Per: “New ballad untypical for Roxette”
Written by roxeteer on August 10, 2002 to Releases.
STOCKHOLM - According to Per, the new ballad from Roxette, “A Thing About You”, will be untypical for Roxette. “It has an acoustic guitar and a cello. And I’m singing. Usually it’s Marie who’s singing ballads.”
The video for the song will be shot in Stockholm about two weeks from now. It will be directed by Jonas Åkerlund, who has directed many of Roxette’s previous videos, including “Wish I Could Fly” and “The Centre Of The Heart.”
“A Thing About You” will be served to radio stations on September 9th, and available in retail stores on October 14th.
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80 comments
imazombieinthem... said on August 10, 2002 12:30:
Pers singing! Im going to love this! I cant wait! Onya Per!
JoyRidErno said on August 10, 2002 12:45:
...and Cooper. But Nothing is better than LTYH or TSHTSG...
Can’t wait to hear!
Sascha said on August 10, 2002 13:13:
That’s a surprise, I was 100 percent sure Marie would sing the new song! Maybe she joins Per in the chorus. Guitar and Cello, sounds really classy but you never know. The EPs are a great idea, makes the compilations worth a lot to old fans too!
coyboyusa said on August 10, 2002 15:21:
an acoustic guitar and a cello? either its gonna flop or chart just barely well
rouven282 said on August 10, 2002 15:43:
I’m also very surprised and even a bit shocked. I was also completely sure that it would be a ballad with Marie doing the vocals. Well, I agree that a Per-ballad is okay as an album track. Actually I don’t mind his singing on “Vulnerable”, this song is not one of my favourites because I think it’s in general rather boring.
joyrider said on August 10, 2002 16:06:
MAYBE IT IS A GOOD OMEN - we all thought that REAL SUGAR would be that big hit - and it flopped. now we think that A THING ABOUT YOU will flop and perhaps it will be that huge hit for roxette?!
little_girl said on August 10, 2002 16:45:
Personally I was very happy to read that it’s Per who’ll sing this song, ’cos I really really love Per’s ballads. Okey, Marie are sooo good at it, but Per’s ballads always had a special place in my heart. So... is it anyone else who come to think about NOTP here? I mean, a ballad, with guitar and chello... that sounds like the perfect song for NOTP... right? Well... we can only hope. *smile*
/little_girl
CRIZ said on August 10, 2002 17:24:
Per singing another ballad......I AM TOO YOUNG TO DIE......I don’t wanna see myself melting away again.....ooohh myyyyy....Night of the Proms will get dangerous....yam yam >:)
By the way: I DON’T CARE IF ITS GOING TO BE A HIT!!!!!!!!! THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT I LOOOOOOVE THE SONG!!!!!!!!!!! If a song climbes up to no. 1 in these days it doesn’t mean that it’s a good song...charts are all fake. Lot’s of artists are BUYING their chartpositions! Forget charts...
rockstar73 said on August 10, 2002 17:39:
Vulnerable was and is a good song like it or not. If Per would have released it when he was supposed to (Joyride album) it would have been a mega hit(at least here in the States) Those types of ballads were all over the radio that year (1991/92). It’s a shame that we haven’t even heard the song yet and you guys (supposedly Roxette fans) are already “dissin’” the song.
zeeshan said on August 10, 2002 17:50:
What are you guys talking about? Vulnerable is one of Roxette’s MOST beautifull songs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Call of the Wild was great too, I’ll be there (from TWATG). Lets hope this song makes it to the charts.
Peace 2 all.
Zee
NancyBoy said on August 10, 2002 18:10:
What are you all talking about? You haven’t heard the song yet, so how can you judge it?
cskendras said on August 10, 2002 18:19:
Vulnerable is one of their best songs ever, it’s a fact. but you know the all-time-problem was and still is the lack of promotion.
no promotion –> no success!!
Roxette have got soo many great songs, which
weren’t released as singles but we all know that
songs and that is quite satisfying to me....:-D
what the hell would i do, if i hadn’t heard
“I was so lucky”, “Cooper”, “What’s She Like?”,
“Lies”, “Things Will never be the same”, “ITYNTTGH”, MWMLML” and some more in my shitty life?!...
