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About Roxanne by The Police
Roxanne is credited to The Police on The Police. This catalogue edition runs 3:11 and lists the song as track 4 of 15 on disc 1. The linked edition is dated 1978-04-07.
Catalogue artist credit: The Police.
Catalogue title: Roxanne. Genre: Rock. The date above belongs to the linked edition; it is not a claim about the original release or the video upload date.
Recording & video versions
Also represented from The Police: Message in a Bottle, King of Pain, De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da. Follow the related song pages to compare the recordings and their selected videos.
Selected video: The Police - Roxanne (Official Music Video). Published by ThePoliceVEVO. Video length: 3:10.
Playback checked on 2026-10-19. Video edits and album recordings can have different running times.
Artist Information
The Police
Every Breath You Take and Message in a Bottle show two different uses of a repeating guitar part. Roxanne and Walking on the Moon leave more space in the arrangement. Compare those with the keyboard colour of Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic.
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