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the third album...

As 1990 wound down, Roxette completed its tour and returned to Sweden to record its full-length follow-up to Look Sharp! The 14-track collection, titled Joyride, was released in March 1991, peaking almost immediately at No. 12 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

 

01. Joyride 4:24

02. Hotblooded 3:18

03. Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave) 3:52

04. Knockin' On Every Door 3:56

05. Spending My Time 4:36

06. I Remember You 3:54

07. Watercolours In The Rain 3:40

08. The Big L. 4:26

09. Soul Deep 3:34

10. (Do You Get) Excited? 4:16

11. Church Of Your Heart 3:16

12. Small Talk 3:53

13. Physical Fascination 3:27

14. Things Will Never Be The Same 4:26

15. Perfect Day 4:05

 

J.D. Considine of Rolling Stone magazine reviewed Joyride: "By emphasizing its sense of personality, Roxette delivers more than just well-constructed hooks; this music has heart, something that makes even the catchiest melody more appealing."

 

The title-track single took off quickly, bearing a similarity to "The Look" and featuring Gessle whistling and singing lines like "Hello, you fool, I love you," which he claimed his girlfriend left in a note to him one day. "Joyride" the single reached No. 4 in the U.K. and spent a week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the May 11 issue.

 

Its follow-up, "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)," a power-rock song similar to "Listen to Your Heart" but uptempo with Fredriksson on lead, spent a week at No. 2 on the Hot 100 in July. It was then that Roxette embarked on an even more ambitious tour, eventually reaching more than 1 million fans in 108 concerts, including a few dates in the United States.

 

But it was at this time, as Per Gessle has contended, that EMI's American subsidiary made personnel changes that resulted in a downturn in the publicity for Roxette. Though Gessle has never fully explained, Roxette fans and close watchers could easily see that the momentum in America was slowing down dramatically. Though Joyride was certified platinum and made impressive worldwide sales, surpassing Look Sharp!, subsequent singles from the album -- the ballad "Spending My Time" and the bouncy "Church of Your Heart" -- failed to reach above the No. 30 position on the Hot 100. The same can be said for the U.K. chart, where "The Big L." (another bouncy pop-rock song), "Spending My Time" and "Church of Your Heart" failed to reach even the Top 20.

 

Some longtime Roxette and Per Gessle fans have contended as well that Roxette was not able to compete, especially in the American market, with the changing tide of popular music. The Billboard Hot 100 singles and Billboard 200 album charts were showing an increasing dominance toward the end of 1991 by new or emerging genres such as new jack soul and grunge. Groups like Boyz II Men, Color Me Badd and Nirvana were sitting at No. 1, and harder-core rap and hip-hop showed signs of their eventual rise to prominence, pushing aside simpler, more commercialized pop into which Roxette's music had seemingly blended perfectly.

 

Joyride

Hello, you fool, I love you.

C'mon join the joyride

I hit the road out of nowhere,

I had to jump in my car

and be a rider in a love game

following the stars,

don't need no book of wisdom,

I get no money talk at all.

She has a train going downtown,

she's got a club on the moon

and she's telling all her secrets

in a wonderful balloon.

Oh she's the heart of the funfair,

she's got me whistling her private tune.

And it all begins where it ends,

and she's all mine,

my magic friend

She says: Hello, you fool, I love you.

C'mon join the joyride

She's a flower, I can paint her,

she's a child of the sun,

we're a part of this together,

could never turn around and run.

Don't need no fortune teller

to know where my lucky love belongs oh no.

Cos it all begins again when it ends,

and we're all magic friends

She says: Hello, you fool, I love you.

C'mon join the joyride. Be a joyrider

She says: Hello, you fool, I love you.

C'mon join the joyride. Be a joyrider

I take you on a skyride,

a felling like you're spellbound.

The sunshine is a lady

who ROX you like a baby.

She says: Hello, you fool, I love you.

C'mon join the joyride. Be a joyrider

Hello, hello, you fool, I love you.

C'mon join the joyride.

 

Hotblooded

You know I'm hotblooded, baby...

Get on up and kick it all the systems are ready to go.

Well, are you ready or not?

Hey, I gotta know!

Baby, lay down the blues and let those guitars bleed.

I'm everything you wanted,

I'm all you ever need.

Cos I'm hotblooded, hotblooded,

I need your lovin',

I need your love so bad.

Flash all the lights, i'll be a camera tonight.

I'll snap the look on your face when I'm squeezing you tight.

Yea, sisters o' soul, we gotta burn this old house down.

Keep on beatin' those drums,

Keep on pumpin' up that sound, yea yea yea yea yea

 

Hotblooded, I'm hotblooded,

I need your lovin',

I need your love so bad.

I'm hotblooded, hotblooded,

You gotta know it,

I need a shot of your love so bad.