ROXETTE 4 EVER and now let’s party for roxette’s
big comeback ;-) (at least i hope so...)
Chris.
SugarBabe said on August 10, 2002 19:09:
WOW!!!!
that’s a GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!!
I’m more than happy...I LOVE PER’S VOICE!!!!
Finally a song is singing by the GENIUS GESSLE!!!!
Sugar.
DGessle said on August 10, 2002 19:49:
I can’t wait for this new *fantastic* song sung by Per... He is the best, he writes all songs of Roxette, so he is the best part of Roxette! I love Marie also, she has wonderful voice but can’t be compared with the genius! =)
Gessle power!
LoneGunman said on August 10, 2002 20:20:
Sooooo Cool !!!! I love Per´s ballads... actually my all times fave song is BLUE UMBRELLA... I hope that “A Thing About You” is going to be in the same stile.
Oh... uptempo songs like “Sleeping In My Car” !!! That´s the best news EVER !!! :)
Well, I think that all Roxette songs nowadays are going to be a flop, because EMI sucks... but really, who cares about charts ? :)
Go Gessle, Go !!!
LoneGunman
Afsilva said on August 10, 2002 20:47:
Weel, a Per ballad...
Really, Per made great ballads. Some said Cooper is bad. I disagree.
Of course, Marie Sings BBBBBBBBEEEEEAAAAUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTIIIIIIIIIIFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLYYYYYYYYY, but wait. If the song would be like “Things will never be the same ” live? I love that song. And per sings the most part.
Please, the song must be played in Brasil.
Thank you
gyllene_tjej said on August 10, 2002 21:40:
I want the 9th September NOW!!!! Bunny ballad, SOOOO amazing!!!! I am so happy and can’t wait, my heart is going crazy already!
GESSLE FOR PRESIDENT!!!!! :))))
spookymeg said on August 10, 2002 22:29:
Oh, yessss!!!!!! Now, after hearing this great piece of news, I can’t wait to hear it! Yessss!
Mfan28179-Jason said on August 11, 2002 03:21:
Woah. Like everyone else, I expected a ballad sang by Marie. This is quite a shock - for Per to be singing a ballad as the lead single! But it doesn’t matter to me. This sounds quite exciting.
imazombieinthem... said on August 11, 2002 10:09:
Excluding the US release, its been 7 years since a greatest hits album. Im sure people would rather buy a new album of greatest hits, than one that is 7 years old.
Us fans buying the new album make up a tiny percentage from sales. The idea is to get people who are not fans to buy the album, and if that means digging up old songs again to refresh peoples memory to who Roxette is again and to show there still around I think is a good idea the more I think about it.
And U2 have released a few dud albums too,some real crap, and they havent had hit after hit.
Per singing a ballad is a good change, there must be a good reason for Per singing it. He must just sing it better than Marie :) Im sure he knows what he is doing.
When do you think this song will be snuck out to the internet? Early September when radio starts to get it? I want it now! :P
vivien said on August 11, 2002 11:15:
Anonymus 1 2 3...If you can talk sh*t about Per and his voice you could log in so we could see your name.
Per is a great singer you should wash your ears...
daniel_alv said on August 11, 2002 11:38:
Gessle is a great singer... I agree on that... I mean, think of all the great songs from Gyllene Tider, who is singing? Gessle.... I mean flickan ien cole porter sång and sommartider and kung av sand.... The best would be if he sings it and marie has some lines to..... and i have always liked the demo of almost unreal better, because he is singing
pardek said on August 11, 2002 13:43:
dear anonymous, Per can definitely hold a tune when he’s live singing - believe me, i’m a popular music professor!
especially on cds he’s able to hold tunes...since there’s enough technique existing to help musicians=>so ATAY is going to sound perfect (at least in the voice-context).
to all others: vulnerable is a great song! i don’t like cooper that much, but Per is singing it VERY well... .
