Roxette is a Swedish pop music duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle. The group enjoyed worldwide success from the late 1980s until the mid-1990s, gaining nineteen UK Top 40 hits[1] and four US #1 singles with, "The Look", "Listen to Your Heart", "It Must Have Been Love" and "Joyride".Two further singles "Dangerous" and "Fading Like a Flower" hit #2.] Finally, "Dressed for Success" was a modest hit in the US peaking at #14.
After a hiatus in the mid-1990s, their popularity continued in other territories such as Europe and South America, where they earned various Gold and Platinum awards until the beginning of the new millennium. The duo took a break from recording and touring, when in 2002, Fredriksson was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Roxette took to the stage together again for the first time in 8 years, in 2009, during Gessle's European Party Crasher tour.
Their songs continue to receive radio airplay, with "It Must Have Been Love" and "Listen to Your Heart" both recently receiving awards from BMI for achieving four million radio plays. They have sold an estimated 60 million records worldwide,with over 3.5 million record sales in the United States, achieving platinum for Joyride and Look Sharp! there.
Origin Halmstad, Sweden
Genres Pop, Rock
Years active 1986–present
Labels Capitol records,
EMI,
Edel Music
Associated acts Gyllene Tide
1. NEVER ENDING LOVE
Chasing your shadow, the senses together,
four-leafed and clever I come from behind.
Chasing your shadow, I wander in circles,
you're one in a million, we're two of a kind.
It's you that I long for, it's you that I hunger,
oh you are the maker of waves in my mind.
We dance in the moonlight, a run on the wire,
drawing a fine line, a neverending love.
The fever turns slowly into a fire, drawing a fine line,
a neverending love.
Chasing your shadow, moon and the water,
field and the reaper, star and the sky.
Chasing your shadow, hammer and heartbeat,
clay and new concrete, I follow the signs.
It's you that I long for, it's you that I hunger,
and you are the maker of waves in my mind.
We dance in the moonlight...
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2. CRAZY ABOUT YOU
Ooooo...
I'm crazy about you
I'll give you all my love
Yes I'm crazy about you
Night and day, day and night
I'll be your heart's salvation
Hey baby, let's stay together
Let's make it now and forever
I want to show it and shout it
and tell the whole world about it
I thought it never could happen
I thought you never would see me
You run a lovin' locomotive
You make my needs very primitive
The more I get, the more I want from you,
of your affection
When you're around, I'm in control,
I feel a complete connection
Hello, hello
I'm so crazy about you, you know... baby-]
Hello, hello, hello
Yes I'm crazy, so crazy about you
C'mon close your eyes, honey, trust me!
I want to enjoy your body
I want to take you much higher
and play the game of desire
Well I can't hide
I'm getting hungry for a bite
I'm blinded by this obsession
I keep dancing like your possession
I'll wrap my legs all around you I'll show you total devotion
No need to talk Love will speak to you with sweet emotions
Hello, hello
I'm so crazy about you, you know...baby
Hello, hello, hello
Yes I'm crazy, so crazy about you
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3. DO YOU WANNA GO THE WHOLE WAY?
Before we take off all our clothes and get close together
Before it gets too serious both of us need to know
Are we gonna go the whole awy this time?
This time?
Before all secrets are revealed old scars must heal or wither
But it's getting very late and I can't wait anymore
Are we gonna go the whole way this time
Do you wanna go the whole way this time?
This time?
Do you wanna go the whole way now?
We're taking it easy
Do you wanna go the whole way, Babe?
Kick it in, kick it in slowly.
Do you wanna go the whole way this time?
Do you wanna go the whole way for sure
Do you wanna go the whole way this time?
This time?
This time?
Do ya?
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4. SEDUCE ME
Don't ever say you do
Don't ever say you want to make me shine
You keep your mystery, don't ever try
to be my guiding light
mmm...
Don't ever say you care
Don't follow when I'm here and everywhere
I'm blinded by your looks but there's a scent
of heartache in the air
in the air...
Hey you!
Walk out through that door
and into that dream
where I met you before
oh oh...
