“The music star, who is best known for singing power ballads “It Must Have Been Love” and “Listen to Your Heart” as part of the Swedish band, died on Monday morning (9 December) after a long battle with an illness.”
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One of their famous songs used on the soundtrack of movie Pretty Woman:
**Share anything you know about Roxette, their songs, their stories.**
RIP
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LlVI7ZNiFlI
Hey there, LoC
I love that song too. Thanks for posting…:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZBmOFDGdys
You’re welcome, Murn, and thank you too.
My pleasure 😉
https://youtu.be/b8I5D0nrFNA
https://youtu.be/HQrRmB8IeW8?list=WL
https://youtu.be/lPMQYrRcz_8?list=WL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v03hmzLDg9g&list=WL&index=7&t=0s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPblBARyRyw&list=WL&index=9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2C5TjS2sh4
Hey there 👋
Hello. How is your morning?
Busy. Just got done that safety job. I’m starving
Yeah, no kidding. Go fill up.
On my way !!
LOL
I memorized the lyrics and sang it everyday when it was just released.
I liked it more after watching Pretty Woman with this song as the soundtrack.
Love it so much
Awesome. I was just talking about Pretty Woman with a friend the other day too.
I was thinking to post Pretty Woman on Sunday Movie topic, but then I changed my mind and picked other movie that I think not many people have watched it..:)
Definitely gotta do it next Sunday then.
I will and you’ll be on my first tagging list..:))
So many beautiful songs in that movie too
Great, and absolutely. Very good soundtrack.
Yep,
Save them for next Sunday…:)
The story behind the story.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/real-meaning-behind-roxettes-must-21065182
Roxette’s ‘It Must Have Been Love’ was one of the biggest power ballads of the nineties thanks to its starring role in romcom Pretty Woman.
The song was the backtrack to the iconic scene where lovable prostitute Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) is driven off in businessman Edward Lewis’ (Richard Gere) limousine after a week of passion, leaving both broken-hearted.
But before it came to the attention of Hollywood film execs, the Swedish hit had a very different meaning.
It was actually released as a Christmas song in 1987 and came with the festive title, It Must Have Been Love (Christmas for the Broken Hearted).
It peaked at number four in Sweden and featured a jingle-bell heavy intro and the lyric “It’s a cold Christmas day,” which would later be changed to “winter’s day”.
But when Disney/Touchstone Pictures asked bandmates Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson – who died on Monday – to come up with something, Listen to Your Heart was at the top of the charts and they didn’t have enough time.
Enter It Must Have Been Love.
Director Gary Marshall loved the track so much that he decided to make it the key theme of the film, which was then titled 3,000 dollars
Per told Billboard that Gary Marshall loved it so much that he re-edited the movie so the track could be used without any dialogue.
“Everything is going to circle around my song,” he said at the time.
But first he had to tackle the Christmas feel, especially as Pretty Woman was scheduled for release in the summer of 1990.
In reworking it, Per kept most of Marie’s original vocals but stripped out the jingly intro and outro.
The song – and the movie – went onto be a runaway success, with ‘It Must Have Been Love’ topping the US Hot 100 for two weeks that June.
“Nobody expected the movie to become such a smash and for us it was, of course, a jackpot,” Per told Songwriter Universe in 2018
I didn’t know that much details about the song.
It is wonderful that you share those on here.
Thank you and do appreciate that, Palapie.
I salute Per Gessle for writing and composing the song and many other Roxette’s great songs.
This song ended sadly but instead the ending of Pretty Woman was happy.
It Must Have Been Love
Roxette
It must have been love
But it’s over now
Lay a whisper on my pillow
Leave the winter on the ground
I wake up lonely, this air of silence
In the bedroom and all around
Touch me now
I close my eyes
And dream away
It must have been love
But it’s over now
It must have been good
But I lost it somehow
It must have been love
But it’s over now
From the moment we touched
Till the time had run out
Make believing
We’re together
That I’m sheltered
By your heart
But in and outside
I turn to water
Like a teardrop
In your palm
And it’s a hard
Winter’s day
I dream away
It must have been love (it must have been love)
But it’s over now (but it’s over now)
It was all that I wanted
Now I’m living without
It must have been love
But it’s over now
It’s where the water flows…
Sad, but still a beautiful song and performed to perfection.