I stay up late

Where the night's alive.

No sleep at all

I work nine to five.

It's honey do that

And honey do this:

"Can I call you home?",

"Can I call you home?"

"Can I call?" -

You can call me miss...

You can call me miss...

Baby, don't you know that i'm

Hotblooded, hotblooded,

I need your lovin',

I need your love so bad.

Hotblooded, I'm hotblooded

You gotta know it,

I need a shot of your love so bad.

Hotblooded, hotblooded,

I need your lovin',

I need your love so bad.

 

Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave)

In a time where the sun descends alone,

I ran a long long way from home

To find a heart that's made of stone.

I will try, I just need a little time

To get your face right out of my mind,

To see the world through different eyes.

Every time I see you

Oh I try to hide away

But when we meet it seems I can't let go.

Every time you leave the room

I feel I'm fading like a flower.

Tell me why?

When I scream there's no reply,

When I reach out there's nothing to find,

When I sleep I break down and cry.

Every time I see you

Oh I try to hide away

But when we meet it seems I can't let go.

Every time you leave the room

I feel I'm fading like a flower.

Fading like a rose,

Fading like a rose,

Beaten by the storm,

Talking to myself,

Getting washed by the rain,

It's such a cold cold town.

Every time I see you

Oh I try to hide away

But when we meet it seems I can't let go.

Every time you leave the room

I feel I'm fading like a flower.

(repeat)

 

Knockin' On Every Door

Hey now honey, I got to face the floor,

You headed for the heart but you couldn't find the door,

Could you? Could you?

Well, I'm standing in the sun but I'm living in the rain,

I got to get a-whirlin' like a human hurricane

Over you, over you.

Now you're looking like a fox on the run.

And you're faster than a shot from a gun.

I'm pointing at you, oh you.

Talking 'bout you, hey you

I thought we had love in store -

You keep on knockin' on every door.

Babe, i've seen it all before -

You keep on knockin' on every door.

Ain't no lovin' you ignore -

You keep on knockin' on every door.

Keep keep knock knockin' on every door -

You keep on knockin' on every door.

Hey now honey, time is all you've spent.

You moved into the bed but you couldn't pay the rent.

Could you?

In the twinkle of an eye you electrify.

I got to get a-shootin' like a rocket in the sky,

Bye bye, goodbye.

Now you're burning like you're hot on the scene.

Don't you love to steal a part of my dream?

I'm looking at you, oh you.

Talking 'bout you, yea you

I thought we had love in store -

You keep on knockin' on every door.

Babe, i've seen it all before -

You keep on knockin' on every door.

Ain't no sugar you ignore -

You keep on knockin' on every door.

Keep keep knock knockin' on every door.

(repeat)

I thought we used to have love in store -

You keep knock knockin' on every door.

Hey babe, don't run around here no more -

You keep on knockin' on every door.

Ain't no sugar you ignore -

You keep on knockin' on every door.

Keep keep knock knockin' on every door -

You keep on knockin' on every door.

You'd better learn your lesson now...

 

Spending My Time

What's the time?

Seems it's already morning.

I see the sky, it's so beautiful and blue.

The tv's on but the only thing showing

Is a picture of you.

Oh I get up and make myself some coffee.

I try to read a bit but the story's too thin.

I thank the Lord above

You're not here to see me in this shape I'm in.

Spending my time,

Watching the days go by.

Feeling so small,

I stare at the wall,

Hoping that you think of me too.

I'm spending my time.

I try to call but I don't know what to tell you.

I leave a kiss on your answering machine.

Oh help me please,

Is there someone who can make me

Wake up from this dream?

Spending my time,

Watching the days go by.

Feeling so small,

I stare at the wall,

Hoping that you are missing me too.

I'm spending my time,

Watching the sun go down.

I fall asleep to the sound

Of "Tears of a clown",

A prayer gone blind.

I'm spending my time

My friends keep telling me:

Hey, life will go on,

Time will make sure i'll get over you.

This silly game of love -

You play, you win only to lose.

I'm spending my time,

Watching the days go by.

Feeling so small,

I stare at the wall,

Hoping that you think of me too.

I'm spending my time.

I'm spending my time,

Watching the sun go down.

I fall asleep to the sound

Of "Tears of a clown",

A prayer gone blind.

I'm spending my time.

 

I Remember You

Are you ready? Go!

I hear your footsteps like you're walking.

I hear your voice like you're talking to me.

And I can reach every moment,

Every caress like I'm living a dream.

Down to the bone, go little darling.

Oh I remember you,

Feels like it was yesterday.

I remember you,

You've got me running back again.

You shared my secrets and my laughter.

I fell in love with the light in your eyes

And I believed that summer would go on

And on for the rest of my life.

Down to the bone, go little darling.

