Roxette - Did You Know?
June 2, 2018Music facts, music trivia, interesting stories and much more. Introducing the "Did You Know" page about Swedish pop rock duo, Roxette.
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Roxette are a Swedish pop rock duo that was formed in 1986 and consists of Marie Fredriksson (vocals, keyboards) and Per Gessle (vocals, guitar). They found great success in the late 1980s when they released Look Sharp! which was the band's breakthrough album.
Roxette achieved 19 UK Top 40 hits and several US Hot 100 hits, among them even 4 US chart toppers. One of their No.1 US hits and a No.3 hit in the UK, is the song "It Must Have Been Love" which we will tell you about now, as our interesting fact of the day.
The song "It Must Have Been Love" was originally called "It Must Have Been Love (Christmas For The Broken Hearted)". It was written for the movie 'Pretty Woman' starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, when four different versions of the song have been officially released.
There's the original version released in 1987, the 1990 and most successful version for the movie, the 1992 country music version and the 1996 Spanish language version.
"It Must Have Been Love" still receives wide radio airplay to this day, and it even received awards from BMI for achieving 5 million radio plays.
Roxette has sold approximately 75 million records all over the world, with more than 10 million in certified units from Germany, US and UK. They achieved gold and platinum certifications for their albums Look Sharp! and Joyride.
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Per Gessle (the male member of Roxette) wrote the song "Joyride" for his girlfriend.
He came home late and she had left a note on his piano that read: "Hej din tok, jag alskar dig," which means, "Hello, you fool, I love you," in Swedish. Per also used this line in the song.
As for the whistling part in the song "Joyride," Per decided to add it after watching the Monty Python movie, Life of Brian, which features the whistle-heavy song "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life."
Later in an interview, Per said that he did the whistling himself, even though it is overdubbed 12 times.
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