Second single WILL be “På promenad genom stan”
Written by Lars-Erik_Olson on August 25, 2003 to Per Gessle.
STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - 
The Daily Roxette mistakenly reported last week that “På promenad genom stan” wouldn’t be the next single from the “Mazarin” album. Our information was incorrect. While “Födelsedag” was being considered, the final choice for the second single is indeed “På promenad genom stan.”
The new song will go to Swedish radio September 8th as “Här kommer alla känslorna” is still at #1 on the Swedish singles chart (for the 8th week in a row).
Update Aug 25: The b-side of the single will be “Inte tillsammans, inte isär” (2 timmars T&A Demo 28 juni 2003). Release date is September 17th.
Other articles with the same topic
- Happy birthday, Per (January 12, 2011)
- Per tells TDR that he and Marie are "thrilled" with what's to come in 2011 (January 3, 2011)
- Radio Halland’s annual interview with Per Gessle today (December 28, 2010)
- Macca at the Apollo (December 14, 2010)
- Per Gessle one of Sweden's most played songwriters (October 8, 2010)
65 comments
wonderful_balloon said on August 20, 2003 15:29:
Anyway, every song of this album will/would be a hit!!
bandquitter said on August 20, 2003 15:31:
Look sharp! A b-side song could hardly stand for an a-side... To many fan’s mind catchy “Sha-la-la” for me doesn’t seem catchy or fresh at all... I would say it’s borin’...
per_mson said on August 20, 2003 17:10:
Thanks for that! I got really pissed that EMI never can choose the right song for a single! ;)
Denstandigaresan said on August 20, 2003 19:42:
Will it be the Marie version? Or will they take her out...after all, it IS a Per song... not Roxette. And i’m sure Per would want this to be sold as his song?
But i’m happy... I like this song... *Contented Sigh*.
Mari said on August 20, 2003 21:14:
What? Take Marie out? Of course Marie will be also single version.
daniel_alv said on August 20, 2003 21:30:
marie is on someother songs to that per has released... she is just a backing vocals singer....
Denstandigaresan said on August 20, 2003 22:19:
Yeah, I know she’s been on other stuff.
Eeeeh, get out of my throat already... I was thinking out loud... Sheesh!
GTiG said on August 21, 2003 04:27:
blah... it would have been better with Födelsedag as the 2nd single... why? Because På promenad genom stan is booooring. Not bad though. But boooring. And it will NOT sell as well as Här kommer alla... atleast I don’t think it will...
Btw... last week they played Smakar på ett regn on swedish radio P3.
Spooky_Roxie said on August 21, 2003 21:30:
Blaaaaaah....... Födelsedag should be the 2nd single..... :o(
Lennon said on August 22, 2003 10:40:
No matter which song, I’m only interested in the B-Sides (hope there will be a REAL MXCD this time, not a 2-Track only)
But the “problem” why we have to wait is obviously the success. With a flop-LP the recordcompany would have paniced and added a second single very fast. On the other hand, with this success we can hope for a third single (could the album stay in the charts until next summer??)
tevensso (moderator) said on August 23, 2003 12:32:
Rumors say that “Tycker om...” is the third single.
pietROxette said on August 25, 2003 08:40:
I really hope it won’t be the third single. It must be Spegelball / Födelsedag!
tevensso (moderator) said on August 25, 2003 08:41:
Agree... However the b-side sounds promising here.
gyllene_tjej said on August 25, 2003 09:02:
yeahhh!!! Gr8 Bside! “2 timmars demo?? Haha :) Looking forward to it!
AntiMario said on August 25, 2003 10:00:
Demo from 2003?? Huh. What kind of I wonder
2 hours of sound or recorded in 2 hours? ;)
Parre said on August 25, 2003 10:44:
wow, sounds good
but 2 hours ?? what will that be??
and the third single is “tycker om....” according to the FC, Great, LOOOOVE that song
ditroia said on August 25, 2003 12:25:
Gungar has to be a single!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dave
xarrrr said on August 25, 2003 15:33:
yay! the b-side sounds wicked! YAY! but Fodelsedag shoulda been the A-side IMHO.... :-/
Marlene said on August 25, 2003 18:09:
I love “Tycker om ...”. Really great choice, if it’s true. I hope so.
