Roxette songs named “Essentials” by iTunes
Written by DanJKroll on September 13, 2006 to Internet.
PHILADELPHIA - Two Roxette songs have earned a place on iTunes new listing of hot songs, dubbed “iTunes Essentials.”
The iTunes Essentials listing picks 75 songs from each calendar, dividing them into three different categories: The Basics, Next Step and Deep Cuts. The Basics are representative of the biggest hits of the year, the Next Step category are listings of songs that you might not have heard before and Deep Cuts are sort of lost gems – hit songs that you somehow missed.
Roxette’s “Joyride” earned a place as the #1 Deep Cuts track from 1991, while “The Look” placed #5 in 1989’s Next Step field.
Somehow, “It Must Have Been Love,” the #2 track of 1990 according to Billboard, missed out in the listing of songs from that year.
Of course, Roxette fans almost certainly have these “essential” tracks in their libraries, but if you’d don’t, they can be downloaded from the iTunes service.
The top download track there from Roxette is “Listen to Your Heart.”
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12 comments
Room_service said on September 13, 2006 02:46:
So, according to those categories, The Look is a song “that you might not have heard before”. Haha, is that a joke? Maybe they don’t know it was a megahit. Of course, I guess the title doesn’t mean much for many people. But when they hear the song, they recognize it instantly. It’s in the wrong category, I think...
Sascha said on September 13, 2006 07:06:
In Germany (or whole Europe?) Roxette is listed in the essentials basics even 4 times! IMHBL for 1990 and “Powerballads”, Joyride for 1991 and HDYD for 1992.
I’ll never understand why only Rox material since 1997 is available in Europe! All the big albums are missing.
rox-kuryliw said on September 13, 2006 09:34:
IMHBL missed out ? proves these things are not all there .
whateveriam said on September 13, 2006 10:57:
Good idea that, though I agree, why no IMHBL? Strange iTunes...
coyboyusa said on September 13, 2006 14:26:
whats really disappointing is nothing after 1991 even seems to hit a chord with anyone out there
mbatalla said on September 13, 2006 14:50:
Per’s thought: “Now we can release another GH with the “essential song” beside the name of the song” :-D
It’s a joke... well done rox
Zaccharine said on September 15, 2006 18:58:
uhm... have you noticed how often Per mentioned his damn iPod on sonofaplumber.com? *g* Product Placement on both sides imho ;)
AURYTE said on September 16, 2006 15:32:
After having read this article I think, that there’s market for this up-coming Greatest Hits ;)
substitute said on September 13, 2006 01:38:
Great!!
Well done Roxette!