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“Walking on the Moon” is a 1979 song by The Police, from their second album, Reggatta de Blanc. The song was The Police’s second number one hit single in the United Kingdom after “Message in a Bottle”, but didn’t chart in the United States. It is one of The Police’s more reggae-influenced songs. According to Sting the song is about the feeling of being in love.

Sting said that he wrote the song when he was drunk:

“ I was drunk in a hotel room in Munich, slumped on the bed with the whirling pit when this riff came into my head. I got up and starting walking round the room singing : “Walking round the room, walking round the room”. That was all. In the cool light of morning I remembered what had happened and I wrote the riff down. But “Walking round the room” was a stupid title so I thought of something even more stupid which was “Walking on the moon.” ”

In his autobiography, Sting alludes that the song was partially inspired by an early girlfriend:
“ Deborah Anderson was my first real girlfriend…walking back from Deborah’s house in those early days would eventually become a song, for being in love is to be relieved of gravity. ”

The video for the song was filmed at Kennedy Space Center on October 23, 1979. It features the band members pantomiming to the song amidst spacecraft displays, interspersed with NASA footage.
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  • The Very Best Of Sting And The Police
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  • Message In A Box
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  • Greatest Hits
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  • Reggatta De Blanc
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  • skank_pit

    gaboodeedowwalkeeowdamoooo

    last month

  • valplayer

    tres bon titre

    last month

  • davidbowiegirl

    Great song <3

    March 2012

  • DenkerOne

    I agree with kikikirsche

    March 2012

  • brianwolfe_3579

    The drum work makes the entire song work. (imo) :)

    March 2012

  • christo75013

    Toujours là.......

    March 2012

  • Rockinfreddy

    Wer hat hier die Polizei gerufen;-)))

    March 2012

  • sirthorty

    I wish I could do this.....

    February 2012

  • FabianWhite

    can't forget the first time I heard this album.........Masterpiece.

    January 2012

  • lavauke

    can't stop listening

    January 2012

  • ROCKPOPCLASSIC

    G****

    December 2011

  • johnny70s

    Very happy days

    December 2011

  • xtwntraphq

    Opening guitar is much alike the Beatles... opening chord stroke of "Hard day's Night" Check it out ! :)

    December 2011

  • heedstoone

    so many great memories associated with this song

    December 2011

  • RussellChap

    Great bassline [2] My favourite Police song.

    December 2011

  • Beatclub53

    Voll Romantik........E.

    October 2011

  • starfloka

    great bassline

    October 2011

  • gilliananne

    fab

    October 2011

  • silvasonicsurfa

    .......remember being cooped up in the back of my parents car, sneaking listens to my radio when reception allowed (our car didn't have a radio), this was on incessantly, and me knowing that this would be the last holiday I would take with them......

    October 2011

  • dandymark

    One of my favorites from 'The Police'......love it!!

    September 2011
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