cheer up everybody: roxette 4 ever ;-)
pearls_of_passion said on August 11, 2002 14:30:
I love vulnerable, too. But I was so sure that Marie would sing the song. I mean it’s so normal that Marie’s singing all the ballads. It’s nice that Per is singing a ballad again. But what about the cello? Will this be a classic song?? I don’t know...
konstpaus said on August 11, 2002 14:40:
i cant believe all you people giving per crap!!!!!!!
i remember when per was singing in gyllene tider and he was like a huge swedish super star/teen idol and marie was struggling to make it big with a solo career. for fuck sake if it wasnt for per marie would not have international success because she doesnt write english lyrics. yes alot of people probably think “the look” wouldnt have been sung if she wasnt there, but hey you never know! gyllene tider released ” the heartland cafe” so they might have had a “look sharp” album in 1989 if marie wasent there!
give the guy some credit coz he writes the songs, he records the demos, he presents them to clarance at emi svenska ab., if you ask me he does 99% of the work and all those people who dis his singing r forgetting who the one is doing the main vocals on “the look” “dangerous” “joyride” the big l” “church of your heart” “how do you do” and “vulnerable” so you people should have a little think before you take the piss out of a guy that is responsable for all those 500,000 plus selling gt albums and all thos 10’s of million selling roxette albums b4 you start trying to say that marie is the headline act!!!! for fucks sake take your head out of your asses!!!!!
and remember: roxette is per gessle and marie fredriksson not roxette is marie fredriksson and per gessle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahaha
misteryman00 said on August 11, 2002 14:45:
I think that all of you who think that it will be a flop..should keep it to yourself..it very discouraging artist that want it to work...It’s like if you were saying to PER :hey man you suck...write song and shut up!! I don’t know if real fans would say that....Vulnerable?Cooper?are two both diferrent...Cooper sound realy dark and mysterious...Rare for roxette..Vlnerable..a classic ballads...It takes you no time to get here...amazing..im still lovin it after this year...Silver blue...is good too..Thing will nerver be the same..Great duo....All those demo that were sing by him...are good...but demo is demo...it never sound perfect...there are just a preview...made really quick...SO PLEASE HELP PROMOTE INSTEAD OF BITCHING ON PER AND IS VOICE!!.....there’s so many thing to do than that...
zeeshan said on August 11, 2002 17:38:
I am saying it again and will say it thousand more times (if required) Vulnerable was and IS a beautifull song.
Now when that is off my chest let me also tell you guys something when we talk about a TEAM then in a team there is NO I, ME, US it is always “WE”. What am I saying? DON’T Compare Per with Marie or Marie with Per. When you are working under the ROXETTE label you can’t differentiate in both as if an album becomes a major hit then the credit would go to Roxette, people would love Roxette. If it fails people won’t like Roxette, NOT Per, NOT Marie but Roxette.
Remember the “BRAIN” (Per) can’t function without a “HEART”(Marie) and vise versa. So people PLEASE do NOT differentiate between Per and Marie.
Enough said.
Zee
RoxiRoxt said on August 11, 2002 21:41:
Did you - the persons who think Per has a bad voice and can not sing ballads - ever heard the demo from “Secrets that she keeps” or “Love doesn´t life here”? If not - listen to it!!! Per has a great voice and he can sing ballads!!! These demos and the demo from “Almost unreal” are better than the original ones.
Vulnerable and Cooper are very good songs. I love this songs. Don´t forget the ballads from TWATG and GT. Great Ballads!!! And all sung by Per!!!
