“It’s a piano chord, but I played it with my arse”: The Police’s classic breakthrough hit

First time around it flopped, but when The Police's single Roxanne was re-released in 1979 it was the hit that set the band ...
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The Police Drummer Stewart Copeland Thought ‘Roxanne’ Was a ‘Throwaway Song’

Stewart Copeland didn’t think much of “Roxanne” the first time he heard it, admitting he considered the tune a “throwaway song.” The Police drummer was recently a guest on The Bob Lefsetz Podcast, ...

The famous mistake Sting refused to remove from The Police’s 1978 hit: “It made me laugh”

Whilst 'Roxanne' is one of the best songs by The Police, it also contains one of music's finest happy accidents. Read more about it here.
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Stewart Copeland Thought ‘Roxanne’ Was a ‘Throwaway Song’

Stewart Copeland didn’t think much of “Roxanne” the first time he heard it, admitting he considered the tune a “throwaway song.” The Police drummer was recently a guest on The Bob Lefsetz Podcast, ...