IT MUST HAVE BEEN
LOVE
ROXETTE
SONGWRITTER: PER
GESSLE
COUNTRY: SWEDEN
ALBUM: PEARLS OF
PASSION
LABEL: EMI RECORDS
GENRE: POWER BALLAD
YEAR: 1987
Roxette was
a Swedish pop rock duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson (vocals and keyboards) and Per Gessle (vocals and guitar). Formed in 1986,
the duo became an international act in the late 1980s, when they released their
breakthrough second álbum Look Sharp! Their third album Joyride, which was released in 1991, became just as
successful as its predecessor. Roxette went on to achieve nineteen UK Top 40
hits and several US Hot 100 hits, including four US number-ones
with "The Look", "Listen to Your Heart", "It Must
Have Been Love",
featured on the soundtrack of Pretty Woman, and "Joyride". Their other hits include "Dressed for Success", "Dangerous",
and "Fading Like a Flower".
Before
coming together to form the duo, Fredriksson and Gessle were already
established artists in Sweden, she having released a number of solo albums
and he being the lead singer and songwriter of Gyllene Tider, a band that had three No. 1 albums. On
the advice of the managing director of their record label, the two came
together to record "Neverending Love", which became a hit single in Sweden.
After the
release of Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus!, a greatest hits record, the duo took a hiatus
before returning with the albums Have a Nice Day(1999)
and Room Service(2001).
They continued to chart in other territories, mainly in Europe and Latin America, where they earned various Gold and Platinum
awards until the beginning of the new millennium. In 2002, the duo took a break
from recording and touring when Fredriksson was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Gessle went on to release solo albums and reunited
with Gyllene Tider before Roxette took to the stage together again for the
first time in eight years, in 2009, during Gessle's European Party Crasher tour. In 2011, they released Charm School,
their first studio album in ten years, which was followed by Travelling in 2012. Their
final studio album, Good Karma, was released in 2016. Marie
Fredriksson died on 9 December 2019, at the age of 61, following a long battle
with a brain tumour, and the group was disbanded shortly after Fredriksson's
death.
Their songs
"It Must Have Been Love" and "Listen to Your Heart"
continue to receive wide radio airplay, with both singles receiving awards from BMI in
2014 for achieving five million radio plays. They have sold an estimated 75
million records worldwide, with over 10 million in certified units from
Germany, the US and the UK, achieving gold and platinum certifications for Joyride
and Look Sharp! in all three regions. They are Sweden's second-best-selling
music act after ABBA.
"It
Must Have Been Love" originally "It Must Have Been Love (Christmas
for the Broken Hearted)" is a song written by Per Gessle and performed by the Swedish pop duo
Roxette. The power ballad became the duo's third number one
hit in the United States, and is one of their best selling releases, being
certified gold or platinum in a number of countries.
Four different versions of the song have been
officially released. The
original song was released in 1987, which was followed by the most successful
incarnation, a slightly edited version, omitting the Christmas references,
created for the soundtrack to the 1990 film Pretty Woman. During the "Join
the Joyride! World Tour" in
1991, the band recorded a country music version in Los Angeles, included on their 1992 album Tourism. A Spanish-language version of the Pretty Woman
recording was released on their 1996 compilation Baladas
en Español.
Finally, an orchestral live performance from the band's 2009 concert at Night
of the Proms was
included on their 2012 studio album, Travelling.
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, there's air of silence
In the bedroom and all around (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 'til the time had run out
Make-believing we're
together
That I'm sheltered by your heart
But in and outside, I've turned to water
Like a teardrop in your palm
And it's a hard
winter's day
I dream Away
It must have been
love, but it's over now
(It must have been love, 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 must have been love, the wind blows)
It's where the water flows
It's where the wind blows
It must have been love, but it's over now
(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
(It must have been love, but it's over now)
From the moment we touched 'til the time had run out
Yeah! It must have
been love, but it's over now
(It must have been love, 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
(The wind blows)
It's where the water flows
It's where the wind blows
(It must have been
love, but it's over now)
But it's over now
Now!
(It must have been love, but it's over now)
(It must have been love, but it's over now)
Now!
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