Gessle recorded the whistle himself and it took a total of twelve takes for it to meet his expectations. The idea of incorporating the whistle into the song came to Gessle after hearing the song Always Look On the Bright Side of Life from the movie The Life of Brian, which contains a similar whistled passage. The result was a three-chord-based song that was supposed to combine Gessle's personal musical roots such as the Beatles song Magical Mystery Tour and the music of T. This became the first line of the chorus. : yourself Hello, you fool, I love had left). The idea of writing even a song with that title came to him after his girlfriend to him on the piano the message Hello, you fool - I love you (dt. Gessle thought that this word would be a perfect album title. In a journal he read an interview with Paul McCartney in which this the songwriting process with John Lennon as long joyride (dt. As of 2001, Joyride has sold over 11 million copies worldwide.During the 1990s studio recording in Stockholm, Per Gessle was looking for a happy and positive-sounding name for the album that was being created. Roxette also toured extensively to support the record, the "Join the Joyride! Tour" saw them performing to over 1.7 million people across four continents. "Joyride", "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)", "The Big L.", "Spending My Time" and "Church of Your Heart" were released as singles. The album was a critical and commercial success upon release, with a retrospective review for AllMusic calling it "the work of two pop artists at the top of their game." Joyride topped the charts and was certified multi-platinum in several territories, and it remains one of the best-selling albums of all time in Argentina, Austria and Germany. The duo experienced considerable pressure from their record label to deliver a successful follow-up album, and resisted pressure to relocate to Los Angeles and work with experienced American producers. The album was recorded over an 11-month period in Sweden. Joyride is the third studio album by Swedish pop duo Roxette, released on 28 March 1991 by EMI as the follow-up to their international breakthrough Look Sharp! (1989), as well as the non-album single "It Must Have Been Love", from the soundtrack to Pretty Woman (1990).
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