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Album Rating: 3.5 Like the similar 2012 album from Imagine Dragons, what one thinks of Walk The Moon's self-titled 2nd LP may come down to prior exposure. With 6 tracks re-recorded from their debut LP & 2 others from a teaser EP, there isn't much new here for existing fans. Walk The Moon Return with a Sharper Rock Edge. With their current album What If Nothing, Walk The Moon haven’t just returned from an extended gap between albums. The band has come back with a whole new level of understanding about the kind of music they want to make at this point in their career and what being part of Walk The Moon means to them.

'Walking on the Moon' is a song by English rock band the Police, released as the second single from their second studio album, Reggatta de Blanc (1979). The song was written by the band's lead vocalist and bassist Sting. It went on to become the band's second No. 1 hit in the UK.

Background[edit]

Sting has said that he wrote the song when he was drunk one night after a concert in Munich. The following morning, he remembered the song and wrote it down.^[1][2]

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 started walking round the room, singing 'Walking round the room, ya, ya, 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 implies that the song was partially inspired by an early girlfriend:^[3]

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.

According to Sting, the song was originally recorded 'as a rocker' in early versions, but it was reworked.^[2] The riff, which is played on the bass, was described as 'weird' and 'jazzy' by Sting.^[2] Guitarist Andy Summers came up with the chord 'which hits after the bass notes' throughout the song.^[2]

'Walking on the Moon' was released as the follow-up single to the British No. 1 single 'Message in a Bottle' in late 1979. The song was the Police's second number-one hit single in the United Kingdom.^[4] It also reached No. 1 in Ireland and No. 9 in Australia but did not chart in the United States. A music video for the song was shot at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 23 October 1979. It features the band members miming to the track amidst spacecraft displays, interspersed with NASA footage. Both Sting and Andy Summers strum guitars (not bass) in the video, and Stewart Copeland strikes his drumsticks on a Saturn V moon rocket.

The B-side to the song, 'Visions of the Night', was written by Sting. He said of the song, 'This was the first song I wrote after going to London. It was hard to be serious about the whole thing. I was bemused, much to Stewart [Copeland]'s disgust.'^[2] According to Copeland, the song was 'too cerebral for [the band's] early audiences,' so Sting would call it 'Three O'Clock Shit', the title of a rejected Police song that appears as 'Three O'Clock Shot' on Strontium 90: Police Academy.^[2]

Composition[edit]

'Walking on the Moon' has a 'sparse' arrangement, centred around a three-note bass riff.^[2] It is one of the Police's more reggae-influenced songs.

Track listing[edit]

7' A&M / AMS 7494 (UK)

1. 'Walking on the Moon' (Edit) – 3:59 (This edit has never been officially released on CD.)
2. 'Visions of the Night' – 3:05

12' A&M / AMSP 7494 (UK)

1. 'Walking on the Moon' – 4:59
2. 'Visions of the Night' – 3:05

Charts[edit]

Personnel[edit]

• Sting – Lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, double bass
• Andy Summers – Guitar, synthesizer
• Stewart Copeland – Drums

References[edit]

1. ^Fielder, Hugh; Sutcliffe, Phil (1981). The Police l'historia bandido. North Bellmore, N.Y: Proteus. ISBN0-906071-77-1.
2. ^ ^abcdefghi''Walking on the Moon' / 'Visions of the Night''. sting.com.
3. ^Sting (2003). Broken music: a memoir. New York: Dial Press. ISBN0-385-33678-0.
4. ^The Police in the UK ChartsArchived 26 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, The Official Charts.
5. ^Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. ISBN0-646-11917-6.
6. ^'RPM Top 100 Singles - April 12, 1980'(PDF).

External links[edit]

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Walk the Moon is the self-titled second studio album by American rock band Walk the Moon. It was released on June 19, 2012, by RCA Records. The first single, 'Anna Sun', peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Alternative chart and number 20 on the Billboard Rock Songs chart.^[8]

Use in media[edit]

The second single, 'Tightrope', was used in a commercial for the HP Envy 4 Ultrabook computer and was also featured in the game Saints Row IV.^[9][10]

'Quesadilla' was featured in the game FIFA 13.^[11]

Track listing[edit]

Personnel[edit]

Walk the Moon[edit]

• Nicholas Petricca – lead vocals, keyboards, percussion
• Eli Maiman – guitar, backing vocals
• Kevin Ray – bass, backing vocals
• Sean Waugaman – drums, backing vocals, percussion

Additional musicians[edit]

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• Lindsay Brandt – backing vocals, hand claps, sunshine on 'Quesadilla'
• Mark Needham – cowboy boots on 'Iscariot'
• Dustin Chow – additional drum programming on 'I Can Lift a Car'

Production[edit]

• Producer – Ben Allen
• Mixing – Mark Needham

Charts[edit]

References[edit]

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1. ^ ^abJames Christopher Monger. 'Walk the Moon – Walk the Moon – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards – AllMusic'. AllMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
2. ^'Walk the Moon by Walk the Moon'. metacritic.com.
3. ^'Walk The Moon – Walk The Moon'. AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
4. ^'Walk the Moon – Walk the Moon – Album Reviews – Consequence of Sound'. Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
5. ^'Walk The Moon – Walk The Moon'. DIY. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
6. ^'Walk the Moon'. Entertainment Weekly's EW.com. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
7. ^'Review: Walk the Moon – Walk the Moon – Sputnikmusic'. sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
8. ^'Walk The Moon Billboard Chart History'. Billboard. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
9. ^Robinson, Joe (August 16, 2012). 'HP Envy 4 Ultrabook 'Hot Potato' 2012 Commercial – What's the Song?'. Diffuser. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
10. ^Savage, Phil (August 6, 2013). 'Saints Row 4's full in-game radio tracklist to let you dance if you want to'. PC Gamer. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
11. ^Lee, Ben (September 6, 2012). ''FIFA 13' soundtrack revealed: Ladyhawke, Flo Rida, Kasabian, more'. Digital Spy. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
12. ^'Walk the Moon by WALK THE MOON on Apple Music'. Apple Music. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
13. ^'Walk the Moon (Expanded Edition) by WALK THE MOON on Apple Music'. Apple Music. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
14. ^'Walk the Moon Chart History (Billboard 200)'. Billboard. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
15. ^'Walk the Moon Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)'. Billboard. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
16. ^'Walk the Moon Chart History (Top Rock Albums)'. Billboard. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

External links[edit]

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• Walk the Moon (album) at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

Walk The Moon Album Review