Complete List Of Roxette Songs From A to Z

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Roxette began in Halmstad, Sweden, in 1986 when Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson combined two already successful careers. Gessle had established himself with Gyllene Tider, while Fredriksson had become one of Sweden’s most distinctive solo singers. Their partnership created a sound built on sharp pop hooks, rock guitars, dramatic ballads, and the contrast between Gessle’s songwriting instincts and Fredriksson’s powerful voice.

The debut album, Pearls of Passion, brought immediate attention in Sweden through “Neverending Love,” “Goodbye to You,” and “Soul Deep.” Roxette’s international breakthrough followed with Look Sharp! in 1988. “The Look,” “Dressed for Success,” “Listen to Your Heart,” and “Dangerous” transformed the duo into a worldwide act and established the melodic, highly polished style that defined its most commercially successful years.

The momentum continued with “It Must Have Been Love,” recorded first as a Christmas single and later reworked for the film Pretty Woman. Along with “The Look,” “Listen to Your Heart,” and “Joyride,” it became one of Roxette’s four Number 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Joyride also produced “Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave),” “Spending My Time,” “The Big L.,” and “Church of Your Heart.”

Tourism documented the duo during its world-touring peak by combining studio recordings, live performances, hotel-room sessions, and material captured in several countries. Crash! Boom! Bang! followed in 1994 with “Sleeping in My Car,” “Run to You,” “Fireworks,” and the title track. New recordings made for Don’t Bore Us – Get to the Chorus! extended that run through “You Don’t Understand Me,” “June Afternoon,” “She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” and “I Don’t Want to Get Hurt.”

Roxette returned with Have a Nice Day in 1999 and Room Service in 2001. Songs including “Wish I Could Fly,” “Anyone,” “Stars,” “The Centre of the Heart,” “Real Sugar,” and “Milk and Toast and Honey” carried the duo into a changing pop era without abandoning its melodic identity.

Marie Fredriksson’s brain-tumor diagnosis in 2002 interrupted the group’s recording and touring, but she gradually returned to music. Roxette reunited for Charm School in 2011, followed by Travelling in 2012 and Good Karma in 2016. Their final studio period added songs such as “She’s Got Nothing On (But the Radio),” “It’s Possible,” “It Just Happens,” and “Some Other Summer.”

Fredriksson died on December 9, 2019. The recordings she made with Gessle continued to expand through archival collections and anniversary editions, including Bag of Trix, the thirtieth-anniversary editions of Joyride, Look Sharp!, Tourism, and Crash! Boom! Bang!, and the 2026 expanded edition of Have a Nice Day. The fortieth-anniversary edition of “Neverending Love” gathered rare mixes, a new eight-track remix, demos, and a 1988 live performance.

In 2025, Gessle brought the Roxette catalog back to concert stages with Lena Philipsson and members of the longtime touring band. The tour continued through Europe in 2026 as the group marked forty years since its debut. During the anniversary year, “It Must Have Been Love” also passed one billion streams on Spotify, underscoring how strongly Roxette’s songs continue to connect across generations.

Complete List Of Roxette Songs From A to Z

A–E

“2 Cinnamon Street” – Super Mario Bros. soundtrack – 1993
“20 BPM” – Good Karma – 2016
“7Twenty7” – Have a Nice Day – 1999
“After All” – Charm School – 2011
“All I Ever Wanted” – The Rox Box / Roxette 86–06 – 2006
“Almost Unreal” – Super Mario Bros. soundtrack – 1993
“Always Breaking My Heart” – The Rox Box / Roxette 86–06 – 2006
“Always the Last to Know” – Bag of Trix – 2020
“Angel Passing” – Travelling – 2012
“Anyone” – Have a Nice Day – 1999
“Anyone / I Love How You Love Me” – The Rox Box / Roxette 86–06 – 2006
“April Clouds” – Good Karma – 2016
“Beautiful Boy” – Bag of Trix – 2020
“Beautiful Things” – Have a Nice Day – 1999
“Before You Go to Sleep (Demo)” – Bag of Trix – 2020
“Better Off on Her Own” – Stars single B-side – 1999
“Big Black Cadillac” – Charm School – 2011
“The Big L.” – Joyride – 1991
“Bla Bla Bla Bla Bla (You Broke My Heart)” – The Pop Hits – 2003
“Breathe” – The Ballad Hits – 2002
“Bringing Me Down to My Knees” – Room Service – 2001
“Call of the Wild” – Pearls of Passion – 1986
“The Centre of the Heart (Is a Suburb to the Brain)” – Room Service – 2001
“Chances” – Look Sharp! – 1988
“Church of Your Heart” – Joyride – 1991
“Cinnamon Street” – Tourism – 1992
“Come Back (Before You Leave)” – Joyride single B-side – 1991
“Cooper” – Have a Nice Day – 1999
“Crash! Boom! Bang!” – Crash! Boom! Bang! – 1994
“Crazy About You” – You Don’t Understand Me single B-side – 1995
“Crush on You” – Have a Nice Day – 1999
“Cry” – Look Sharp! – 1988
“Dance Away” – Look Sharp! – 1988
“Dangerous” – Look Sharp! – 1988
“(Do You Get) Excited?” – Joyride – 1991
“Do You Wanna Go the Whole Way?” – Crash! Boom! Bang! – 1994
“Don’t Believe in Accidents” – Run to You single B-side – 1994
“Dream On” – Charm School – 2011
“Dressed for Success” – Look Sharp! – 1988
“Easy Way Out” – Travelling – 2012
“Entering Your Heart” – The Centre of the Heart single B-side – 2001
“Every Day” – The Ballad Hits – 2002
“Excuse Me, Sir, Do You Want Me to Check on Your Wife?” – Travelling – 2012

