Songs written by Per Gessle (Music Guide)

Source: Wikipedia. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 40. Chapters: Almost Unreal, Always Breaking My Heart, Anyone (Roxette song), A Thing About You, C'mon/Jo-Anna Says, Church of Your Heart, Dangerous (Roxette song), Do You Wanna Be My Baby?, Dressed for Success, En händig man (song), En sten vid en sjö i en skog/Tuffa tider (för en drömmare), Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave), Fingertips '93, Goodbye to You (Roxette song), Här kommer alla känslorna, Hey Mr. DJ (Won't You Play Another Love Song), How Do You Do!, It's Possible (Roxette song), It Must Have Been Love, I Like It Like That (Per Gessle song), I Want You (Roxette song), I Want You to Know, Jag borde förstås vetat bättre, Jag skulle vilja tänka en underbar tanke, Joyride (Roxette song), June Afternoon, Juni, juli, augusti, Kärleken är evig (song), Kix (song), Listen to Your Heart, Milk and Toast and Honey, Neverending Love, One Wish (Roxette song), På promenad genom stan, Pratar med min müsli, Queen of Rain, Real Sugar, Reveal (song), Run to You (Roxette song), Salvation (Roxette song), She's Got Nothing On (But the Radio), She Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Silly Really, Sing Along, Sleeping in My Car, Solsken, Sommartider, Soul Deep (song), Speak to Me (Roxette song), Spending My Time, Stars (Roxette song), The Big L., The Centre of the Heart, The Look, Tycker om när du tar på mej, Vulnerable (song), Way Out (Roxette song), Wish I Could Fly, You Don't Understand Me. Excerpt: "It Must Have Been Love" is a power ballad written by Per Gessle and performed by the Swedish pop duo Roxette. The ballad became the duo's third #1 hit in the United States, and is one of their best-selling releases, leading the single to be certified gold in a number of countries. The song, included on the soundtrack to the hugely popular film Pretty Woman, rivals "The Look," "Joyride," and "Listen to Your Heart" as the song most closely associated with them. In 2005, Per Gessle received an award from BMI after the song's four millionth radio play. "It Must Have Been Love (Christmas For The Broken Hearted)", the song's original title, was first released in 1987 after EMI Germany asked Roxette to come up with an intelligent Christmas-single. It went on to become a Top 10 hit in Sweden but EMI Germany decided not to the release the track. This version of the song was not part of any Roxette album until the 1997 re-release of Pearls of Passion, where it was included as a bonus track. The B-side to "Christmas For The Broken Hearted", "Turn to Me", also featured as a bonus track. Side A: "It Must Have Been Love (Christmas For The Broken Hearted)"Side B: "Turn to Me" During the run of chart-topping singles from Look Sharp! Touchstone Pictures approached Roxette's record label, EMI, and the group about contributing a song to the soundtrack of the upcoming romantic comedy release Pretty Woman, starring Richard Gere and Oscar nominee Julia Roberts. Pretty Woman was released in March 1990 and went on to make more than $460 million worldwide. Gessle has claimed that "It Must Have Been Love", by then a two-year-old recording, was chosen because Roxette did not have time to compose and record a new song while touring Australia and New Zealand. Gessle and producer Clarence Öfwerman took the original 1987 recording, had Marie Fredriksson replace a single Christmas-referenced line in the song and added some instrumentation and background vocal overlays to enhance the sound. Gessle