Fingertips '93 Explained

Fingertips '93
Cover:	Fingertips '93.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Roxette
Album:	Tourism
Recorded:	May; December 1992
Studio:	Nas Nuvens (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) EMI (Stockholm, Sweden)
Length:	3:42
Label:	EMI
Producer:	Clarence Öfwerman
Prev Title:	Queen of Rain
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	Almost Unreal
Next Year:	1993

"Fingertips '93", is a song by Swedish pop duo Roxette, released as the third and final single from their fourth studio album, Tourism (1992), on 26 January 1993. The single was only released in a select few countries, including Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Spain, and charted moderately. The song would be given a wider release when it was issued as one of the B-sides on the duo's proceeding single, "Almost Unreal", which was released four months later in May 1993.

Music video

The music video was Roxette's first collaboration with director Jonas Åkerlund, who would go on to direct a total of twelve music videos for the duo.^[1]

Formats and track listings

All music and lyrics were written by Per Gessle, except "Hotblooded", with music composed by Marie Fredriksson and Gessle.

• 7-inch single and cassette (Europe 8650237)

1. "Fingertips '93" – 3:42
2. "Dressed for Success" (live from the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 13 December 1991) – 4:49

• CD single (Australia · Europe 8650222)

1. "Fingertips '93" – 3:42
2. "Dressed for Success" (live from Sydney) – 4:49
3. "Hotblooded" (live from Sydney) – 3:55
4. "The Voice" – 4:27

Credits and personnel

Credits and personnel adapted from the liner notes of Tourism and Rarities.^{[2] [3]}

Studios

• Original album version recorded in May 1992 at Nas Nevans Recording Studio (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Single version remixed in December 1992 at EMI Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)

Personnel

• Marie Fredriksson – lead and backing vocals
• Per Gessle – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, programming, mixing
• Per "Pelle" Alsing – drums
• Dave Edwards – psychedelic voice (single version)
• Anders Herrlin – bass guitar, engineering and programming
• Jonas Isacsson – acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin
• Clarence Öfwerman – keyboards, production, mixing
• Staffan Öfwerman – backing vocals
• Alar Suurna – percussion, engineering, mixing

Technical

• Paulo Junqueiro – engineering
• Antoine Midani – assistant engineering

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)^[4]	2
Spain (AFYVE)^[5]	30

Notes and References

1. . DVD liner notes . . . 2003 . 7243 4 90946 9 7.
2. Tourism . Tourism (Roxette album) . liner notes . Digital booklet . . . 1992 . 7777 99929 2 8 . Stockholm, Sweden.
3. Rarities. Rarities (Roxette album) . liner notes . Digital booklet . . . 1995 . 368 832277-2 . Stockholm, Sweden.
4. Web site: Nederlandse Top 40 Roxette - Fingertips '93 . . 17 February 2017.
5. Book: Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. 1st. September 2005. Fundación Autor-SGAE. Spain. 84-8048-639-2.