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Released | October 10, 2019 | |||
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Length | 2:43 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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"Roxanne" on YouTube |
"Roxanne" (stylized in all uppercase [2] ) is a song by American rapper and singer Arizona Zervas. It was released on October 10, 2019. [3] The song was written by the artist himself with Lauren Larue, and produced by 94Skrt and Jae Green. [4]
"Roxanne" reached number one in New Zealand and peaked within the top ten in Australia, Norway, the UK, and the US. It reached the Top 40 in many other European and North American markets, including number four on the Billboard Hot 100. The success of the song sparked a bidding war among labels, and on November 15, 2019, it was reported that Zervas had signed with Columbia Records. [5] A remix with American rapper and singer Swae Lee was released on February 21, 2020. The song depicts a wealthy Californian woman from Beverly Hills. She drives a drop top car, enjoys partying, and returns to broken relationships as long as the man pays her.
Zervas teased the release of the song by posting a clip of him dancing to the song on his Instagram a day prior to the release. [6] The song was released on October 10, 2019. [7] The track quickly became a viral hit on the app TikTok. [8] Within the first three weeks, the song reached the Top 50 of the US Spotify and several iTunes charts. [9]
"Roxanne" became the first track by an unsigned, fully independent artist to top the Spotify chart since the beginning of 2017. [10] The song subsequently debuted at number 34 on the US Billboard Hot 100, as well as debuting at number 24 on the UK Singles Chart and reaching number 1 in New Zealand, becoming his first number one on any national chart. It has so far peaked at number four in the US, [11] where it also topped the Billboard Streaming Songs chart for the week dated November 30, 2019, making Zervas just the fourth artist to top the chart with their first charting song. [12] The song also reached number two on the Mainstream Top 40 chart for two weeks, behind Dua Lipa's "Don't Start Now".
Billboard described the song as "an instantly memorable pop-rap concoction with an attention-grabbing intro, a sing-along chorus and about an album's worth of addicting mini-hooks." [1] Chris Lambert of Forbes compared Zervas' "smooth, dreamy flow" on the song to the likes of Migos and Post Malone. [13] Elias Leight at Rolling Stone noted that the singer "likes to syllables and add a light quaver to his vocals" and how the song "sounds like a Post Malone demo". [14]
An official music video, directed by Nicholas Jandora, was released on February 12, 2020. [15] It references 90s films Groundhog Day , Pulp Fiction and Trainspotting , and early 2000s films Kill Bill and 50 First Dates . [16]
The video finds Zervas stuck in an "infinite loop" where he dies every day, only to wake up again the next morning, while "Roxanne" channels Uma Thurman's Mia Wallace character from Pulp Fiction. [16] Zervas came up with the video's concept, with Columbia Records vice president of video production Saul Levitz noting how Zervas was "very specific" of how the character of Roxanne needed to be portrayed: "a conceptual hook with her constantly being this source of bad luck and him being stuck in this perpetual ride with her". [16] The video features "colorful fashion and antiquated housing" while capturing a "vintage California aesthetic". [15] Considering the song's popularity on TikTok, Levitz said they wanted the video to engage the audience in a new way and with that, wanted to uncover some mystery about Zervas, noting how Zervas had no previous videos and "people didn't even have many still photos of him". [16]
Credits adapted from Tidal. [4]
Weekly charts | Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [83] | 4× Platinum | 280,000‡ |
Belgium (BEA) [84] | Platinum | 40,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada) [85] | 6× Platinum | 480,000‡ |
France (SNEP) [86] | Diamond | 333,333‡ |
Germany (BVMI) [87] | Gold | 200,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI) [88] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
Mexico (AMPROFON) [89] | 2× Platinum | 120,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [90] | 2× Platinum | 60,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV) [91] | Gold | 25,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP) [92] | 3× Platinum | 30,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [93] | Platinum | 60,000‡ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [94] | Platinum | 20,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [95] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [96] | 6× Platinum | 6,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various | October 10, 2019 | [4] | ||
United Kingdom | November 22, 2019 | Contemporary hit radio | [97] | |
United States | November 26, 2019 | Columbia | [98] | |
Italy | December 6, 2019 | Sony | [99] | |
United States | January 14, 2020 | Urban contemporary radio | Columbia | [100] |
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Arizona S. Zervas is an American rapper and singer. He is best known for his 2019 single "Roxanne", which reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 after being prominently featured in Spotify playlists. The success of the song led him to tour nationwide after its release, and in November of that year he signed with Columbia Records. "Roxanne" also topped the charts in New Zealand, and reached the top ten in the UK, Australia, and several other countries. His debut studio album, Wild West (2023) was released independently and charted #59 on US Apple Music.