Roxanne3:11The PoliceRoxanne 97 (Puff Daddy remix)Sting & The PoliceSingle
A&M Records314 582 455-2
1.17Roxanne3:14The PoliceThe Very Best of Sting & The PoliceSting & The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M RecordsSSTARCD 6358
1.14Roxanne3:14The PoliceThe Very Best of Sting & The PoliceSting & The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records540 834
1.17Roxanne3:14The PoliceThe Very Best of Sting & The Police (beige text background, made in France by PMDC)Sting / The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records540 428 2, 540 428-2, PY 900
1.14Roxanne3:14The PoliceThe Very Best of Sting & The Police (club edition)Sting / The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records, BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)31454 0834 2, D121344
1.17Roxanne3:14The PoliceThe Very Best of… Sting & The PoliceSting / The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records, Polydor (British label, see annotation)540 428 2
1.14Roxanne3:14The PoliceThe Very Best of… Sting & The PoliceSting & The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records31454 0834 2
1.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceGreatest HitsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1998-06-30
1.17Roxanne3:14The PoliceThe Very Best of Sting & The PoliceSting / The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records540 428 2, 540 428-2
1.4Roxanne3:06The PoliceMillennium GoldVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2001-11-19
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited), Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom585 642-2
1.17Roxanne3:10The PoliceThe Very Best of… Sting & The PoliceSting & The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2002-02-18
A&M Records493 252-2
1.3Roxanne3:06The PoliceCapital Gold Legends IIIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2002-03-18
Box Music (UK label), EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 12415 2 3, VTDCD440
1.17Roxanne3:10The PoliceThe Very Best of Sting & The PoliceSting & The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-10-01
UTV Records, A&M Records069 493 252-2, 493 252-2
1.17Roxanne3:12The PoliceThe Very Best of Sting & The PoliceSting / The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • -2002
A&M Records493 315-2
1.17Roxanne3:10The PoliceThe Very Best of… Sting & The PoliceSting & The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records493 252-2
1.1Roxanne – Remastered 20033:12The PoliceEvery Breath You Take The ClassicsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2003-01-01
  • MX2003-01-01
  • US2003-01-01
A&M Records
2.1Roxanne3:12The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The ClassicsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-03-04
A&M Records493 698-2
1.1Roxanne3:12The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The ClassicsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-03-04
A&M Records493 698-2
1.3Roxanne3:11The PoliceOutlandos d’AmourThe PoliceAlbum
  • US2003-03-04
A&M Records069 493 602-2
1.2Roxanne3:09The PoliceEssential 70sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.1Roxanne3:10The PoliceEvery Breath You Take (The Classics)The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records069 493 607-2
2.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The ClassicsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records, Inc., Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division)069 493 607-2
1.1Roxanne3:11The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The ClassicsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records, Inc., Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division)069 493 607-2
1.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The ClassicsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
1.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The SinglesThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
1.3Roxanne3:11The PoliceOutlandos d’AmourThe PoliceAlbum
A&M Records493 643-2
1.3Roxanne3:15The PoliceOutlandos d’AmourThe PoliceAlbum
A&M Records069 493 595-2
1.3Roxanne3:14The PoliceOutlandos d’Amour (25th anniversary remaster)The PoliceAlbum
A&M Records0694935952
1.3Roxanne3:11The PoliceOutlandos d’AmourThe PoliceAlbum
A&M Records493 652-2
1.3Roxanne3:14The PoliceOutlandos d’Amour (enhanced)The PoliceAlbum
A&M Records493 652-2
2.3Roxanne3:11The PoliceOutlandos d’AmourThe PoliceAlbum
A&M Records493 643-2
1.1Roxanne3:09The PoliceRock PlatinumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Licensing Music (U.L.M)981 211-1
1.9Roxanne3:11The PoliceiTunes OriginalsStingOther + Compilation + Interview
  • US2004-06-28
A&M Records16446201
1.1Roxanne3:11The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The ClassicsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-01-11
A&M Records, Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division)B0003765-02
1.1Roxanne3:11The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The ClassicsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-01-11
A&M Records069 493 607-2
1.1Roxanne3:13The PoliceEvery Breath You Take (deluxe box)The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2005-10-28
A&M Records
1.3Roxanne3:08The PoliceMy Generation - The Soundtrack of Our Lives: The 70s, Part TwoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2006-10-02
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0946 369490 2 4, 3694902
1.1Roxanne?:??The PoliceEvery Breath You Take: The ClassicsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records, Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)9820175
1.6Roxanne3:15The PoliceMessage in a Box: The Complete RecordingsThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
A&M Records06024 9841216 9, 060249841217 6, 060249841218 3, 060249841219 0, 060249841220 6
1.3Roxanne3:15The PoliceOutlandos d’AmourThe PoliceAlbum
  • JP2007-01-29
A&M RecordsUICY-93189
1.4Roxanne3:11The PoliceThe Police (pressed by Technicolor, Olyphant, Pa)The PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • US2007-06-05
A&M RecordsB0009080-02
1.4Roxanne3:11The PoliceThe PoliceThe PoliceAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2007-06-05
A&M RecordsB000908002
Promotion
1.2Roxanne3:04The PoliceNo Wave (clear vinyl)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
A&M RecordsSP-4738
1.3Roxanne3:15The PoliceOutlandos d’AmourThe PoliceAlbum
A&M RecordsSP-4753
1.8Roxanne3:06The PoliceClassic Cuts Presents: 70s Night: The Definitive DJ Collection: P to RVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Music Factory (UK promotional remix service)BX010

Relationships

engineer:Chris Gray (UK engineer)
Nigel Gray (UK producer)
producer:The Police (British rock band)
drums (drum set):Stewart Copeland
electric bass guitar:Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
electric guitar:Andy Summers
vocals:Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
arranger:The Police (British rock band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:A&M Records (in 1978)
Polydor Records (record company, please see the “A (x) release” / “A (x) recording” for the release label) (in 1978)
A&M Records, Inc. (in 1997)
A&M Records, Ltd. (in 2003)
recorded at:Surrey Sound Studios in Leatherhead, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
sampled by:PAID by ¥$ (Ye & Ty Dolla $ign)
roXaNNe 78-11 (SXID SX210SYEJE) by Top Jimmy Page
What Means the World to You by Cam’ron (US rapper Cameron Giles, fka Killa Cam)
mash-ups:Roxanne's africanism (Police vs. Kongas) by DRA’man (mashup artist)
Roxanne’s Video Games (Lana Del Rey vs. The Police) by Phil RetroSpector
edits:Roxanne (stereo single edit)
music videos:Roxanne (Music video)
part of:Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 388) (order: 388)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/7avW5jZNXipvuB23HuwQ47 [info]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZheUzgIFEk [info]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSMldh7lTEw [info]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB_BXsz3lTs [info]
recording of:Roxanne

Related works

Roxanne

lyricist and composer:Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
publisher:Mushroom Music (Mushroom label’s publishing company)
Virgin Music (publisher and label, only for releases with Virgin MUSIC logo)
is the basis for:El tango de Roxanne
has revision:Roxanne ’97 (Puff Daddy remix)