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# 75; The first appearance of "The Look" on a TV show was during a montage featuring Erika Eleniak and Chris Gartin in the Baywatch episode "The Cretin of the Shallows" of the first season broadcast on 1 December 1989. # 9; # 57; [5] It quickly became popular, and the station began distributing the track to their sister radio operations. # 85;

It topped the charts in 25 countries,[1] and was the first of their four number ones on the Billboard Hot 100. # 21; # 12; 1985 1981 # 66; All Rights Reserved. in 1989, Swing the Mood - It became an international hit, and was one of the most successful singles of 1989. "[12] Music & Media commented that Roxette "are widely tipped as the new ABBA. # 39; "[11], Bill Coleman from Billboard described the song as an "easy-paced pop track that incorporates an eager rock edge and funky rhythm underpinnings. is classic 80s pop. It would go on to peak at number one eight weeks later. # 26; A Collection of Roxette Hits: Their 20 Greatest Songs! # 14;

– Roxette's Greatest Video Hits, Ballad & Pop Hits – The Complete Video Collection, Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Look&oldid=980344983, European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles, Pages using infobox song with unknown parameters, Singlechart usages for Billboarddanceclubplay, Certification Table Entry usages for Australia, Certification Table Entry usages for Canada, Certification Table Entry usages for Sweden, Certification Table Entry usages for United States, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 September 2020, at 00:35.

"The Look" was remixed in 1995 and re-released exclusively in the United Kingdom in conjunction with the release of their first greatest hits compilation, Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus! Roxette live in Yekaterinburg: the set list (March 5, 2011) Samara was a smash (March 4, 2011) Roxette tour moves south to Samara, Russia (March 3, 2011) North America and Australia on the Roxette radar for later this year (March 2, 2011) Roxette live in Kazan: a promising start to … Already a smash in some markets, this one is too catchy for words. # 52; # 7; [67], The song is featured in the trailer for the 2019 film 47 Meters Down: Uncaged as well as a scene in the movie.

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This version of the song does not appear on the album, but two of the versions from this were eventually included on the European single "She Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (1996). Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018 ! # 49; The RoxBox! # 62;

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▼  Select Chart Below # 96; This "2015 Remake" was produced by Gessle, Clarence Öfwerman and Christoffer Lundquist. [9], Gessle wrote "The Look" while learning to program an Ensoniq ESQ-1 synthesizer, and stated that the song's "extremely important" sixteenth-note rhythm was inspired by ZZ Top.

One notable occurrence was in 2015, which the product of that effort being utilized for an advertising campaign initiated by a Swedish fashion retailer called KappAhl.

[6][7] EMI America had previously rejected the duo as unsuitable for the American market, and Roxette did not have a recording contract there. [2], The duo released their second album Look Sharp! in October 1988. # 70; # 81; # 37; # 19; # 32; [4], When "The Look" was about to be released in Sweden as the fourth single, an American exchange student from Minnesota named Dean Cushman returned from Sweden and urged his local Top 40 radio station KDWB in Minneapolis to play the song.

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