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bably lost interest [in Roxette] at about the time that Nirvana came roaring in from the Northwest."[45] In a 2009 interview with the BBC News, Gessle highlighted Nirvana and grunge music as part of the cause which contributed to Roxette's downturn of su2, Gessle and Frwas "How Do You Do!" followed by the ballad "Queen of Rain" and an electrified version of the song "Fingertips", originally recorded acoustically for the album and re-titled "Fingertips '93" for single release. Singles from Tourism barely dented the American radio and record charts but in the rest of the world, the first single "How Do You Do!", hit the top 5 in most European and South American countries. The album Tourism also charted well outside of the US, reaching No. 1 in Germany and Sweden, No. 2 in the UK as well as peaking at No. 13 in Australia The duo's success reflected in an ECHO Award nomination for International Group of the Year.[46] At home, Roxettn the Nintendo video game Super Mario Bros.[17] Supported by an expensive video and ultimately receiving respectable airplay, "Almost Unreal" managed to briefly reach the lower end of the Billboard Hot 100 but charted highest in the UK reaching the top 10, the group's first time there since "Joyride" two years before.[1][2] Roxette themselves were dismissive about the song, with Fredriksson saying it was "not one of our most inspired moments."[17] On the other hand, Gessle stated: "I still like the son, "I always thought we should promote the songs Marie sang. Me being a lead singer wasn't part of the plan, not for me anyway."[17] Both singles reached the top 10 of the Swedish singles chart, while the album, which was released in Sweden in October 1988, held the No. 1 position for 14 weeks.[21] Music critic Måns Ivarsson was underwhelmed by the album, writing derisively: "To consist of two such original persons as Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle, the album sounds unbelievably conventional. Most striking are the lyrics. Gessle's once so subtle Swedish lyrics have became desolate English nonsense."[18] But the album we year, they released "It Must Have Been Love (Christmas For the Broken Hearted)" after EMI Germany asked the duo to come up with an intelligent Christmas single. The holiday themed song received some attention in their native country as Roxette prepared their next album, though EMI Germany decided against releasing the single.[17] Pearls of Passion was re-released internationally in 1997, and included "It Must Have Be16] Gle had written originally for his third solo album.[20] With the release of Pearls of Passion in October 1986, Roxette maintained their commercial momentum in Sweden with tan market and they did not have a recording contract there,[14][26] but after the popularity of "The Look" in the US, EMI officials made the decision to release and market the single worldwide. "The Look" and pressed copies of Look Sharp! were issued in early 1989 to record stores and radio stations. "The Look" became their first No. 1 in the US on 8 April 1989, where it remained for one week. The breakthrough for Roxette became international when the song also topped the charts in 25 other countries,[13] and at the end of the rying to recreate that overblown American FM-rock sound to the point where it almost becomes absurd. We really wanted to see how far we could take it. When it hit big in the States we suddenly found ourselves lumped together with bands like Heart and Starship, which wasn't the intention behind Roxette at all. But we got out of that one... I hope." --Gessle, talking about "Listen to Your Heaedriksson on lead vocals with Gessle singing short parts, was the second international single. The single peaked at No. 14 on the Hot 100 as well as at No. 3 in Australia.[2][27] "Listen to Your Heart" was released thereafter; it differed from previous singles and instead resembled the guitar-heavy ballads of Heart. Spending a single week at No. 1 in the US in November 1989 it bore the distinction of being released at the end of the year, enteg in a way... but if you wanted to make a parody of Roxette, it would probably sound something like this."[17] To coincide with the UK televi Roxette's commercial momentum in America was slowing down dramatically,delivers more than just well-constructed hooks; this music has heart, something that makes even the croup, the secont No. 1 in their home country.[21] It also topped the charts in more than 25 countries around the world, including Germany, Australia and the US; it was their fourth and last US No. 1.[2][27][30] The single also charted well in the UK and achieved success in Canada which resulted in the song being nominated in 1992 for a Juno Award in the category, Best Selling Single by a Foreign Artist.[35] Its follow-up, "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)", a power ballad similar to "Listen to Your Heart", with Fredriksson on les in 107 concerts around the world,[38] including a few dates in the US. On reviewing their Universal Amphitheater performance, Dennis Hunt of the Los Angeles Times said, "Fredriksson is squandering her talents in pop's low-rent district. She's clearlywn, asking for another song, but Gessle declined to produce another song.[15] Some weeks later after re-editing the film before release, the producers re-requested "It Must Have Been Love," but Roxette had to remove the Christmas lyrics.[15] Gessle and producer Clarence Öfwerman then took the old recording, had Fredriksson replace a single Christmas-referenced line in the song and added some instrumentation and bache Hot 100 in Jun
