Salvation (Roxette song) explained

Salvation
Cover:	Roxette Salvation.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Roxette
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
Prev Title:	Stars
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	The Centre of the Heart
Next Year:	2001

"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.

Release and promotion

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 (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, but failed to replicate the success of preceding singles elsewhere: charting at number 46 in the duo's native Sweden, and at number eighty in Germany. A Spanish-version of the track, titled "Lo siento", achieved minor airplay in Spanish-speaking regions.^[1]

Formats and track listings

All lyrics and music by Per Gessle, except "See Me" music by Marie Fredriksson.

• CD single (8879200)

1. "Salvation" – 4:04
2. "See Me" – 3:46
3. "Crazy About You" – 4:04
4. "Stars" – 3:55

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Ballad Hits.^[3]

• Recorded at El Cortijo Studios, Marbella, Spain between January and April 1998
• Mixed by Marie Fredriksson, Per Gessle, Michael Ilbert and Clarence Öfwerman at Mono Music, Stockholm.

Musicians

• Marie Fredriksson – lead and background vocals, keyboards and production
• Per Gessle – background vocals, acoustic guitar, programming and production
• Michael Ilbert – engineering, programming and production
• Jonas Isacsson – electric guitar
• Christoffer Lundquist – background vocals and bass guitar
• Clarence Öfwerman – synthesizer, tubular bells, programming and production

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)!scope="col"

Position
Europe Border Breakers (Eurochart Hot 100)^[4]	93

Notes and References

1. Book: Thorselius, Robert . The Look for Roxette: The Illustrated Worldwide Discography & Price Guide. 1st. May 2003. Premium Förlag Publishing . Sweden. 978-9197189484.
2. . DVD liner notes . . . 2003 . 7243 4 90946-9 7.
3. The Ballad Hits. The Ballad Hits. Roxette. 2002. Sven. Lindström. CD liner notes. Capitol Records. 72435 42798-2 9.
4. 1999 Border Breakers Top 100. Music & Media. 1 January 2000. 13. 12 May 2022.