rosanna is a song written by david paich and performed by the american rock band toto, the opening track and the first single from their 1982 album toto iv This song won the grammy award for record of the year at the 1983 ceremony Rosanna was also nominated for the song of the year award. This song got its name from the actress rosanna arquette, who was dating toto keyboard player steve porcaro at the time Rosanna is a song written by david paich and performed by the american rock band toto, the opening track and the first single from their 1982 album toto iv This song won the record of the year grammy award in the 1983 presentations.
While steve porcaro dated rosanna, the songwriter, david paich, needed a female name for a song, and thought rosanna was a cute name Rosanna and steve were at david's home during the writing process But, rosanna thought it was about her But toto only borrowed her first name! All i wanna do when i wake up in the morning is see your eyes / rosanna, rosanna / i never thought that a girl like you could ever care for me, rosanna /. “rosanna” represents a universal theme of love and loss
