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UK gets release date for “One Wish”

Written by davidjjanderson1981 on September 3, 2006 to .

LONDON - “One Wish,” the new Roxette single is set to be released in the United Kingdom on September 25th according to a report appearing on the BBC website.

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50 comments

secrets_that_sh... said on :

Great news...

...but...

Is it going to get any promotion or airplay?

It would be nice if they do a bit of promotion as they did with “A Thing About You”.

Scandinavian bands seem to be on the rise again in the UK, after the success of A-ha’s “Analogue” album ...but again they worked really hard doing loads of promotion as well as a few concerts.

secrets_that_sh... said on :

Yes, it was certainly difficult to find, but here it is,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp/new_releases/soon.shtml#September%2025th

***daidjjanderson1981*** How did you come across this information???

kashee said on :

If it’s true, this would be Roxette’s first UK single release in nearly 7 years. The last song to be released on single format in the UK was ’Stars’ way back in October 1999.

chrisjankunas said on :

Please ! Let it be true !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Toni said on :

This is fantastic! Let the whole world get the new song!

The next stop is the US :))))

chrisr86 said on :

Well that’s funny, because I just emailed Marie Dimberg yesterday saying the UK fans really need to know the release dates of the GH, RoxBox and ’One Wish’ soon, as pretty much everywhere else has a release schedule sorted.

Could just be a coincidence, but still...!

whateveriam said on :

*twilight zone music*

whoopee!

ncurran said on :

Its very unlikely to be true. It is not clear where the BBC got this release date info. I would only believe it if it is in an industry publication like Music week, or listed as a forthcoming release in one of the record shops.
In any case the single probably will be available as a digital download on itunes, etc. That is nothing special though, as even and Marie/Per solo stuff is released on there

Santi said on :

That is cool, because in Spain we only get UK single releases, isn’t it? :D
They could have placed reveal as a B-side. Aren’t single releases supposed to have 2 B-sides and an A-side? Why does Roxette always get away with only one B-side?

rox-kuryliw said on :

well if they dont change that cover lol cant see it doing to well LOL (all based on that one cover for it ;-) )

Santi do u only get singles that have been released in UK ? or u kidding ?

chrisr86 said on :

@ Santi: It seems like ’Reveal’ may be planned to be the second single off the GH judging from comments made about it, so it wouldn’t make sense to put it as a B-side :-)

Wicf said on :

I always thought their last single release in UK was MATAH, which charted at #78

ncurran said on :

wicf, the last physical single release was MATAH, you are right.
Santi, if it is released here (which i doubt) there will prob be a maxi single and possibly a 2 track single. Most artists release both nowadays, but very few release ONLY a 2 track single here.

Santi said on :

At least in the city where I live (Valencia), we get UK single releases. Not only Roxette, but other bands’ as well :s
That may be different in Barcelona and Madrid, but it seems to be the case for Valencia :s I also think it’s weird... but I don’t think Spain is a big market for single releases... And certainly Valencia is not a big market for pop music as a whole... they never have a bloody concert in this town, and we’re over a million people living here :s

Oh, Reveal another single... that’s nice. Let’s hope that has Myth’s demo as B-side! :D

Junkie said on :

so this would be not just only NL release, but also a UK one, right?

rox-kuryliw said on :

bloody demo’s no thank you .

Denstandigaresan said on :

Yes, the last single was MATAH in 2001. I know for sure because myself and a couple fellow Roxers went to London for the promotion stuff.
Which was shocking to say the least.

I’m afraid i’m not at all excited about this. :(
And I doubt i’ll buy the single. Unless I can find it cheap enough!
When you can get an album for £6.99, paying £3.99 or so for a single doesn’t appeal to me. ;)

abysmo said on :

Hope that Reveal will be 2nd single. Out somewhere in January.

ally77 said on :

Well I’ll buy it if I can find it, lets hope EMI can confirm it is true or not soon!

suusje said on :

this is great! i hope one wish will often be heard! Also in holland

RJ1976 said on :

I read the same thing this morning.... So probaly its going to be promoted there.... Without promosion they wouldnt realse it.

chrisjankunas said on :

Thre editors note has vanished - is it comfirmed then?

ncurran said on :

think they’ve just taken away the editors note, because they now have the link to the BBC weblink. Still dont think its true though

secrets_that_sh... said on :

***kashee***
***wicf***
***ncurran***
***denstandigaresan***

You are partially right. MATAH was the last Roxette single made in the UK. The EMI CD factory in Swindon was closed in 2002, to concentrate production in the Uden factory in the Netherlands.

