Single:
Walking on the Moon entered the Australian singles chart* on 18 February 1980 and peaked at #9. It was the #77 song on the Top 100 of 1980.
Album:
The song is on Reggatta de Blanc which entered the Australian albums chart* on 26 November 1979 and peaked at #1.
Songwriter:
Sting
Producers:
Nigel Gray, The Police
Record label of Australian release:
A&M
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Songfacts:
Sting was visiting the German avant-garde composer Eberhard Schoener in early 1979. One night they went out on a schnapps drinking session. Sting returned to his Munich hotel room drunk, slumped on his bed when this song’s riff came into his head. He got up and starting walking around the room to try to clear his head muttering to himself, “Walking round the room, walking round the room.” The next morning he wrote down the riff and decided that “Walking round the room” was a stupid title so he changed it to Walking On The Moon.
The song is set in space, but it’s an allegory for how Sting felt when he was on the road, confined to hotel rooms and stages as the world kept turning.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-police/walking-on-the-moon
Lyrics:
Giant steps are what you take
Walking on the moon
I hope my leg don’t break
Walking on the moon
We could walk forever
Walking on the moon
We could live together
Walking on, walking on the moon
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