F–J

“Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)” – Joyride – 1991
“Fading Like a Rose (Everytime Remix)” – Fading Like a Rose EP – 2024
“Fingertips” – Tourism – 1992
“Fireworks” – Crash! Boom! Bang! – 1994
“The First Girl on the Moon” – Crash! Boom! Bang! – 1994
“Fool” – Room Service – 2001
“From a Distance” – Good Karma – 2016
“From Head to Toe” – Look Sharp! 30th Anniversary Edition – 2022
“From One Heart to Another” – Pearls of Passion – 1986
“Go to Sleep” – Crash! Boom! Bang! – 1994
“Good Karma” – Good Karma – 2016
“Goodbye to You” – Pearls of Passion – 1986
“Half a Woman, Half a Shadow” – Look Sharp! – 1988
“Happy on the Outside” – Charm School – 2011
“Happy Together” – Wish I Could Fly single B-side – 1999
“Harleys & Indians (Riders in the Sky)” – Crash! Boom! Bang! – 1994
“The Heart Shaped Sea” – Tourism – 1992
“Help! (Abbey Road Sessions)” – Bag of Trix – 2020
“Here Comes the Weekend” – Tourism – 1992
“Hotblooded” – Joyride – 1991
“How Do You Do!” – Tourism – 1992
“I Call Your Name” – Pearls of Passion – 1986
“(I Could Never) Give You Up” – Look Sharp! – 1988
“I Don’t Want to Get Hurt” – Don’t Bore Us – Get to the Chorus! – 1995
“I Love the Sound of Crashing Guitars” – Crash! Boom! Bang! – 1994
“I’m Glad You Called” – Charm School – 2011
“I’m Sorry” – Crash! Boom! Bang! – 1994
“I Remember You” – Joyride – 1991
“I Want You (with Eva Dahlgren and Ratata)” – Standalone charity single – 1987
“I Was So Lucky” – Have a Nice Day – 1999
“In My Own Way” – Charm School – 2011
“It Hurts” – The Ballad Hits – 2002
“It Just Happens” – Good Karma – 2016
“It Must Have Been Love” – Pretty Woman soundtrack – 1990
“It Must Have Been Love (Christmas for the Broken Hearted)” – Standalone single – 1987
“It Must Have Been Love (Live from Night of the Proms)” – Travelling – 2012
“It’s Possible (Version One)” – Travelling – 2012
“It’s Possible (Version Two)” – Travelling – 2012
“It Takes You No Time to Get Here” – Room Service – 2001
“It Will Take a Long Long Time” – Have a Nice Day – 1999
“Jefferson” – Room Service – 2001
“Joy of a Toy” – Pearls of Passion – 1986
“Joyride” – Joyride – 1991
“Joyride (Live)” – Tourism – 1992
“June Afternoon” – Don’t Bore Us – Get to the Chorus! – 1995

K–O

“Keep Me Waiting” – Tourism – 1992
“Knockin’ on Every Door” – Joyride – 1991
“Let Your Heart Dance with Me” – Bag of Trix – 2020
“Lies” – Crash! Boom! Bang! – 1994
“Like Lovers Do” – Pearls of Passion – 1986
“Listen to Your Heart” – Look Sharp! – 1988
“Listen to Your Heart (Alle Farben Remix)” – Standalone remix single – 2023
“Little Girl” – Room Service – 2001
“Little Miss Sorrow” – The Pop Hits – 2003
“The Look” – Look Sharp! – 1988
“The Look (2015 Remake)” – The 30 Biggest Hits XXX – 2015
“The Look (Live)” – Tourism – 1992
“Looking for Jane” – Room Service – 2001
“Love Is All (Shine Your Light on Me)” – Crash! Boom! Bang! – 1994
“Love Spins” – The Rox Box / Roxette 86–06 – 2006
“Lover, Lover, Lover” – Travelling – 2012
“Make My Head Go Pop” – Room Service – 2001
“Makin’ Love to You” – The Pop Hits – 2003
“Me & You & Terry & Julie” – Travelling – 2012
“Milk and Toast and Honey” – Room Service – 2001
“My World, My Love, My Life” – Room Service – 2001
“Myth” – The Rox Box / Roxette 86–06 – 2006
“Never Is a Long Time” – Tourism – 1992
“Neverending Love” – Pearls of Passion – 1986
“Neverending Love (8-track Remix by MP)” – Neverending Love 40th Anniversary Edition – 2026
“Neverending Love (Frank Mono 12-inch Mix)” – Neverending Love 40th Anniversary Edition – 2026
“Neverending Love (Live Norrköping 1988)” – Neverending Love 40th Anniversary Edition – 2026
“Neverending Love (Love Mix)” – Neverending Love 40th Anniversary Edition – 2026
“New World” – The Rox Box / Roxette 86–06 – 2006
“No One Makes It on Her Own” – Charm School – 2011
“One Is Such a Lonely Number” – The Big L. single B-side – 1991
“One Wish” – A Collection of Roxette Hits! – 2006
“Only When I Dream” – Charm School – 2011
“Opportunity Nox” – The Pop Hits – 2003

