"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 and went on to become a number one UK hit for the band.

Sting said that he wrote the song when he was drunk one night after a concert in Munich. That following morning, he remembered the song and wrote it down.

Sting said he 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'.

"Walking on the Moon" was released as the follow-up single to the British number one single, "Message in a Bottle," in late 1979. The song was The Police's second number-one hit single in the United Kingdom. It also reached number one in Ireland and number nine in Australia but the single didn't chart in the United States.

'Walking on Sunshine' by Katrina and the Waves' reached number 8 in the UK charts.

'Walking on Broken Glass' by Annie Lennox also reached number 8 in the UK charts.

'Walking on Thin Ice' by Yoko Ono reached number 35 in the UK charts.

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