Daily Eighties Flashback: Roxanne Shante “Roxanne’s Revenge”

Exactly one year ago, the Daily Eighties Flashback was UTFO’s “Roxanne, Roxanne,” which peak at number 77 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. Lolita Shante Gooden, who went by the name Roxanne Shante, recorded a response song called “Roxanne’s Revenge” that didn’t make the Hot 100, but did appear in the Top 40 of the R&B single chart at the same time as UTFO’s hit. On this date in 1985, “Roxanne’s Revenge” climbed to a peak position of number 22.