Roxanne

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Written by: Sting
Produced by: The Police
Released: Jan '79 on A&M
Charts: 13 weeks
Top spot: No. 32

"That song has been the turnaround for us," Stewart Copeland told ROLLING STONE. Sting came up with the idea for the song while wandering around the red-light district of Paris after a canceled show, wondering what it would be like to be in love with a prostitute.

Appears on: Outlandos d'Amour (Interscope)

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