Joyride (Roxette song)

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"Joyride"
Joyride (single).jpg
Single by Roxette
from the album Joyride
B-side "Come Back (Before You Leave)"
Released25 February 1991 (1991-02-25)
RecordedJuly 1990
Studio EMI (Stockholm, Sweden)
Genre Pop rock
Length
  • 4:24 (album version)
  • 4:00 (7-inch single)
Label EMI
Songwriter(s) Per Gessle
Producer(s) Clarence Öfwerman
Roxette singles chronology
"It Must Have Been Love"
(1990)
"Joyride"
(1991)
"Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)"
(1991)
Music videos
"Joyride" on YouTube

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [20] Platinum70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria) [66] Gold25,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [23] Gold50,000^
Germany (BVMI) [17] Gold250,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [67] Gold15,000
Sweden (GLF) [15] Platinum50,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Australia25 February 1991
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • cassette
EMI [68]
Europe
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
[14]
United Kingdom
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
[69]
Japan27 February 1991Mini-CD [70]
Australia11 March 199112-inch vinyl [71]

See also

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