ATAY was in fact released in the UK, but it was manufactured in Holland. And if it wasn’t released in the UK how come I could find it in my local Woolworth’s?

I don’t think Opportunity Nox was released in the UK though, at least I couldn’t find it anywhere, I bought it in Spain when I was on holidays.

ncurran said on :

your right actually. i forgot that ATAY was released

Roxryder-V2002 said on :

Sorry guys but do you really think UK release date comes before Sweden? I don’t see this happening any time soon maybe after October 4. Hope i’m wrong because this would be great but to me BBC took some info from the forums lying around the net and published without checking the dates first.

Again, hope i’m wrong...

ally77 said on :

@ Roxryder-V2002

You are wrong, it’s released in Sweden on the 20th September and Germany on the 22nd....

The UK release is on the 25th, that makes it 5 days after Sweden!

ally77 said on :

Also I got ATAY in my local Woolworths as well, and HMV stocked it as well! :)

ally77 said on :

Opp Nox, didn’t get a UK release... I think I got the German release!

ncurran said on :

ally, 20th Sept is the radio airplay date in sweden, the single isnt released until 4th Oct

tevensso (moderator) said on :

I agree, it sounds very unlikely that a possible UK release is 2 weeks before a Swedish.

ally77 said on :

So it changed, as on the original article on TDR is says September 20th....

http://www2.dailyroxette.com/article.php/2081

ncurran said on :

yeah it must have been delayed. the new release date is in this article.
http://www2.dailyroxette.com/article.php/2094

Wicf said on :

I completely forgot ATAY was released in UK. Charted outside the Top 75 like MATAH, I suppose. I think OW won’t do better :( But it doesn’t matter anyway. I only hope OW is a great song!

ally77 said on :

So I am gonna guess that the BBC site has the old perhaps original release date...

secrets_that_sh... said on :

***wicf***

I think ATAY peaked at no 11 in the UK, but I’m not entirely positive.

Can anybody confirm this???

Thanks

ncurran said on :

No it was WICF that peaked at 11. ATAY didnt chart at all

ally77 said on :

Correct Neil!

Kiwein1 said on :

Great news for all the UK guys here. I still hope that OW isn’t as crappy as ON was.

ally77 said on :

Oh god so do I!

chrisr86 said on :

In my opinion, Opportunity Nox was great! Not their finest moment by any means, but still really good. But hey, that’s just me ;-)

I really hope (if and when it’s released) that One Wish gets at least some promotion though... although we know what EMI are usually like *rolls eyes*

Room_service said on :

chrisr86, I agree with you! You are not alone. I love ON. I think it’s one of the most underrated Roxette singles ever. It deserved to be a hit!

Kiwein1 said on :

Ok, I’d say the song itself was ok, but the production was lousy.

ncurran said on :

well i emailed HMV yesterday to ask if they have anything on their release schedules. Will let you know what they come back with, if anything. I figured I was more likely to get a response from them than EMI UK.

Denstandigaresan said on :

secrets_that_she_keeps ah yes... but I didn’t get it from the UK.
I do remember trying to find it, but wasn’t successful.

ally77 said on :

Still nothing on the HMV site!

ncurran said on :

Just what i expected....

Dear Neil

Thank you for your recent email.

I am sorry to inform you that we do not have any listing for this product on our database. We carry information for hundreds of thousands of products and these are added to daily.

Please check back regularly at www.hmv.co.uk as the title that you are enquiring about may become available at some point in the future.

Kind Regards,

Abdullah Nofal

Customer Service
www.hmv.co.uk

SteManCorps said on :

This is brilliant news. I’m a HUUUGE Rox fan here in the UK.

Gazroxno7 said on :

I work for hmv and will keep you posted when i see something

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