Babe, you seduce me
You take my heart and use me
My feelings all run wild
when you seduce me all the time
Don't ever call me up
I never wanna hear your voice again
Oh lay your pretty hands on someone else
Somebody who don't know you well
know you well...
Hey you!
Your sweet sweet talk can't stay
And get back to that dream
Let's both keep it that way
hey hey...
Oh you seduce me
You pull my heart and use me
And I keep running blind
when you seduce me all the time
Mmmm... get back to that dream
Let's both keep it that way
hey hey...
tell me once again...
You seduce me
You take my heart and use me
My feelings all run wild
when you seduce me all the time
when you seduce me all the time
you seduce me all the time
you seduce me...
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5. BRINGING ME DOWN TO MY KNEES
Been thinking about you
Without even trying, I've done it
There's something about you
I can't put my finger on it
Monday was fine and I was on a high
I'm begging you please to ease,
allow your feelings to show, oh oh
You're bringing me down to my knees cos I love you so
If your love is strong I want to be sure about it
Oh is it all wrong to go on talking about it?
Oh you thrilled me
I should be alright but Friday I died when you killed me
You're bringing me down to my knees, oh oh
Love me forever or baby, just let it go, oh oh
Monday was fine, yea the hours went by like a summer breeze
But way down the line you might make up
your mind and it's time to freeze
You're bringing me down to my knees
I've been thinking about you
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6. [DO YOU GET] EXCITED?
When the day gets dark
Over a thousand streets
And you feel your heart
Is a living beat
When you're all alone
And you close your eyes
Naked to the bone
The dream comes alive
Do you get excited
When I touch you in the night?
My oh my...
Do you get excited
When I meet you every night?
You won't let the night pass you by
When your body's hot
The window's open wide
This moment's all you got
In this race of life
When you feel the fire
Is getting close to you
Hey baby, you know
I'm lonely too
Do you get excited
When I touch you in the night?
My oh my...
Do you get excited
When I meet you every night?
You won't let the night pass you by
Do you get excited
When I touch you in the night?
My oh my...
Do you get excited
When I meet you every night?
You won't let the night pass you by
I wanna know
I gotta know
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7. DROWNING IN YOU
Lead me to the river of love
Pour a little water and wash my pain away
Leave me in the ocean of joy
Water from below I can feel your glow running through
You know that I do I'm drowning in you
Take me to the tide of your heart
Take me to the shore, babe And hold me close to you
Leave me when the sky's getting dark
Water from behind I can feel a fine line from you
You know that I do I'm drowning in you
Say hello, there's no goodbye
If you can't read between the lines
Found a love that I can't hide Oh I've been drowning in your eyes
Honey, honey, honey yea!
Lead me to the gate of your dreams
Put me on a ship that will sail the Lovers' Seas
Water from the brooks and the streams
Water in my face I can taste the ocean of you
You know that I do I'm drowning in you
Say hello...
It's the ocean of you
You know that's it's true I'm drowning in you
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8. I NEVER LOVED A MAN [ THE WAY I LOVE YOU]
You're no good, heartbreaker
You're a liar and you're a cheat
I don't know why I let you do these things to me
My friends keep telling me you're no good
But they don't know that I'd leave you if I could
I guess I'm uptight but I'm stuck like glue
Cause I never, I never,
I never, no no Loved a man the way that I, I love you
Some time ago I thought you should run out of fools
But I was so wrong you've got one you'll never lose
The way you treat me is a shame,
How could you hurt me so bad?
Baby you know that I'm the best thing that you ever had
Kiss me once again Don't you never say that we're through
Cause I never, I never,
I never, no no, Loved a man the way that I love you...
I can't sleep at night and I can't eat a bite
I guess Ill never be free Since I've got your hooks in me
I never loved a man the way that I love you
You're no good, heartbreaker
You're a liar and you're a cheat
I don't know why I let you do these things to me
My friends keep telling me you're no good
But they don't know that I'd leave you if I could...
Kiss me once again Don't you never say that we're through
Cause I never, I never,
I never, no no, Loved a man the way that I love you..
