What I imagined would have made a worthy finale, 'It Must Have Been Love' is played mid-set as the audience bellow back the familiar lyrics whilst Marie Fredriksson conducts them to sway in unison. With the feel good vibes at their very height, they continue with 'Dangerous' and 'Joyride...
Per Gessle is best known in the U.S. as half of the Swedish duo Roxette. With Marie Fredriksson, he topped the Billboard Hot 100 four times between 1989-1991, with “The Look,”“Listen to Your Heart,”“It Must Have Been Love” and “Joyride.” With Fredriksson retiring from recordin...
Per says that a lot of lyrics he has written now required a whole life to mature. He says a few years ago sometimes he drove past the house where he grew up. Now he doesn’t do it anymore, they have changed so much so you hardly recognize it. It’s strange that you want to do...
and it stuck in my mind. That’s the way it’s worked for me ever since I started writing lyrics, and especially English lyrics. You catch words and phrases that probably get a partially different meaning for
The business relationship certainly has been a big success. Their second EMI album, “Look Sharp,” is a million-seller, featuring the Top 10 singles “The Look,”“Dangerous” and “Listen To Your Heart.” Their current hit is the Top 20 pop single “It Must Have Been Love” from the...
It’s theIt Must Have Been Love (Christmas For The Broken Hearted)demo released onThe Per Gessle Archives – The Roxette Demos! Vol. 2. Info from PG:„When this demo was made, we were trying to do our best to get interest from the record companies outside of Sweden. Then EMI Germa...
The guys start talking aboutIt Must Have Been Lovethat it started out as a Christmas song written for Germany. Per tells when they released their debut album,Pearls of Passionthey were quite disappointed that EMI Germany didn’t do anything with that. Nothing happened. Then some boss there su...