Joyride (Roxette song)

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“Joyride”
“Joyride” cover
Single by Roxette
Released February 27, 1991
Format CD maxi
7" single
Genre Pop
Length 4:22
Writer(s) Per Gessle
Producer Clarence Öfwerman
Certification Gold (Germany), Gold (Canada), Gold (Austria), Gold (NZ)
Roxette singles chronology
"It Must Have Been Love"
(1990)
"Joyride"
(1991)
"Fading Like a Flower"
(1991)

"Joyride", written by Per Gessle, was the first single released from Swedish pop duo Roxette's 1991 album Joyride, the follow-up to the group's highly successful Look Sharp!. The single topped the charts across Europe, and in Australia, Canada and the United States, where it spent one week at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1991. In the UK, "Joyride" peaked at #4.

[edit] Track Listing

CD maxi
  1. "Joyride" (7" version) (4:01)
  2. "Come Back (Before You Leave)" (4:36)
  3. "Joyride" (12" magicfriendmix) (6:11)
  4. "Joyride" (U.S. remix) (4:05)
7" single
  1. "Joyride" (3:58)
  2. "Come Back (Before You Leave)" (4:34)

[edit] Charts

Chart (1991)[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 21
U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40 1
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 1
Austrian Singles Chart 1
Belgium Singles Chart 1
Canadian Singles Chart 1
Dutch Singles Chart 1
French Singles Chart 39
German Singles Chart 1
Irish Singles Chart 9
Italian Singles Chart 4
New Zealand Singles Chart 3
Norwegian Singles Chart 1
Swedish Singles Chart 1
Swiss Singles Chart 1
UK Singles Chart 4
Preceded by
"Crazy" by Seal
Swedish number one single
January 13 - April 24, 1991
Succeeded by
"Wind of Change" by Scorpions
Preceded by
"Do the Bartman" by The Simpsons
Norwegian number one single
11 - 17/1991
Succeeded by
"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" by Cher
Preceded by
"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" by C & C Music Factory feat. Freedom Williams
Austrian number one single
March 31 - June 2, 1991
Succeeded by
"The One And Only" by Chesney Hawkes
Preceded by
"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" by C+C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams
German number one single
April 5, 1991 - May 24, 1991
Succeeded by
"Wind of Change" by Scorpions
Preceded by
"Crazy" by Seal
Swiss number one single (first run)
April 7 - May 19, 1991
Succeeded by
"Wind of Change" by Scorpions
Preceded by
"Falling" by Julee Cruise
Australian (ARIA) number one single
April 14 - April 28, 1991
Succeeded by
"Tingles" by Ratcat
Preceded by
"Baby Baby" by Amy Grant
Billboard Hot 100 number one single
May 11, 1991
Succeeded by
"I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" by Hi-Five
Preceded by
"Wind of Change" by Scorpions
Swiss number one single (second run)
April 7 - May 19, 1991
Succeeded by
"Wind of Change" by Scorpions

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Joyride", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
  2. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
  3. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
  4. ^ Italian Single Chart Hit parade Italia (Retrieved May 31, 2008)
  5. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
  6. ^ Billboard Billboard.com (Retrieved April 7, 2008)