Go Bunny Go!!!! :o)
rockstar73 said on August 12, 2002 00:20:
I believe Per will do fine either way. There are fans in here that just don’t like Per’s vocals(especially singing ballads.) I think he’s very versatile when it comes to his vocals. He can do better than other male vocalists and atleast his heart is in it. We’ve said over and over and over he’s in it for the money–not neccessarily true. Even I thought that for a while because I was upset. The real problems are EMI contracts and the small promotions and non-existence here in the USA. I played a mix of new and past songs of Roxette to a friend of mine and he couldn’t guess who they were. He was listening to “Real Sugar” and at one point thought it was George Michael!!! Yikes!!! I laughed and shrugged it off. It didn’t make me angry but disappointed and realized what everyone in the states is missing–and the rest of the world. Getting back to Per and his vocals, honestly, I do like Marie’s voice but after hearing her on almost all the songs on each and every album it will be a nice change for once to let Per have the spotlight–I’m come on, doesn’t he deserve it once for all his hard work and writing? Even the songs he sings as openers–The Look, Joyride, Fireworks and so on Marie is still there and singing. Let Per have his spotlight and let Per sing his ballad and let us enjoy the new song no matter where it goes on any stupid chart or radio. At least we can be proud of them–they’re doing it for us not for the whole world anymore. Chins up and listen to them Rox! peace
Parre said on August 12, 2002 06:54:
@ rockstar73 I totally agree with you
its great to hear them on radio again doesnt matter who sings and i it will be a flop or not.
im wondering about you guys you say that it will be a flop, do you know it, you never heard it before so why you are telling this????
i will buy this single and the album even it will be a flop, who cares, me not!
Nefatari said on August 12, 2002 09:04:
A ballad sung by Per .. sounds wonderful! I didn’t like Vulnerabel that much, but now I love it. And I loved Cooper from the moment I had heard it the first time!!
I also expected Marie to sing ATAY, because we’re used to listen to ballads sung by Marie!
But I’m sure, ATAY will be gr8!!
GO ON PER!!! :)))
shama said on August 12, 2002 09:59:
IT’S ridiculous - who sings the song has nothing to do with chart positions (beside a fact that chart positions aren’t important as long as it is a new, good Rox song - and could a cello-acoustic-guitar-song be bad) - if it’s a good song it is going to be a hit anyway, don’t you think?. and another thing yet - i agree with IAMAZOMBIEINTHEMOONLIGHT - if per sings it (and he claimed many times he’s worse singer than marie) his voice must suit the melody better; it’s obvious they’re not going to release sth that is sung badly.
pietROxette said on August 12, 2002 14:23:
Real Sugar flopped because of the lack of promotion.
If this Gessle-ballad is not promoted (i.e. no TV-appearances, radio interviews, showcases), it will also flop.
TCOTH did well becasue Roxette have had loads of TV appearances in quite a few countries.
Gerdyn said on August 12, 2002 16:56:
A Per Ballad, great i love his voice in all the other ballads they have made expecially cooper, and the rare demo versions who al sing by per. I think i love the song. I love them both but, a ballad sing by Per is for me very special. Roxette is Per and Marie, the two voices together is really great. But without Per or Marie there is no ROXETTE.
Gezza said on August 12, 2002 16:58:
Ab fantastic, something with an edge will work wonders. If it is untypical then this will give them the edge they need to meet a wider audience
Mfan28179-Jason said on August 12, 2002 22:06:
I agree with the people above who suggest that the reason that Per is singing the song is because it probably suits his voice better - and I believe that is most likely the case.
Sascha said on August 13, 2002 07:16:
Don’t order this greatest hits CD at Amazon, it’s not the new album!!!
I saw it months before. Seems to be an import, maybe from Japan or USA. Stated release date is January 2001!
uman said on August 13, 2002 07:37:
how can so many of you think it´ll be a flop before you´ve even heard the song?? C´mon please! give the song a chance before you judge it.
I´m really looking forward to this release :-)
Heart_2002 said on August 14, 2002 16:05:
Go ahead Per.... give us that heart felt sound that i love so much....
roxfreak said on August 16, 2002 14:08:
Hello roxfriends:
I met Per one week ago in Tylosand, and i asked him about the new single compared to milk and toast..
He said to me that we could expect a much better single and a bigger hit then milk and toast...
Therefore, i think we can expect a quite good song from Roxette. That was the feeling a had after the chat with Gessle.
kroeby1 said on August 28, 2002 09:02:
yeah, yeah, yeah
i heard “a thing about you” just 5 minutes ago. such a beautiful song, and i’m sure it will be a great hit in europe.
thank you per for this fantastic song.
roxette is back
Katuska said on August 10, 2002 12:17:
Another Vulnerable? :-)))