Hey I remember you,

Feels like it was yesterday.

I remember you,

You've got me running back again

You've got me running.

Na na na na na na na na na na.

Down to the bone, go little darling.

Oh, I remember you,

Feels like it was yesterday.

I remember you,

You've got me running back again.

I say: na na na na na na na na na na

 

Watercolours In The Rain

Going through the motions.

Ending up nowhere at all.

Can't see the sun on my wall.

Going through emotions.

Ending up on a frozen morning

With a heart not even broken.

Seems I've been running

All my life, all my life.

Seems I've been running

All my life, all my life, all my life

Like watercolours in the rain.

Find a place to settle down.

Get a job in a city nearby

And watch the trains roll on by.

I'll find the falling star.

I'll fall in love with the eyes of a dreamer

And a dream worth believing.

Seems I've been running

All my life, all my life.

Seems I've been running

All my life, all my life, all my life

Like watercolours in the rain.

Like watercolours in the rain

Like watercolours in the rain.

 

The Big L.

She's the top, she's got the world on a string.

She makes me boogie, makes me do anything

Yea yea. -

Hey now, touch the sky,

You've got a certain kind of look in your eyes.

Well, she's a miracle, she's all that I need

Like the water and the air that I breathe

Yea yea. -

Hey now, reach the sky,

There's a certain kind of look in your smile.

And I know what love can do.

Yes I know what hearts can do.

The big love is taking the wheel,

The big love goes head over heels,

The big lust, bring it into the small world,

The bigger, the better.

Big love, waiting to catch the big one,

Head over heels, the big one,

Bring it into the small world.

I'm building the big big love,

I'm building the big big love

It's kinda strange, a bit mysterious,

I gotta take it oh so so serious. -

Hey now, touch the sky,

You've got a certain kind of look in your eyes.

It used to be so hard, so lonely at night,

Well, she's my baby and I'm feeling alright. -

Hey now, move the sky,

There's a certain kind of look in that smile.

When I'm making love with her.

When I'm making love to her yea

The big love is taking the wheel,

The big love goes head over heels,

The big lust, bring it into the small world,

The bigger, the better.

Big love, waiting to catch the big one,

Head over heels, the big one,

Bring it into the small world.

I'm building the big big love,

I'm building the big big love.

It has to be a big thing.

It's bringing me to my knees.

Has to be a big thing, big thing,

Ya know what I'm saying...

The big love is taking the wheel,

The big love goes head over heels,

The big lust, bring it into the small world,

The bigger, the better.

Big love, waiting to catch the big one,

Head over heels, the big one,

Bring it into the small world.

I'm building the big big love,

You know I'm building the big big love.

 

Soul Deep

Save a prayer for a sinner and a saint, my baby's coming back

Say a prayer, hide hide away yea baby's coming back

Hey hey hey, ain't gonna trouble his wandering mind

Gonna take on the time to find out if my love is

Soul deep - spinning the heart round a wire

Soul deep - a heavenly wave

Soul deep - heating the heart like a fire

Soul deep is taking my breath away-ay-ay

Save a tear till the curtain will fall, well I'm saving them all for you

Knock on wood, is it understood that I'm saving it up for you

Hey hey hey, love is a hustle just a moment behind

Gonna walk on the line to find out if my love is

Soul deep - spinning the heart round a wire

Soul deep - a heavenly wave

Soul deep - heating the heart like a fire

Soul deep is taking my breath away-ay-ay

Save a prayer for a sinner and a saint, my baby's coming back

Say a prayer, hide hide away yea yea baby's coming back

Hey hey hey ride on the soul train now I'm too close to hide

Gonna take on the time to find out if my love is

Soul deep - spinning the heart round a wire

Soul deep - a heavenly wave

Soul deep - heating the heart like a fire

Soul deep is taking my breath away-ay-ay

 

(Do You Get) Excited?

When the day gets dark over a thousand streets

And you feel your heart is a living beat.

When you're all alone and you close your eyes,

Naked to the bone the dream comes alive.

Do you get excited

When I touch you in the night?

My oh my...

Do you get excited

When I meet you every night?

You won't let the night pass you by.

When your body's hot, the window's open wide.

This moment's all you got in this race of life.

When you feel the fire is getting close to you,

Hey baby, you know I'm lonely too.

Do you get excited

When I touch you in the night?

My oh my...

Do you get excited

When I meet you every night?

You won't let the night pass you by.

Do you get excited

When I touch you in the night?

My oh my...

Do you get excited, excited

When I meet you every night?

My oh my...

Do you get excited

When I touch you in the night?

My oh my...

Do you get excited

When I meet you every night?

You won't let the night pass you by.

I wanna know.

I gotta know.

 

Church Of Your Heart

Can't we leave the world outside

Just for a while?

Just for a while?

