Dangerous (Roxette song)

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"Dangerous"
Dangerous-Roxette.jpg
Single by Roxette
from the album Look Sharp!
B-side "Surrender" (live)
Released10 May 1989 (1989-05-10)
RecordedMay 1988
Studio EMI (Stockholm, Sweden)
Length3:46
Label EMI
Songwriter(s) Per Gessle
Producer(s) Clarence Öfwerman
Roxette singles chronology
"The Look"
(1989)		"Dangerous"
(1989)		"It Must Have Been Love"
(1990)
Music video
"Dangerous" on YouTube

"Dangerous" is a song by Swedish pop duo Roxette. Written by Per Gessle, the song was released as the fourth and final single from their second studio album, Look Sharp! (1988). Gessle penned it just before Roxette's first tour in 1987. [1] Released in May 1989, it was the group's third top-10 single on the US Billboard Hot 100, reaching number two. It also entered the top 10 in Australia, Canada, and six European countries. The music video was recorded in the ruins of Borgholm Castle. In the UK and Ireland, "Dangerous" was released as a double A-side with "Listen to Your Heart". [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Bryan Buss from AllMusic described the song as "A/C-leaning". [3] Bill Coleman from Billboard stated that this "undeniably infectious popper will no doubt keep the super-hot duo in heavy pop radio rotation well into the winter." [4] Pan-European magazine Music & Media viewed the song as "another melodic, radio-friendly effort", that's "already doing well in the US." [5]

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Dangerous" was filmed during Roxette's concert at Borgholm Castle in Öland, Sweden, in July 1989. It is a mix of rehearsal and live performance footage from that show, and was directed by Doug Freel. [6]

Track listings

All songs were written and composed by Per Gessle except "Joy of a Toy", composed by Gessle and Mats Persson.

  1. "Dangerous" (LP version) – 3:50
  2. "Dangerous" (12-inch version) – 6:26
  1. "Dangerous" (7-inch version) – 3:46
  2. "Dangerous" (Waste of Vinyl 12-inch mix) – 6:26
  3. "Surrender" (live) – 3:12
  4. "Joy of a Toy" (live) – 4:10
  1. "Dangerous" (7-inch version) – 3:46
  2. "Surrender" (live) – 3:12
  3. "Neverending Love" (live) – 3:20
  1. "Dangerous" (Power Mix – long) – 7:02
  2. "Dangerous" (Power Mix – short) – 3:39
  3. "Dangerous" (dub) – 3:50
  4. "I Could Never (Give You Up)" – 3:49
  1. "Dangerous" (7-inch version) – 3:46
  2. "Dangerous" (Waste of Vinyl 12-inch mix) – 6:26
  3. "Surrender" (live) – 3:12
  4. "Neverending Love" (live) – 3:20
  5. "Joy of a Toy" (live) – 4:10
  6. "Sleeping Single" (live) – 4:15
  1. "Listen to Your Heart" (Swedish single version) – 5:12
  2. "Dangerous" – 3:46
  3. "Listen to Your Heart" (U.S. mix) – 4:53
  4. "Dangerous" (U.S. club edit) – 3:46

Credits

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of The Rox Box/Roxette 86–06 . [7]

Studio

Musicians

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [33] Gold35,000^
Sweden (GLF) [34] Gold25,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateRef.
Sweden10 May 1989 [2]
West Germany19 February 1990
Australia25 February 1990
US and Canada
UK and Ireland4 August 1990

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