P–T

“Paint” – Look Sharp! – 1988
“Pay the Price” – Have a Nice Day – 1999
“Pearls of Passion” – Soul Deep single B-side – 1987
“Perfect Day” – Joyride – 1991
“Perfect Day (Live Rehearsals 2000)” – Spending My Time (Live Johannesburg 1995) single – 2026
“Perfect Excuse” – Travelling – 2012
“Physical Fascination” – Joyride – 1991
“Piece of Cake” – Bag of Trix – 2020
“Place Your Love” – Crash! Boom! Bang! – 1994
“Pocketful of Rain” – Bag of Trix – 2020
“Queen of Rain” – Tourism – 1992
“The Rain” – Tourism – 1992
“Real Sugar” – Room Service – 2001
“Reveal” – A Collection of Roxette Hits! – 2006
“Run to You” – Crash! Boom! Bang! – 1994
“Salvation” – Have a Nice Day – 1999
“Secrets That She Keeps” – Pearls of Passion – 1986
“Seduce Me” – June Afternoon single B-side – 1996
“See Me” – Salvation single B-side – 1999
“Shadow of a Doubt” – Look Sharp! – 1988
“She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” – Don’t Bore Us – Get to the Chorus! – 1995
“She’s Got Nothing On (But the Radio)” – Charm School – 2011
“She’s Got Nothing On (But the Radio) (Live)” – Travelling – 2012
“Silver Blue” – Tourism – 1992
“Sitting on Top of the World” – Charm School – 2011
“Sleeping in My Car” – Crash! Boom! Bang! – 1994
“Sleeping Single” – Look Sharp! – 1988
“Small Talk” – Joyride – 1991
“So Far Away” – Pearls of Passion – 1986
“So Far Away (Hotel Room Version)” – Tourism – 1992
“Some Other Summer” – Good Karma – 2016
“Soul Deep” – Pearls of Passion – 1986
“Speak to Me” – Charm School – 2011
“Spending My Time” – Joyride – 1991
“Spending My Time (Live Johannesburg 1995)” – Standalone live single – 2026
“Staring at the Ground” – Have a Nice Day – 1999
“Staring at the Ground (Live Rehearsals 2000)” – Spending My Time (Live Johannesburg 1995) single – 2026
“Stars” – Have a Nice Day – 1999
“Stars (Live)” – Travelling – 2012
“Stupid” – The Pop Hits – 2003
“Surrender” – Pearls of Passion – 1986
“The Sweet Hello, the Sad Goodbye” – Spending My Time single B-side – 1991
“Sweet Thing” – Joyride 30th Anniversary Edition – 2021
“A Thing About You” – The Ballad Hits – 2002
“Things Will Never Be the Same” – Joyride – 1991
“Things Will Never Be the Same (Live)” – Tourism – 1992
“This One” – Good Karma – 2016
“Touched By the Hand of God” – Travelling – 2012
“Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)” – Room Service – 2001
“Turn of the Tide” – Travelling – 2012
“Turn to Me” – It Must Have Been Love (Christmas for the Broken Hearted) B-side – 1987

U–Z

“Un Día Sin Ti” – Baladas en Español – 1996
“View from a Hill” – Look Sharp! – 1988
“The Voice” – Dressed for Success single B-side – 1988
“Voices” – Pearls of Passion – 1986
“Vulnerable” – Crash! Boom! Bang! – 1994
“Waiting for the Rain” – Have a Nice Day – 1999
“Watercolours in the Rain” – Joyride – 1991
“Way Out” – Charm School – 2011
“The Weight of the World” – The Ballad Hits – 2002
“What’s She Like?” – Crash! Boom! Bang! – 1994
“Why Don’t You Bring Me Flowers?” – Good Karma – 2016
“Why Dontcha?” – Good Karma – 2016
“Wish I Could Fly” – Have a Nice Day – 1999
“You Can’t Do This to Me Anymore” – Good Karma – 2016
“You Can’t Put Your Arms Around What’s Already Gone” – Have a Nice Day – 1999
“You Don’t Understand Me” – Don’t Bore Us – Get to the Chorus! – 1995
“You Make It Sound So Simple” – Good Karma – 2016