And spend some time, you and I,

Under this bright glorious sky.

It's been so long since I first saw you,

But I still love that smile in your eyes.

Yes it's true, right from the start,

I believed in the church of your heart.

Yes it's you that made me be part of

And believe in the church of your heart.

Step inside, lay yourself down

Just for a while,

Rest for a while.

I can hear a thundering sound

Beating inside when you're around.

It's been so long since I first met you,

Since we made love, you know how time flies.

Yes it's true, right from the start,

I believed in the church of your heart.

Yes it's you that made me be part of

And believe in the church of your heart

In the church of your heart.

Yes it's true, right from the start,

I believed in the church of your heart.

Yes it's you that made me be part of

And believe in the church of your heart

Pretty baby, it's true right from the start,

I believed in the church of your heart.

Yes it's you that made me be part of

And believe in the church of your heart

In the church of your heart.

 

Small Talk

It's not the chapters he reads when you're feeling low down.

It's not the touch of his skin when you kiss him goodnight.

It's not the money he spends when you want to buy a daydream

And not that miracle smile that makes the sky bright.

It's not the way his hands behave when you've turned out the light.

It's the small small small talk that makes it all happen.

Small small small talk that makes you want to fly, yes it does.

It's not the way he believes in you like a religion.

It's not the thrill that you get when he's holding you tight.

It's not the way his eyes persuade you to stay the night.

It's the small small small talk that makes it all happen (just like that).

Small small small talk that makes you feel like flying, yes it does.

Information, heart and soul, a whisper, a word,

Confessions that have to be heard.

Small small talk, small small talk.

Come on now, come on now, come on -

You make it rock so heavenly.

Come on now, come on now, come on -

You seem to talk so heavenly.

It's not the way his eyes persuade you to stay the night.

It's the small small small talk that makes it all happen.

Small small small talk that makes you feel like flying, yes it does.

Information, heart and soul, a whisper, a word,

Confessions that have to be heard.

Small small talk, small small talk.

Big words... Small talk...

 

Physical Fascination

Hi!

I got to go, get aboard attack

A love jet heaven and back.

My-my-my-my-my-my-my.

And I got to find a power station with a beat,

I can't take no conversation.

My-my-my-my-my-my-my.

Looking for the inspiration

All succumb to the physical fascination,

All succumb to the physical fascination.

Hi!

Shake shake it up, this love divine,

You're out of touch, babe, I'm going out of my mind.

My-my-my-my-my-my-mind.

Talk to me! Why don't you talk to me?

C'mon and use your body language

And have yourself a good time.

My-my-my-my-my-my-my.

And radiate your sweet temptation

All succumb to the physical fascination,

All succumb to the physical fascination.

And radiate your sweet temptation

All succumb to the physical fascination,

All succumb to the physical fascination.

And all surrendet to the physical fascination,

Yea yea yea yea.

 

Things Will Never Be The Same

Lay it down, pull my heart to the ground.

Time's getting cold, now the leaves all turn hard and blue.

And I know when I gaze to the sun,

No place to hide I got nowhere to run from you,

Away from you.

Hold me now girl, I don't know when,

When we will ever meet again.

That was then, baby, this is now,

I try to get over you.

Losing you...

Things will never be the same.

Can you hear me call your name?

If we changed it back again

Things would never be...

In your hand,

Babe, I don't understand,

You've got the eyes of a child

But you hurt like a man always do,

Always do.

Touch me now girl, I don't know when,

When we will ever meet again.

That was then, baby, this is now,

Time won't get over you.

Losing you...

Things will never be the same.

Can you hear me call your name?

If we changed it back again

Things would never be...

Losing you...

Things will never be the same.

Can you hear me call your name?

If we changed it back again

Things would never be the same.

Things would never be the same.

Can you hear, can you hear me call your name?

If we changed it back again

Things would never be the same.

 

Perfect Day

Breathe some faith into my chest.

Lay me down, I need the rest.

Ever since the sky turned grey

I've waited for the perfect day.

Hey now - it seems you've always

Touched me like the sun.

There's no escape for the broken-hearted,

There's no return once you've lost your way.

I say a prayer now our love's departed

That you'll come back to stay and bring the perfect day.

Blinded by a crazy light

I fell into the darkest night.

Those magic ties, the two of us,

I couldn't see it turn to dust.

Hey now - it seems you've always

Reached me like the sun.

There's no escape for the broken-hearted,

There's no return once you've lost your way.

I say a prayer now our love's departed

That you'll come back to stay and bring the perfect day

Hey now - it seems you've always

Reached me like the sun.

There's no escape for the broken-hearted,

There's no return once you've lost your way.

I say a prayer now our love's departed

That you'll come back to stay and bring the perfect day

Bring back the perfect day.

 

***** My Roxette Fansite *****