"Salvation" | ||||
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Single by Roxette | ||||
from the album Have a Nice Day | ||||
B-side | "See Me" and "Crazy About You" | |||
Released | 22 November 1999 | |||
Recorded | January–April 1998 | |||
Studio | El Cortijo Studios, Marbella | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 4:04 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Per Gessle | |||
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Roxette singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Salvation" on YouTube |
"Salvation" is a song by Swedish pop music duo Roxette, released on 22 November 1999 as the fourth and final single from their sixth studio album, Have a Nice Day.
The song was released on CD as the album's fourth and final single on 22 November 1999, and was backed by two b-sides "See Me" and "Crazy About You"—both outtakes from the duo's 1994 studio album, Crash! Boom! Bang!. "Crazy About You" had previously been released in a slightly remixed form as a b-side to the duo's 1995 single " You Don't Understand Me". This is the first release of the Marie Fredriksson-composed "See Me", a song that would go on to feature on a number of releases: it appeared as a bonus track on deluxe editions of their 2002 compilation The Ballad Hits, and on both Roxette box sets The Rox Box/Roxette 86–06 (2006) and The RoxBox!: A Collection of Roxette's Greatest Songs (2014). A newly recorded version of the song was also released on their ninth studio album, Travelling (2012). The single also includes the music video of preceding single " Stars". [1]
The video for "Salvation" was directed by Dutch director Anton Corbijn, and was shot in both Naples and Amalfi in Italy in October 1999. [2] The song became a top 20 hit in Finland, [3] but failed to replicate the success of preceding singles elsewhere: charting at number 46 in the duo's native Sweden, [4] and at number eighty in Germany. [5] A Spanish-version of the track, titled "Lo siento", achieved minor airplay in Spanish-speaking regions. [1]
All lyrics and music by Per Gessle, except "See Me" music by Marie Fredriksson.
Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Ballad Hits. [6]
Musicians
Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista) [3] | 18 |
Germany ( Official German Charts) [5] | 80 |
Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan) [4] | 46 |
Chart (1999) | Position |
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Europe Border Breakers (Eurochart Hot 100) [7] | 93 |
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