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"Salvation"
"Salvation"
Single by Roxette
from the album Have a Nice Day
B-side	"See Me" and "Crazy About You"
Released	22 November 1999
Recorded	January–April 1998
Studio	El Cortijo Studios, Marbella
Genre	Pop
Length	4:04
Label	Roxette Recordings; EMI;
Songwriter(s)	Per Gessle
Producer(s)	Marie Fredriksson; Gessle; Clarence Öfwerman; Michael Ilbert;
Roxette singles chronology
Music video
	"Salvation" on YouTube

"Salvation" is a song by Swedish pop music duo Roxette, released on 22 November 1999 as the fourth and final single from their sixth studio album, Have a Nice Day.

Release and promotion

The song was released on CD as the album's fourth and final single on 22 November 1999, and was backed by two b-sides "See Me" and "Crazy About You"—both outtakes from the duo's 1994 studio album, Crash! Boom! Bang!. "Crazy About You" had previously been released in a slightly remixed form as a b-side to the duo's 1995 single "You Don't Understand Me". This is the first release of the Marie Fredriksson-composed "See Me", a song that would go on to feature on a number of releases: it appeared as a bonus track on deluxe editions of their 2002 compilation The Ballad Hits, and on both Roxette box sets The Rox Box/Roxette 86–06 (2006) and The RoxBox!: A Collection of Roxette's Greatest Songs (2014). A newly recorded version of the song was also released on their ninth studio album, Travelling (2012). The single also includes the music video of preceding single "Stars".^[1]

The video for "Salvation" was directed by Dutch director Anton Corbijn, and was shot in both Naples and Amalfi in Italy in October 1999.^[2] The song became a top 20 hit in Finland,^[3] but failed to replicate the success of preceding singles elsewhere: charting at number 46 in the duo's native Sweden,^[4] and at number eighty in Germany.^[5] A Spanish-version of the track, titled "Lo siento", achieved minor airplay in Spanish-speaking regions.^[1]

Formats and track listings

All lyrics and music by Per Gessle, except "See Me" music by Marie Fredriksson.

CD single (8879200)

"Salvation" (Single Version) – 4:04
"See Me" – 3:46
"Crazy About You" (Crash! Boom! Bang! Version) – 4:04
"Stars" (Enhanced Video) – 3:55

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Ballad Hits.^[6]

Recorded at El Cortijo Studios, Marbella, Spain between January and April 1998
Mixed by Marie Fredriksson, Per Gessle, Michael Ilbert and Clarence Öfwerman at Mono Music, Stockholm.

Musicians

Marie Fredriksson – lead and background vocals, keyboards and production
Per Gessle – background vocals, acoustic guitar, programming and production
Michael Ilbert – engineering, programming and production
Jonas Isacsson – electric guitar
Christoffer Lundquist – background vocals and bass guitar
Clarence Öfwerman – synthesizer, tubular bells, programming and production

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Salvation"
Chart (1999)	Peak position
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)^[3]	18
Germany (GfK)^[5]	80
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[4]	46

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Salvation"
Chart (1999)	Position
Europe Border Breakers (Eurochart Hot 100)^[7]	93

References

^ ^a ^b Thorselius, Robert (May 2003). The Look for Roxette: The Illustrated Worldwide Discography & Price Guide (1st ed.). Sweden: Premium Förlag Publishing. ISBN 978-9197189484.
^ Ballad & Pop Hits – The Complete Video Collection (DVD liner notes). Roxette. EMI. 2003. 7243 4 90946-9 7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ ^a ^b "Roxette: Salvation" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Roxette – Salvation". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Roxette – Salvation" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
^ Lindström, Sven (2002). The Ballad Hits (CD liner notes). Roxette. Capitol Records. 72435 42798-2 9.
^ "1999 Border Breakers Top 100" (PDF). Music & Media. 1 January 2000. p. 13. Retrieved 12 May 2022.