- Rosanna (song)
Infobox Single
Name=Rosanna
Artist=Toto
from Album=Toto IV |Released=1982
Format=vinyl record 7",compact disc
Recorded=1982
Genre=Rock
Length=5 min, 31 sec
Label=Columbia Records
Producer=Toto
Chart position =- #2 (U.S.)
- #12 (UK)
B-side = It's a Feeling
Released = 1982
Reviews=
Artist=Toto
Last single=
This single=Rosanna
Next single="Rosanna" is a hit single, one of the best known by 1980s rock band Toto, and the opening track from the 1982 album "
Toto IV ". "Rosanna" won aRecord of the Year Grammy Award . The song peaked at #2 on the "Billboard"Hot 100 for 5 consecutive weeks.The B-side of the single was the song "It's a Feeling," also on the album "Toto IV".
Art of Noise used a one second sample of Rosanna on their 1983 track "Beat Box (Diversion One)," featured on both "Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? " and "Daft"."Rosanna" was written by the band's primary
songwriter ,David Paich . The song was widely understood to refer to band member Steve Porcaro's defunct relationship with the actressRosanna Arquette . However, the entire thing was actually a coincidence- the rest of the song was already finished, and Paich needed a name that fit well in the chorus. [http://www.toto99.com/blog/ency.php?/archives/393-ROSANNA.html]See also
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ARC Weekly Top 40 number-one hits of 1982 (U.S.) — week of 17 JulyReferences
External links
* [http://www.toto99.com/lyrics/ivlyrics.shtml Lyrics] on official [http://www.toto99.com/ Toto website]
* [http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=809 Songfacts information]
* [http://music.yahoo.com/track/855118 Information] fromYahoo
* [http://www.musicstack.com/album/toto/rosanna MusicStack information]
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