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 a Record 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 actress Rosanna 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

* ARC Weekly Top 40 number-one hits of 1982 (U.S.) — week of 17 July

References

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] from Yahoo
* [http://www.musicstack.com/album/toto/rosanna MusicStack information]