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 Roxette
Joyride. This was off the album that was released in 1991.
Tourism. This was their first hit off this album. It came out in 1992.
Look Sharp. This was off their first album that debuted in North America. This album was famous for "The Look".
Crash!Boom!Bang!. Released in 1994. What a great tune!
Have A Nice Day. This song came out in 1999 and became quite a hit.
| What album did "Milk and Toast and Honey" come from? | Roxette Rocks
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Room Service. This is their most recent hit. It was released in April 2001.
Look Sharp. This was their first hit in North America. This is the song that put them on the charts.
Joyride. Another big hit from the "Joyride" album.
| What album did the live version of "It Must Have Been Love" come from? | Roxette Rocks
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Tourism. Although it was released on the soundtrack for "Pretty Woman", it was also on their album "Tourism" in 1992 and Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus.
Don't Bore Us Get To The Chorus. This song was released on this album that was only a concert.
| Ok, very easy one: According to Roxette's first worldwide hit single, what has "she" got? | Roxette Lyrics
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The Look. 'The Look,' the opening track on the 'Look Sharp'(1988) album.
| The song featuring the lyrics "Do that hocus pocus to me" is featured in what film? | Roxette Lyrics
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Super Mario Brothers. 'Almost Unreal' featured in the 1993 flop starring Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo and Dennis Hopper. The song still managed to be a hit in the UK .
| What does Per Gessle say during 'Dangerous' as the song is fading out? | Roxette Lyrics
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Due to the exceptional weakness of this song, play loud. This is in reference to the fact that Per originally sent it to Don Johnson for an album he was recording. Don sent it back.
| What do the songs 'I Call Your Name,' 'Cinnamon Street,' and 'I Love the Sound of Crashing Guitars' have in common? | Roxette Lyrics
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references to the stars. In 'I Call Your Name' it's: "Lie awake under the stars," in Cinnamon Street it's "I promised her heaven at once, and later all the stars," and in 'I Love the Sound of Crashing Guitars' it's "I love the touch of watching the stars."
| "The Rox Medley", Roxette's "One Wish" B-side single, included music from six songs. It also reached the Singles Top 20 Countdown in which European country? | Roxette: Behind These Songs
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Norway. "The Rox Medley" was at #19 in Norway's Singles Top 20 Countdown for one week only in 2nd of August 2006.
Spain. Roxette had a brief vacation at Marbella, Spain in 1987. Per had written the song "Chances" outside the beach resort in Puerto Banus.
| The song "The Centre of the Heart" was released first in an online music file sharing website. How long before its official premiere did the single appear? | Roxette: Behind These Songs 2
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39 days. "The Centre of the Heart" appeared in Napster, an internet music file sharing site, on 8th of February, 2001, although the official release of this single was marked as 19th of March, 2001. (Note: Then, Napster users could listen to this song. Today, it is not in the site anymore :( *sob*)
In short, it took 39 days from the online release to the official release of this track.
It will Take a Long Long Time. "Inganakee Leo Yo" was the mantra used by Per while recording the demo of "It will Take a Long Long Time" (one of the longest song titles Roxette had). He remembered watching a Rutles movie - he got the mantra idea there, desperately.
| Roxette performed at Abbey Road Sessions in November 1995. They covered which original Beatles track from way back in the 1960s? | Roxette: Behind These Songs 2
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Help!. "Help!" was the original Beetles track (and a movie title also) released in 1965. It was covered by various artists like Deep Purple, Tina Turner, Bananarama, Roxette, and other singers around the world.
Listening to the Roxette's cover version of "Help!", it was sang by Marie with acoustic guitar and back-up vocals by Per.
NeverEnding Story III. Roxette's "Crash! Boom! Bang!" was included in a 20 soundtrack album of "NeverEnding Story III: Escape From Fantasia", a 1994 fantasy film directed by Peter MacDonald. It was issued only in Japan on CD format - very rare to find.
| This lead single from Roxette's compilation, "Don't Bore Us - Get to The Chorus" had this significance behind it - Roxette's Per Gessle had co-written the song with American composer Desmond Child. Which song was it? | Roxette: Behind These Songs 2
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You Don't Understand Me. "You Don't Understand Me" was Per's song collaboration with American hitmaker Desmond Child. After keeping the song, Per had asked Marie to record the vocals and as he predicted, it became a Roxette track.
Runaway Bride. Fans recalled the 1990 film "Pretty Woman" where "It Must Have Been Love" was the smash hit around the world. For this "Runaway Bride" case, "It Will Take a Long Long Time" appeared in the film but sadly, it was not included in its soundtrack album.
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