Dangerous (Roxette song)

"Dangerous"
Single by Roxette
from the album Look Sharp!
B-side "Surrender" (Live)
Released 10 May 1989
Format
Recorded 1988 at EMI Studios in Stockholm, Sweden
Genre
Length 3:48
Label EMI
Writer(s) Per Gessle
Producer(s) Clarence Öfwerman
Roxette singles chronology
"The Look"
(1989)		 "Dangerous"
(1989)		 "It Must Have Been Love"
(1990)

"Dangerous" is a song by the Swedish pop duo Roxette. Written by Per Gessle, the song was released as the fifth and final single from their second studio album Look Sharp! (1988). Gessle penned it just before Roxette's first tour in 1987.[1] Released at the end of 1989, it was the group's third top 10 showing on the Billboard Hot 100, spending two weeks at number two in February 1990—kept off the top spot by Janet Jackson's "Escapade". The music video was recorded in the ruins of Borgholm Castle. It was released as a double A-side in the UK with "Listen to Your Heart".

The version on the single features a different introduction, omitting the instruments in favour of the duo singing the first line of the chorus.

Music video

The video for "Dangerous" was filmed during Roxette's concert at Borgholm Castle in Öland, Sweden, in July 1989. It is a mix of rehearsal and live performance footage from that show, and was directed by Doug Freel.[2]

Formats and track listings

All songs written and composed by Per Gessle, except "Joy of a Toy", composed by Gessle and Mats Persson.

  1. "Dangerous" (7" Version) – 3:46
  2. "Surrender" (Live) – 3:12
  1. "Dangerous" (7" Version) – 3:46
  2. "Surrender" (Live) – 3:12
  3. "Neverending Love" (Live) – 3:20
  1. "Dangerous" (Power Mix - Long) – 7:02
  2. "Dangerous" (Power Mix - Short) – 3:39
  3. "Dangerous" (Dub) – 3:50
  4. "I Could Never (Give You Up)" – 3:49
  1. "Dangerous" (7" Version) – 3:46
  2. "Dangerous" (Waste Of Vinyl 12" Mix) – 6:26
  3. "Surrender" (Live) – 3:12
  4. "Neverending Love" (Live) – 3:20
  5. "Joy of a Toy" (Live) – 4:10
  6. "Sleeping Single" (Live) – 4:15
  1. "Listen to Your Heart" (Swedish Single Version) – 5:12
  2. "Dangerous" – 3:46
  3. "Listen to Your Heart" (US Mix) – 4:53
  4. "Dangerous" (U.S. Club Edit) – 3:46

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1989–90) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 9
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 8
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 21
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] 2
Germany (Official German Charts)[7] 8
Ireland (IRMA)[8] 5
Japan International (Oricon)[9] 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] 17
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] 12
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[12] 12
Poland (ZPAV)[9] 3
Spain (AFYVE)[13] 23
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 9
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 10
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[16] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[17] 2
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[18] 21

Year-end charts

Chart (1990) Position
Australian Singles (ARIA)[19] 39
Canadian Singles (RPM)[20] 33
Dutch Singles (Top 100)[21] 77
German Singles (GfK)[22] 50
UK Singles (OCC)[23] 84
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 34
US Singles (Cashbox)[9] 32
US Radio Songs (Billboard)[9] 45
US Pop Songs (Billboard)[9] 63

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[24] Gold 35,000^
Sweden (GLF)[25] Gold 25,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Dangerous Songfacts
  2. ↑ Ballad & Pop Hits - The Complete Video Collection (DVD liner notes). Roxette. EMI. 2003. 7243 4 90946 9 7.
  3. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Roxette – Dangerous". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Roxette – Dangerous" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Roxette – Dangerous" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 9210." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Roxette – Dangerous". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Roxette". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Songs from the Year 1990". tsort.info. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  10. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Roxette search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  11. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Roxette – Dangerous" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  12. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Roxette – Dangerous". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  13. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  14. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Roxette – Dangerous". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  15. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Roxette – Dangerous". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  16. ↑ "Roxette: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  17. ↑ "Roxette – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Roxette. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  18. ↑ "Roxette – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Roxette. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  19. ↑ "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 50 Singles 1990". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  20. ↑ "Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1990". RPM. RPM Library Archives. 22 December 1990. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  21. ↑ "Jaahroverzichten 1990" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  22. ↑ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  23. ↑ "Top 100 of 1990 - UK Music Charts". UK Charts. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  24. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. p. 444. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  25. ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Retrieved 15 November 2016.

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