Walking on the Moon
~ Recording by The Police
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.4 | Walking on the Moon | 5:02 | The Police | Every Breath You Take: The Singles (2021 MQA x UHQCD) | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | UICY-40352 |
| 1.6 | Walking on the Moon | 5:03 | The Police | Reggatta de Blanc (2021 MQA x UHQCD) | The Police | Album |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | UICY-40348 |
| 1.5 | Walking on the Moon | ?:?? | The Police | Greatest Hits (remastered) | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation), Universal Music Catalogue (since early 2000s, alt name UMC used since ca. 2016; defunct since early 2023, renamed into Universal Music Recordings, don’t use it for later 2023 releases) | 358 717-6 |
| 1.2 | Walking On the Moon | 5:00 | The Police | NOW Yearbook '79 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Now That’s What I Call Music LLP | CDYBNOW79 |
| 1.2 | Walking On the Moon | 5:00 | The Police | NOW YEARBOOK 1979 ((special edition (with booklet)) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 0196587150327, CDYBXNOW79 |
| 1.4 | Walking on the Moon | 5:02 | The Police | Every Breath You Take: The Singles | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | CD 3902/DX 824 |
| 1.4 | Walking on the Moon | 5:02 | The Police | Every Breath You Take: The Singles | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 7502139022, CD 3902 |
| 1.4 | Walking on the Moon | 5:02 | The Police | Every Breath You Take: The Singles | The Police | Album + Compilation | A&M Records | CD 3902/DX 824 | |
| 1.4 | Walking on the Moon | 5:02 | The Police | Every Breath You Take: The Singles (made in Japan) | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | CD 3902, DIDY 824 |
| 1.4 | Walking on the Moon | 5:02 | The Police | Every Breath You Take: The Singles | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | CD 3902, DX 824 |
| 1.5 | Walking on the Moon | 5:01 | The Police | Greatest Hits | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 540 030-2 |
| 1.5 | Walking on the Moon | 5:01 | The Police | Greatest Hits (BIEM/STEMRA, “Made in France by PMDC”) | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 540 030 2 |
| 1.5 | Walking on the Moon | 5:01 | The Police | Greatest Hits | The Police | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | 540 030-2 |
| 1.6 | Walking on the Moon | 5:04 | The Police | Reggatta de Blanc | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | CD 69992 |
| 1.6 | Walking on the Moon | 5:05 | The Police | Reggatta de Blanc (remastered 2003) | The Police | Album |
| Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation) | |
| 1.6 | Walking on the Moon | 5:05 | The Police | Reggatta de Blanc (AM+) | The Police | Album |
| A&M Records | 394 792-2 |
| 1.6 | Walking on the Moon | 5:02 | The Police | The Very Best of Sting & The Police | Sting & The Police | Album + Compilation | A&M Records | ||
| 1.6 | Walking on the Moon | 5:05 | The Police | The Very Best of Sting & The Police | Sting / The Police | Album + Compilation | |||
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| 1.5 | Walking on the Moon | 5:02 | The Police | Every Breath You Take | The Police | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| engineer: | Nigel Gray (UK producer) |
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| producer: | Nigel Gray (UK producer) The Police (British rock band) |
| drums (drum set): | Stewart Copeland |
| electric bass guitar: | Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) |
| electric guitar: | Andy Summers |
| vocals: | Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) |
| arranger: | The Police (British rock band) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | A&M Records (in 1979) A&M Records, Inc. (in 1997) |
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| recorded at: | Surrey Sound Studios in Leatherhead, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
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| sampled by: | WalKing on The MOOn 79-11 (SXID SX210SYEJ2) by Top Jimmy Page (Top Jimmy) |
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| mash-ups: | Careless Whisper on the Moon (The Police vs. George Michael) by Rzadkii Locked Out of the Moon (Can’t Stand It) (The Police vs. Bruno Mars) by Talk Hard Productions |
| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/62uLNJgVZaFiEiKV4LpoYJ [info] |
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| recording of: | Walking on the Moon |
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Related works
Walking on the Moon
| lyricist and composer: | Gordon Sumner (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) |
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| publisher: | EMI Music Publishing (PRS‐affiliated) Virgin Music, Inc. (the American arm of Virgin’s publishing company) Virgin Publishing (in 1979) |
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| later parody versions: | Walking Through Moulsecoomb |
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| later translated versions: | Rolando por la luna |
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