Dressed for Success

For the Ugly Betty episode, see Dress for Success (Ugly Betty).
"Dressed for Success"
Single by Roxette
from the album Look Sharp!
B-side "The Voice"
Released 28 June 1989
Format
Recorded 1988 at EMI Studios in Stockholm, Sweden
Genre Pop rock
Length 4:09
Label EMI
Writer(s) Per Gessle
Producer(s) Clarence Öfwerman
Certification Gold (Canada, Sweden)
Roxette singles chronology
"The Look"
(1989)		 "Dressed for Success"
(1989)		 "Listen to Your Heart"
(1989)
Alternative cover

"Dressed for Success" is a song by the Swedish rock duo Roxette, that was released on mid-1989 as the third single from their second studio album, Look Sharp! (1988). Originally, "Dressed for Success" was their first Swedish single to promote the album.

Production

The recording of the song was marked by a dispute between the band members but this apparently contributed to the strength of Marie's performance :-

"I was so mad when I did it. Everything about that session went wrong, we argued about the arrangement, we changed the key, I was dead tired of the song when I went in to do a guide vocal. Did it in one blast and suddenly realized, "hmm... this is it"."

—Marie Fredriksson, Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus! liner notes.[1]

Music video

The music video for the song mostly evolved on the duo performing together in a colorful "nightclub ruins" as several dancers, and even groups of party-goers, swayed into the song.

Charts

"Dressed for Success" was most successful in Sweden and Australia, where it peaked in the top three. It also was a moderate success across North America and Europe, and peaked at #14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

End of year charts

End of year chart (1989) Position
Australian Singles Chart[2] 20

Track listings

Released: 1988-06-28 // HMV / 1363207

  • 7"
Side A
  1. "Dressed for Success"
Side B
  1. "The Voice"
  • 12"
Side A
  1. "Dressed for Success" (The Look Sharp! mix)
Side B
  1. "Dressed for Success" (instrumental)
  2. "Dressed for Success" (7" version)
  3. "The Voice"

Released: 1989-10 // / 1363522

  1. "Dressed for Success"
  2. "Dressed for Success" (The Look Sharp! mix)
  3. "The Voice"

Released: 1990-10 // EMI / EM 162

  • 7"
Side A
  1. "Dressed for Success"
Side B
  1. "The Voice"
  • CD
  1. "Dressed for Success" (single version)
  2. "The Look" (Big Red Mix)
  3. "Dressed for Success" (New Radio mix)
  4. "The Voice"

References

  1. ↑ http://www.pergessle.net/pearls/roxette/bdbugttc.html
  2. ↑ http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1989.htm

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