Thank you Murn.
RIP, lovely Marie. You are a treasure.
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Oh, no. R.I.P. I used to like them back in the day. Good band.
RIP Marie
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCC_b5WHLX0
Love that one.
https://youtu.be/LlVI7ZNiFlI
I bet a lot of people don’t realize how many hits they had.
Yes, I think from just what we like, they are nearly 50.
Last one for tonight.
Ttyl…:))
https://youtu.be/Yf0ehfmyz6A
Nice.
And thanks. Enjoy yourself.
I didn’t realize these were all from the same band.
Yeah. I think they had a lot of high chart topping hits. They’re one of those bands that are very under the radar.
Thanks for the wonderful companion..:))
Have a lovely day….
I’ll see you soon.
https://youtu.be/5pfNCsAxhcA
I’ve had fun as well, thanks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCorJG9mubk
I like that one, my top ten..:))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIIouZLowGQ
Heard this morning, sad news…RIP beautiful🌸
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fGLiIvKKys&list=PLuI8Ez-R3AX71HH2-_vnJazYyDyvZddJK&index=5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJeWuP_dZ-4&list=PLuI8Ez-R3AX71HH2-_vnJazYyDyvZddJK&index=65
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27eClHQxXls&list=PLuI8Ez-R3AX71HH2-_vnJazYyDyvZddJK&index=17
Hello Angel!
Hi Jersey! Hope everything is good with you😊
It is thanks!
Back at Cha! Have a great day!
You too dear!
I loveeee Fading Like A Flower and Queen of The Rain.
They are my top five.
Thanks for joining Angels
https://youtu.be/eG0IYV6G0I0
Thats a good one too! A lot of great songs.
Thanks for making me feel welcomed Murn, you have nice place here. 🙂
Of course, you’ve been very supportive to us here.
One more from those I consider great songs from Roxette:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4A4BdRTz4E
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Good Morning.
Thanks for the upvotes.
Come here…:))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWBk22geGyM
You rang lady? ♥️
How are you, my friend?
A bit tired, worked all night and still at it. Gonna grab some lunch now.
More important, how you’ve been?
Yes, I thought you must be at work.
Have the best lunch you can get there and enjoy it…
Me too I worked till very late, I was supposed to come here earlier but I couldn’t
Chicken, mashed potatoes, and biscuits! Yummy!
I shall return soon. Stay safe!
Yummy….
Enjoy and you too, be safe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYXczDB8VrY
Love it…
I tend to listen to the ones slower and a bit mellow..:)
https://youtu.be/PzozdbAbL0w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx2iLOvP0rM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fGLiIvKKys&list=PLC48458F5C450B215&index=7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFNRh26TPmM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBswiNn23RU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCorJG9mubk&list=PLC48458F5C450B215&index=2
I saw that this morning and was so sad. I liked them so much, and she had been sick for awhile.
I remember going thru Youtube to watch live performances from them, and discovering they had to cancel the tour that they were on because it was just too difficult on her. She was having to sit thru each performance.
She was so great. And strong.
I know, I was fan for her for so long since High school and her voice didn’t change a bit.
She was diagnosed in 2002, she’s been suffering for quite a long time…:(
Terrible to have to battle something for so long.
Brain cancer….scary disease.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkxj5xVLyj0&list=PLC48458F5C450B215&index=15
It sure is.
That is probably my favorite song of theirs.
That’s very motivating song.
This one is probably my top five:
I take other video version.
https://youtu.be/-ZBmOFDGdys
Nice one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw2LgJxwZHI
“Before Roxette, Fredriksson – who was born in Sweden – was a member of punk group Strul, who created their own music festival in 1979.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxWyAtA7-OY
Vila i frid
= Rest in peace = in Swedish.
Thanks…:))
“Fredriksson had been suffering ill health ever since she was diagnosed with a brain tumour after fainting at home in 2002.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoXrd3_3fYI
Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson has died, aged 61
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