Roxette – It Must Have Been Love

“It Must Have Been Love” – Song by Roxette from the album Pretty Woman Soundtrack. Released May 20, 1990.

“It Must Have Been Love” became a major hit in 1990 after including on the soundtrack to the American romantic comedy film Pretty Woman. The single was released on 20 May 1990 with “Paint” on the B-side. The single hit number one spot in numerous countries, including the United States, Australia and Canada. The video was directed by Doug Freel and was shot in a warehouse. It included clips from Pretty Woman. The song was re-released in the UK and Ireland in September 1993 to tie in with the TV premiere of “Pretty Woman”, reaching number ten in both countries.

Ironically, for a song which has been ubiquitous on the radio and in clubs for over 30 years, It Must Have Been Love started life in 1987 as a Swedish-only Christmas single (subtitled Christmas for the Broken Hearted). EMI Germany had asked Roxette’s songwriter Per Gessle for an “intelligent Christmas single”, but balked at releasing it internationally. In Sweden, it reached a more than respectable No 4, but it was inclusion in the 1990 romantic comedy Pretty Woman – starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts – that saw it explode around the world, spend 14 weeks in the UK chart (reaching No 3) and propelled the soundtrack album to triple platinum status in the US. By the time Gessle submitted the song for consideration in the film, the duo had already scored two US No 1s. Meanwhile, perhaps crucially, It Must Have Been Love’s intro and outro had been given crisper edits and the line “It’s a hard Christmas day” had been changed to “It’s a hard winter’s day”, adding to the song’s universal appeal. It has subsequently notched up five million radio plays and earned an astonishing half a billion dollars.

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Roxette - It Must Have Been Love

Roxette - It Must Have Been Love (Official Music Video)04:14

Sânt 4 versiuni oficiale diferite. Piesa originală a fost lansată în 1987, dar cea cu cel mai mare succes a fost versiunea din coloana sonoră a filmului “Pretty Women”, în care nu se mai menționează Crăciunul. De asemnea, au mai înregistrat și o versiune country. Cea de a patra versiune a fost înregistrată live în 2009.
Versiunea originală a fost “It Must Have Been Love (Christmas for the Broken Hearted)”
Videoclipul este versiunea din “Pretty Women”.
Roxette, au fost Marie Fredriksson (decedată), și Per Gessle.

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