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Rockschool Grade Pieces ‘America’

Razorlight

SONG TITLE: AMERICA : RAZORLIGHT RELEASED: OCTOBER 2006 GENRE:

PERSONNEL: JOHNNY BORRELL (GTR+VOX) BJORN ÅGREN (GTR) CARL DALEMO (BASS) (DRUMS)

LABEL: VERTIGO/MERCURY UK CHART PEAK: 1 US CHART PEAK: N/A

BACKGROUND INFO

‘America’ is the chart topping single from the second Razorlight album. This record, hot on the heels of its predecessor, Up All Night, (see ‘V.I.C.E.’ in Hot Rock – Grade 2) went straight into the album charts at number 1. The first single, ‘In The Morning’ reached number 7 but ‘America’ went all the way to the top. NOTES

Winchester born Andy Burrows replaced original THE BIGGER PICTURE Razorlight drummer, Christian Smith-Pancorvo, for this record and all subsequent live work. He joined Razorlight is a half English, half Swedish indie the band in late 2004 after a set of open auditions. rock band who grew out of the same music Andy is not only a fine drummer but also plays guitar scene as . Fronted by Johnny Borrell, and has shaped the songwriting within the band, the band achieved almost immediate success with sharing writing credits for the singles ‘America’ and its first recordings before releasing Up All Night, on ‘’ with frontman Johnny Borrell. the Vertigo label, including the hit single V.I.C.E. The success of Up All Night was consolidated with the follow up album Razorlight which topped the RECOMMENDED LISTENING charts, going 4 times platinum (1.2 million sales plus) in the process. In addition to his work in Razorlight, Andy Burrows has released a solo album of song settings for a book of poetry in aid of a children’s charity linked to his home city of Winchester. The most recent Razorlight record, Slipway Fires, was released in late October 2008. Hot Rock Drums Grade 3 Rock Drums Grade Hot 5 6 Hot Rock Drums Grade 3 America 19 15 11 9 7 5 3 ã ã ã ã ã ã ã Œ y y 5 5 y 5 5 5 y 5 y 5 y ã A y 5 5 y 5 5 A A A q 4 4 = 92 5 y 5 h y 5 5 y y 5 5 y 5 5 5 5 5 5 y y A A A y 5 5 y 5 5 A A 5 h y h 5 y Œ y 5 y 5 y A y 5 5 y 5 5 Œ Used by permission of Music International Limited. Sales Rights All Reserved. Copyright Secured. y 5 5 h 5 A Œ y y 5 5 y 5 5 A A y 5 © Copyright 2006Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK)Limited. y HR_Drums_G3_America_Ex_v02.musx 5 Œ 5 h y y 5 5 y 5 5 5 5 5 5 y y y A 5 y 5 h y y 5 5 y 5 5 A y A y A y A Œ y y 5 5 y 5 5 y y 5 5 y 5 y Œ y :page A A y 5 5 y 5 5 A y 1 A 5 5 y 5 h y y 5 5 y 5 5 5 5 y y 5 h y Words &Music by Johnny &Andy Borrell Burrows Ó A . A y 5 5 y 5 5 y A A h 5 5 h 5 y y Ó y 5 y 5 5 Œ y 5 Œ y 5 y A y y 5 ‰ A y 5 5 y . A 5 5 5 5 r y 5 5 5 5 y 5 5 y y 5 5 h y Razorlight 5 5 . y 5 y 5 5 A y 5 y 5 5 A 5 ‘Roxanne’

The Police

SONG TITLE: ROXANNE ALBUM: OUTLANDOS D’AMOUR RELEASED: 1978 AND APRIL 1979 GENRE: POP/ROCK

PERSONNEL: (BASS+VOX) (GTR) (DRUMS)

LABEL: A&M UK CHART PEAK: 12 US CHART PEAK: 32

BACKGROUND INFO NOTES

‘Roxanne’ is one of the featured tracks on the Police’s Stewart Copeland was born in Virginia, USA in first album, Outlandos d’Amour. Although it took a 1952 but spent his later schooling in England. He was, re-release before it achieved chart status, this was the prior to forming the Police, in brother Mile’s band band’s breakthrough single in both the UK and, more . Copeland’s drumming style is central to importantly, in the US, where it was the only single the band’s sound and is responsible for the energy of from the first two that became a hit. ‘Roxanne’ the songs. fuses reggae beats against urgent staccato chords in the verses, with straight ahead rock in the choruses that feature some of Sting’s highest pitched vocals. RECOMMENDED LISTENING

The Police released five studio albums from 1978 THE BIGGER PICTURE to 1983. In addition to the first two mentioned above there are Zanyatta Mondatta (1980), Ghost in the The Police were always an odd trio. The band Machine (1982) and finally Synchronicity (1983). featured a -loving Geordie ex-teacher (Sting), a relic of the 1960s blues boom and ex- regular (Summers, who replaced original guitarist in 1976), and the son of a former CIA special agent (Copeland). Stewart’s brother, Miles, managed the band. Their coming together just after the high point of punk spawned two albums with weird titles (Outlandos d’Amour in 1978 and Regatta de Blanc in 1979) and a bleached blonde look courtesy of a chewing-gum commercial. The bulk of the early songs were written by Sting including memorable tracks such ‘Can’t Stand Losing You’, and ‘Message in a Bottle’. Hot Rock Drums Grade 3 Rock Drums Grade Hot 29 30 Hot Rock Drums Grade 3 Roxanne 19 15 11 7 4 ã ã ã ã ã > > > > > ‰ y ‰ y ‰ y ‰ y ‰ y J J J J y y y y 5 5 5 5 J 5 y ã > > > > 5 y 5 y 5 y 5 y q 4 4 = > 133 5 y y y y y ‰ > > > > Œ Ó y y Œ Œ y y y A j y y y y > Ó y > > > y > 5 y 5 y 5 y > y y A A A A y > y > > ‰ > ‰ y y cont. sim. ‰ ’ y > y Used by permission of Music International Limited. Sales Rights All Reserved. Copyright Secured. J J y y 5 5 J y 5 A y © Copyright 1978GMSumner/EMI Music Publishing Limited, London, WC2H 0QY. > > 5 y 5 y > 5 y ’ > y > ‰ y y y y y HR_Drums_G3_Roxanne_Ex_v02.musx > > Œ Œ y y > Œ y ’ J 5 y > y 5 y y > 5 y A > y 5 5 ‰ > 5 y ’ y > > J y 5 y 5 A > y > Ó y y > ’ ‰ y > y J y 5 y :page > y 5 y ’ > y y > y 1 A > Œ y ’ y y > y > ‰ y > 5 y ’ A J A 5 y > ‰ y > 5 y > Ó ‰ y ’ J y 5 J 5 y y > 5 y > 5 y ’ > Ó y y Words &Music by Sting y Œ > Ó y y > y Œ ’ The Police y y > y ‰ > y > 5 y ’ A A j A A