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boykie19 said on May 18, 2003 11:11:
im subsribed 2 this email thing called popgoss anyways in the news letter roxette was featured with a link 2 their site check it out :
http://www.the-raft.com/news1118
it also says ON will be released on the 16 june :)
sorry if this has been posted about already :)
roxtexanet said on May 18, 2003 19:53:
This is very cool! If “Opportunity Nox” actually comes out (and doesn’t go the way of the infamous “Anyone” UK release...), it will be the first up-tempo single in four years (since “Stars”)... and only the third since 1994. Glad to hear it!
ally77 said on May 18, 2003 20:07:
See the date has changed already.. as EMI said it was released on June 9th... now it is another week off??!!!!
roxtexanet said on May 18, 2003 20:10:
The release date for “The Pop Hits” is still June 9th, it’s only the single that’s scheduled for June 16th, and I didn’t think we’d heard anything about a single prior to this (or am I wrong?)...
ally77 said on May 18, 2003 20:38:
@ Roxtexanet.... so sorry I misread it.... yeah TPH is out June 9th and OPPORTUNITY NOX is out on June 16th.... I CANNOT BELIVE THIS IS TO BE RELEASED.... I DID NOT THINK IT WOULD BE.... PROMO EMI - (IF YOU ARE READING!!)
~~~~~~~~~~~WE NEED PROMO!!~~~~~~~~~
s-czopek said on May 18, 2003 21:31:
Actually releasing “The Centre Of The Heart” in UK would be a RELEASE not a RE-RELEASE. The only single off “Room Service” in UK was “Milk + Toast + Honey”.
Personally I think releasing “Opportunity Nox” a week after “The Pop Hits” is a VERY bad idea. See what happened with “A Thing About You” (which was a far more “promising” single in UK than “Opportunity Nox”) released a week after “The Ballad Hits” ! Even if the album is a hit (which was the case for “The Ballad Hits”) it has no influence for the single released a week later.
JohnUK21 said on May 18, 2003 21:57:
Well I’ve seen the release schedule -
16 June Opportunity Nox - Confirmed
23 June - The Pop Hits - to be confirmed!
cskendras said on May 19, 2003 00:56:
Roxette Pop In
The mega-duo are back with new single and pop greatest hits
Now they’re back for more with a retrospective and a handful of new tracks to boot. The Pop Hits, out on 9th June, is a compilation of all of Roxette’s toe-tapping greats (see tracklisting below) and includes two new songs one of which, ‘Opportunity Nox’, will be released on 16th June.
The Pop Hits features all their best radio- and top ten-friendly cuts from ‘How Do You Do?’ to ‘Dressed For Success’. The list of hits looks like a soundtrack for the easy-listening rock generation and here’s what you can get your teeth stuck into…
1. Opportunity Nox (2003)
2. The Look (1988)
3. Dressed For Success (1988)
4. Dangerous (1988)
5. Joyride (1991)
6. The Big L. (1991)
7. Church Of Your Heart (1991)
8. How Do You Do! (1992)
9. Sleeping In My Car (1994)
10. Run To You (1994)
11. June Afternoon (1995)
12. Stars (1999)
13. The Centre Of The Heart (2001)
14. Real Sugar (2001)
15. Little Miss Sorrow (2003)
ally77 said on May 19, 2003 05:23:
This is the UK..... as much as we know Opportunity Nox would do well - IT WOULD HELP IF IT HAD RADIO PLAY.... but we all know this won’t happy.....
For me I don’t give a shit... I WILL buy the single if it is released for the sake of having it in my collection but I already have the album so I am not buying another copy..... EMI can get stuffed.... for the poor service they provide...
I am NOW waiting for Per’s new album!!
Vixzter said on May 19, 2003 05:50:
@ally77: the single will be the same as the european version, as thats what happend with ATAY, not even a UK cat# number to make it different.
rox-kuryliw said on May 19, 2003 13:37:
john i just wish they would release TCOTH as a single. thought it is fun fresh and new sound . i love it lol.
s-czopek said on June 22, 2003 21:42:
Yes, it charted at a poor #84 last sunday and is already out of the Top 100 this week.
thomasc said on June 23, 2003 10:34:
It was in HMV on 9th June in New Release section, a lot of them!
roxtexanet said on June 23, 2003 22:33:
Looks like “OpNox” is getting a little bit of airplay here and there...
http://bcrfm.co.uk/playlist.htm
http://www.islandfm.guernsey.net/island_fm_playlist.htm
...not exactly Radio 1, but I suppose it’s better than absolutely nothing. The single was supposed to come out today, anyone have trouble finding it?
hatbar said on June 24, 2003 11:05:
Has ON been released this week or has it been scrapped altogether? Go Guernsey radio for playing it though!!!!!
ditroia said on June 26, 2003 11:38:
ONOX is getting airplay here
http://bcrfm.co.uk/playlist.htm
Dave
steven said on June 26, 2003 14:25:
No-one seems to know anything about the commercial release of ON.
Another “Anyone” fiasco?
ChrisWilliams said on June 26, 2003 17:31:
The Centre Of The Heart is much stronger - I just don’t understand why EMI can’t see its potential. I think they should forget the release of Opportunity Nox, and focus on the past hits: Perhaps a double A-Side with The Centre Of The Heart (as it’ll be like a “new” song to UK buyers) and maybe The Look or Joyride.
No point having both The Look and Joyride on the same single, as sales of The Pop Hits will decrease.
s-czopek said on June 27, 2003 00:02:
It seems every Roxette single releases in UK are fiascos since “Wish I Could Fly”...
They haven’t reached The Top 60 since it was released.
xarrrr said on May 18, 2003 19:46:
thats really cool thank you!