PerAndren said on August 25, 2003 20:31:
I guess the demo was made to show how PG wanted the live version to be,, as the live version was very different to the old Scener version.... and maybe the demo was made in only 2 hours - which is a very short time - abit too short to be any good.... but who knows?
daniel_alv said on August 25, 2003 20:44:
you think he’ll sing “när en morgon blir september” in the demo to? as he did live...
gyllene_tjej said on August 26, 2003 09:05:
haha, same thought Daniel! Maybe he changed to september because most of the concerts took place in august, so it wouldn’t feel right to sing bout “ensamhetens tid” with thousands of fans on tour :D
Rich-UK said on August 26, 2003 09:50:
Great choice of b-side, I thought that “Inte tillsammans, inte isär” was one of the best songs on tour!
daniel_alv said on August 26, 2003 10:49:
it’s a great song, but i wanted something that we didnät have already, i hope the demo is great!
Starrox said on August 26, 2003 13:14:
Make that three people with the same thought ;-)
Edit: Almost forgot: “Release date is September 17th.”? Does this refer to the airdate or the commercial release? Just wondering since it’s a wednesday...
tevensso (moderator) said on August 26, 2003 13:39:
Release date refers to the date the record is available in the stores, as far as we’ve been told.
Starrox said on August 26, 2003 13:56:
Well, that’s what I thought, but you never know with EMI ;-) Kinda strange they decided to go for a wednesday-release, I think!
daniel_alv said on August 26, 2003 16:24:
the release is at the 17th according to ginza... and i think the wednesday is because GLF has chnged the week for counting the charts... they count the most sold from wednesday to tuesday now.... www.glf.se
and btw stars was released on a wednesday, if i don’t remember wrong....
gyllene_tjej said on August 27, 2003 08:01:
Gr8, not that long left to wait, i am sooo curious of the demo! Btw, does anyone know if the single comes out in jewelcase as Känslorna or in cardboard sleeve?
Jud (moderator) said on August 27, 2003 12:25:
would have chosen “Tycker om..” as 2nd single + “Födelsedag” as 3rd.. anyway, hope the bside is worth sth :P
daniel_alv said on August 27, 2003 12:28:
looks like a jewelcase
http://www.roxette.nl/images/nieuws/374-1f.jpg
Rich-UK said on August 27, 2003 12:36:
Wow, I love the cover! - I was thinking that the mellow flowers might make it there - great!
ally77 said on August 27, 2003 16:10:
Woooooooooooooooh Is that the cover... if so I like it loads...
daniel_alv said on August 27, 2003 17:48:
i like it to.... it’s very personal, as he said about mazarin....
gyllene_tjej said on August 28, 2003 16:08:
maybe the interview was done when Födelsedag was still considered as a single. So on Saturday we can expect him to sing Känslorna and Födelsedag, although I won’t be surprised if he takes På promenad instead.
daniel_alv said on August 28, 2003 16:16:
i hope he doesnt’ play Hkak on saturday... we have seen it twice already.... tycker om när du... and PPGS is better then.... or födelsedag and PPGS...
and the third single can change, i think
zaine said on August 28, 2003 18:07:
wooooo! goes to radio on my birthday...
wouldn’t it be cool if På promenad genom stan, and HKAK were at number one and two in swedish charts, with mazarin at the top of album list too?!? rock on Gessle!!
daniel_alv said on August 28, 2003 19:29:
happy birthday then! :D i know it’s not tge 8th yet, but still
yeah...i really hope that PPGS reaches no. 1 and that the other still holds it positions...
daniel_alv said on August 29, 2003 13:18:
mazarin and hkak is still no. 1
so we can get it this way:
albumchart
1 Mazarin
singlechart
1 Här kommer Alla känslorna
2 På Promenad Genom Stan
daniel_alv said on August 30, 2003 01:28:
i think it’s still aviable at www.skivhugget.com
oops, the DVD versiopn isn’t, but Mazarin without dvd is....
sundance_kid said on August 20, 2003 14:52:
Det skulle vara bra om de kunde bestämma sej nån gång..