The Police's Stewart Copeland opened up about the origin of the track in a interview with 'The Bob Lefsetz Podcast' Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.
The Police's journey toward fame began on April 7, 1978, with the release of their first major-label single, "Roxanne." That's not to say the song was an overnight hit – far from it. It took a long ...