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'''Roxette''' was a Swedish soft rock duo consisting of Per Gessle (guitars, vocals, main songwriter) and Marie Fredriksson (lead vocals). They were the second most successful pop group to come out of Sweden, and considering [[ABBA|who's first]], that's no mean feat. Their height of popularity was from the late [[The Eighties|80s]] into the mid [[The Nineties|90s]], mainly because that's when their [[The United States|U.S.]] popularity faded and they went their separate ways. After a difficult period in the late [[The Noughties|noughties]] when Marie struggled with cancer, they announced their reunion and began a European comeback tour.
Already successful in their homeland, their international breakout came when the song "It Must Have Been Love" was included on the soundtrack of the film ''[[Pretty Woman]]'' and the highly successful single "The Look" was introduced on American radio by a DJ who bought the record while on holiday in Sweden. The duo subsequently gained nineteen UK Top 40 hits, and four US number one singles. They continue to be popular in Europe and South America, whereas they'll always be remembered in the U.S. as being strictly an
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* [[Power Ballad]]: A staple of the band's oeuvre. "Listen To Your Heart" is a pretty well known example. Per Gessle has explained that it was intended to be a homage to the [[Arena Rock|FM radio tunes]] that were big in America during the eighties.
* [[Throw It In]]: The lyrics to "The Look" were originally "guide lyrics" -- words just scribbled down just to have something to sing to the tune while working on it. Per couldn't come up with anything better and decided to roll with it, saying, "Everyone gets lucky sometimes." That said, it didn't stop them from being...
* [[Word Salad Lyrics]]: "The Look", for reasons noted above
{{quote|''Fire in the ice
''Naked to the T-bone
''Is a lover's disguise
''Banging on the head drum
''Shaking like a mad bull
''She's got the look}}
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