Listen to Your Heart
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| "Listen to Your Heart" | ||
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| Single by Roxette | ||
| from the album Look Sharp! | ||
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 05:27 | |
| Label | EMI | |
| Writer(s) | Per Gessle | |
| Roxette singles chronology | ||
| "Dressed for Success" (1989) |
"Listen to Your Heart" (1989) |
"Dangerous" (1989) |
"Listen to Your Heart" was the third single issued in the United States from Swedish pop duo Roxette's 1988 album Look Sharp!. It was written by Per Gessle and Mats M.P. Persson. It reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on November 4, 1989; it was their second chart-topper of the year.
Roxette recorded the video for "Listen to Your Heart" in the Borgholm Castle ruin on the Swedish Baltic Sea island of Öland .
On a historical note, "Listen to Your Heart" was used by the dissident political party Civic Forum in its television advertisements for the 1989 Czechoslovakian elections, one of the pivotal moments of the collapse of communism.
In 2005, Belgian dance group D.H.T.'s trance-cover of "Listen to Your Heart" became a worldwide club hit. Originally released in Belgium in 2003, the various mixes of the song reached U.S. clubs in late 2004. By mid 2005, the song reached the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 8 in August.
The Roxette version of this song was featured on the TV show Reunion in 2005.
In 3 October 2006, Broadcast Music Incorporated awarded Per Gessle and Mats "MP" Persson as the song had reached its 3 millionth broadcast on United States radio. It took nine years to reach two million and eight years more to reach three million. The total playing time non-stop was 17 years. The D.H.T. dance cover is included.
| Preceded by "Miss You Much" by Janet Jackson |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single November 4, 1989 |
Succeeded by "When I See You Smile" by Bad English |