bably lost interest [in Roxette] at about the time that Nirvana came roaring in from the Northwest."[45] In a 2009 interview with the BBC News, Gessle highlighted Nirvana and grunge music as part of the cause which contributed to Roxette's downturn of su2, Gessle and Frwas "How Do You Do!" followed by the ballad "Queen of Rain" and an electrified version of the song "Fingertips", originally recorded acoustically for the album and re-titled "Fingertips '93" for single release. Singles from Tourism barely dented the American radio and record charts but in the rest of the world, the first single "How Do You Do!", hit the top 5 in most European and South American countries. The album Tourism also charted well outside of the US, reaching No. 1 in Germany and Sweden, No. 2 in the UK as well as peaking at No. 13 in Australia The duo's success reflected in an ECHO Award nomination for International Group of the Year.[46] At home, Roxettn the Nintendo video game Super Mario Bros.[17] Supported by an expensive video and ultimately receiving respectable airplay, "Almost Unreal" managed to briefly reach the lower end of the Billboard Hot 100 but charted highest in the UK reaching the top 10, the group's first time there since "Joyride" two years before.[1][2] Roxette themselves were dismissive about the song, with Fredriksson saying it was "not one of our most inspired moments."[17] On the other hand, Gessle stated: "I still like the son, "I always thought we should promote the songs Marie sang. Me being a lead singer wasn't part of the plan, not for me anyway."[17] Both singles reached the top 10 of the Swedish singles chart, while the album, which was released in Sweden in October 1988, held the No. 1 position for 14 weeks.[21] Music critic Måns Ivarsson was underwhelmed by the album, writing derisively: "To consist of two such original persons as Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle, the album sounds unbelievably conventional. Most striking are the lyrics. Gessle's once so subtle Swedish lyrics have became desolate English nonsense."[18] But the album we year, they released "It Must Have Been Love (Christmas For the Broken Hearted)" after EMI Germany asked the duo to come up with an intelligent Christmas single. The holiday themed song received some attention in their native country as Roxette prepared their next album, though EMI Germany decided against releasing the single.[17] Pearls of Passion was re-released internationally in 1997, and included "It Must Have Be16] Gle had written originally for his third solo album.[20] With the release of Pearls of Passion in October 1986, Roxette maintained their commercial momentum in Sweden with tan market and they did not have a recording contract there,[14][26] but after the popularity of "The Look" in the US, EMI officials made the decision to release and market the single worldwide. "The Look" and pressed copies of Look Sharp! were issued in early 1989 to record stores and radio stations. "The Look" became their first No. 1 in the US on 8 April 1989, where it remained for one week. The breakthrough for Roxette became international when the song also topped the charts in 25 other countries,[13] and at the end of the rying to recreate that overblown American FM-rock sound to the point where it almost becomes absurd. We really wanted to see how far we could take it. When it hit big in the States we suddenly found ourselves lumped together with bands like Heart and Starship, which wasn't the intention behind Roxette at all. But we got out of that one... I hope." --Gessle, talking about "Listen to Your Heaedriksson on lead vocals with Gessle singing short parts, was the second international single. The single peaked at No. 14 on the Hot 100 as well as at No. 3 in Australia.[2][27] "Listen to Your Heart" was released thereafter; it differed from previous singles and instead resembled the guitar-heavy ballads of Heart. Spending a single week at No. 1 in the US in November 1989 it bore the distinction of being released at the end of the year, enteg in a way... but if you wanted to make a parody of Roxette, it would probably sound something like this."[17] To coincide with the UK televi Roxette's commercial momentum in America was slowing down dramatically,delivers more than just well-constructed hooks; this music has heart, something that makes even the croup, the secont No. 1 in their home country.[21] It also topped the charts in more than 25 countries around the world, including Germany, Australia and the US; it was their fourth and last US No. 1.[2][27][30] The single also charted well in the UK and achieved success in Canada which resulted in the song being nominated in 1992 for a Juno Award in the category, Best Selling Single by a Foreign Artist.[35] Its follow-up, "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)", a power ballad similar to "Listen to Your Heart", with Fredriksson on les in 107 concerts around the world,[38] including a few dates in the US. On reviewing their Universal Amphitheater performance, Dennis Hunt of the Los Angeles Times said, "Fredriksson is squandering her talents in pop's low-rent district. She's clearlywn, asking for another song, but Gessle declined to produce another song.[15] Some weeks later after re-editing the film before release, the producers re-requested "It Must Have Been Love," but Roxette had to remove the Christmas lyrics.[15] Gessle and producer Clarence Öfwerman then took the old recording, had Fredriksson replace a single Christmas-referenced line in the song and added some instrumentation and bache Hot 100 in Jun
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