Roxanne
- Key
- G minor
- Camelot
- 6A
- BPM
- 132.4
Key confidence high · relative Bb major (6B) · BPM confidence medium · half-time 66.2 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · essentia.js@2.1-beta6-dev
The tempo changes across the track. The BPM above is the strongest single reading.
The recording is tuned near 446 Hz, not A440.
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As of 2026-09-20, "Roxanne" by The Police has charted in 8 markets across 3 platforms, peaking at #31 (TH) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads G minor (6A).
- Markets
- 8
- First seen
- 2026-07-24
- Latest chart date
- 2026-09-20
- Peak
- #31 th
Started in 1 market, now in 8.
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
The song was written from the point of view of a man who falls in love with a prostitute, inspired by prostitutes Sting saw near the band's hotel in Paris in 1977. [1] The atonal piano chord and laughter heard at the start of the track came from Sting accidentally sitting on a piano keyboard during recording. [2] It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008 and ranked No. 388 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. [3]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Covered U2source
- Covered Sting & Gil Evanssource
- Written by Stingsource
- Covered Stingsource
- Covered K.D.'s Basement Partysource
- Covered Corneillesource
- Covered Louisa Beysource
- Covered Ari Hestsource
- Covered Musica Nudasource
- Covered Stevie Wonder with Stingsource
- Covered Paola Arnesanosource
- Covered Juliet Simmssource
- Covered Sting & Shaggysource
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 1 other handle of this record (remasters, official videos).
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Israelil · deezer#100#37#100
- United Statesus · deezer shazam · 1 city#50#50#50
- Lithuanialt · deezer#40#40—
- Thailandth · deezer#80#31#80
- Perupe · deezer#81#81—
- Saudi Arabiasa · deezer#97#97—
- New Zealandnz · shazam#140#89#140
- Tunisiatn · applemusic#98#98—
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- us 1 city · best #50 nashville
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Editions
No published edition carries this song yet. Every edition it appears in will be listed here and stay listed: an edition is immutable, so a citation to one never rots.
Identity
- ISRC
- GBAAM7800003
- Slug
- the-police__roxanne
- Sources
- applemusic, deezer, shazam
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Crude v0 identity: slug(artist)__slug(title).
Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.
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