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9. LIKE LOVERS DO..
Take the line between us and
hold it close to you,
I want us to get together,
like lovers do.
Let me kiss away your troubles,
the cold and lonely nights,
just take this heart I'm giving
and love is on the rise.
Like lovers do -
want to hold you thru the night,
like lovers do -
and when I look into your eyes,
like lovers do -
oh I'm drowning in an ocean of emotion.
It feels just like forever
since I made love to you,
September days of scarlet,
April morning dew.
So take the love between us
and hold it close to you,
I want us to get together like lovers do...
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10. MY WORLD, MY LOVE, MY LIFE
Some days are covered in rain
While other days are made of glory
And you are the summer sun
The only one who knows the story
Do you want to talk about it?
I don't know
Do you want to say some words?
Oh, I can't let go
I'm talking 'bout my world, my love, my life
Every time I try to close my eyes
You just entered my mind
and you lay yourself down beside me... oh why...
Some streets are covered with sweat
there are no regrets
just new connections... ohhh
You are the summer the sun
And I'm the one who wants affection
Do you want to talk about it?
I don't know
Do you want to speak some words?
Oh, I can't let go
I'm talking 'bout my world, my love, my life
Every time I try to close my eyes
You just entered my mind
and you lay yourself down, beside me... oh why...
My world, my life...
I'm talking 'bout my world, my love, my life
Every time... I try to close my eyes
You just entered my mind
and you lay yourself down, beside me... oh why...
You just run through my head
and you lay yourself down, beside me... oh why...
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11. YOU TURN ME ON
I wake up in a different daylight
Guess I haven't been around
See me follow the shadow haunting your body
Naked like water - shining like honey
Move me - You turn me on - The thrill of it all
You turn me on - The thrill of it all
You turn me on - The thrill of it all
I read in the paper how everything's changed
But it's all the same - it's out of the game
I reach out and touch an endless temptation
Live in a dream - the strangest sensation
Move me - You turn me on...
The lines I have written are the lines on your face
They merge out of nowhere - and leave with no trace
And I've had the feeling we're turnin' to one
When everything's said - when everything's done
Move me - You turn me on...
You move me - Oh, baby, turn me on
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12. TURN TO ME
Turn to me - when your heart breaks away
Turn to me - don't turn me away
When everything's sad and down
When you're looking for somewhere to run
Why don't you turn to me?
Turn to me
Why don't you turn to me?
Turn to me
Turn to me - when the moon gets to go
Turn to me - when the story's been told
When everything's dim and grey
And you're hitting a rainbow way
Why don't you turn to me?
Turn to me
Why don't you turn to me?
Turn to me
Now that Christmas is here
A shadow of fears
And if you want to seek ....
Turn to me and read these lonely lonely eyes
Why don't you?
Why don't you turn to me?
Turn to me!
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13. LISTEN TO YOUR HEART
[Songwriters: Gessle, Per Hakan; Persson, Mats Arne;]
I know there's something in the wake of your smile
I get a notion from the look in your eyes, yeah
You've built a love but that love falls apart
Your little piece of Heaven turns too dark
Listen to your heart when he's calling for you
Listen to your heart there's nothing else you can do
I don't know where you're going and I don't know why
But listen to your heart before you tell him goodbye
Sometimes you wonder if this fight is worthwhile
The precious moments are all lost in the tide, yeah
They're swept away and nothing is what is seems
The feeling of belonging to your dreams
Listen to your heart when he's calling for you
Listen to your heart there's nothing else you can do
I don't know where you're going and I don't know why
But listen to your heart before you tell him goodbye
And there are voices that want to be heard
So much to mention but you can't find the words
The scent of magic, the beauty that's been
When love was wilder than the wind
Listen to your heart when he's calling for you
Listen to your heart there's nothing else you can do
I don't know where you're going and I don't know why
But listen to your heart before
Listen to your heart when he's calling for you
Listen to your heart there's nothing else you can do
I don't know where you're going and I don't know why
But listen to your heart before you tell him goodbye
Listen to your heart
Listen to your heart
Listen to your heart
...
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