The world, however, was hardly on a joyride when the album was released. With вЂJoyrideвЂ™ the whole album was in the can.вЂќ The song came very easily, and I instantly knew it was a hit: it would provide the album with a great title, вЂhello, you fool I love youвЂ™ was a cool hook. I had read an interview with Paul McCartney, where he said that вЂwriting songs with John Lennon was just a long joyrideвЂ™. And thatвЂ™s exactly how I felt about вЂJoyrideвЂ™. But despite that pressure, they never thought it was difficult to deliver. Their sound was spot-on, they had produced a string of hits, and everybody was waiting for the next one. It was like the whole pop world revolved around them. вЂњBjГ¶rn Ulveaus once told me how he felt when ABBA recorded вЂњMamma MiaвЂќ. Some artists would have found this pressure hard to handle. Unsurprisingly, вЂњJoyrideвЂќ therefore carried a heavy weight on its shoulders the album was supposed to cement RoxetteвЂ™s new-found status as a global hit phenomenon, proving that the chart successes of 19 was no fluke. The albums three US #1 singles вЂњThe LookвЂќ, вЂњListen To Your HeartвЂќ and вЂњIt Must Have Been LoveвЂќ and other big hits like вЂњDressed For SuccessвЂќ and вЂњDangerousвЂќ had almost overnight transformed the dynamic duo of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle into a world-wide hit phenomenon that would soon pave the way for other Swedish pop acts during the 90вЂ™s. To celebrate, this autumn вЂќJoyrideвЂќ will be released as a 4-album vinyl and a 3-CD box, containing the original release as well as previously unreleased or hard-to-get material that paints a fuller picture of a ride that still puts a smile on peoples faces.

Read the original Swedish press release HERE.On Sunday March 28, Swedish group Roxette celebrate the 30th anniversary of their third album вЂњJoyrideвЂќ вЂ“ the much anticipated follow-up to the bandвЂ™s spectacular 1989 global break-through вЂњLook Sharp!вЂќ.` The вЂњJoyrideвЂќ anniversary is celebrated this autumn with a 4-LP vinyl box, as well as a 3-CD set, which in addition to the original album will contain lots of unreleased or hard to find materials that paints a larger picture of a piece of Swedish music history. In addition to the big hits, there are, for example, вЂPerfect DayвЂ™, вЂHotbloodedвЂ™, вЂ(Do You Get) Excited?вЂ™ and not least вЂWatercolours In The RainвЂ™, a song that Marie had written wonderful music to the lyric I already had lying around and it turned out to fit perfectly. She was able to make great works of my songs and the album contains several of her tops. One of the main reasons why Roxette вЂ“ and not least our biggest album вЂJoyrideвЂ™ вЂ“ became such a colossal success is of course that MarieвЂ™s singing was second to none. Soon the album sold eleven million copies in total. The title track soon rushed up the charts and became the bandвЂ™s fourth US No.1 вЂ“ an almost impregnable record for a Swedish artist even today вЂ“ while single hits such as вЂњFading Like A FlowerвЂќ, вЂњSpending My TimeвЂќ and вЂњChurch Of Your HeartвЂќ were waiting for their turn. At the same time as the United States launched Operation вЂњDesert StormвЂќ in Kuwait, releasing an album called вЂњJoyrideвЂќ and flying around the world on promotional trips didnвЂ™t feel like an optimal timing.Д«ut in the spring of 1991, most things went RoxetteвЂ™s way. With the song вЂJoyrideвЂ™, the whole record was in the can. I knew right away that it was going to be a hit. I took the guitar, changed it to вЂHello, you fool, I love youвЂ™ and wrote the song.

I came home one day and saw a note from my wife Г…sa, which said: вЂHej, din tok вЂ“ jag Г¤lskar digвЂ™. And thatвЂ™s exactly how I felt about Joyride. They had had many hits, everyone was waiting for a new album вЂ“ but despite the pressure, they could easily deliver. Or as Per Gessle remembers:Д«jГ¶rn Ulveaus once said that ABBA felt right on target when they did вЂMamma MiaвЂ™. Many artists would have probably failed under the pressure of all expectations, but Roxette delivered. вЂњJoyrideвЂќ was the album that was supposed to cement the unlikely success of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle. The three US No.1вЂ™s вЂњThe LookвЂќ, вЂњListen To Your HeartвЂќ and вЂњIt Must Have Been LoveвЂќ and other big hits such as вЂњDressed For SuccessвЂќ and вЂњDangerousвЂќ had transformed a local Swedish act into an international musical phenomenon in the 90вЂ™s.

Now on Sunday, 28th March, itвЂ™s 30 years since Roxette released their third album вЂњJoyrideвЂќ, the follow-up to the bandвЂ™s spectacular global breakthrough with the album вЂњLook Sharp!вЂќ 1989.

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