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Roxette song surpasses one billion Spotify streams

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  • Roxette's "It must have been love" has over one billion streams on Spotify.
  • The song was first released in 1987 and later featured in "Pretty woman."
  • Per Gessle reportedly expressed pride and described its creation in Halmstad.

The Roxette song "It must have been love" has reached over one billion streams on Spotify, according to reports from Kristianstadsbladet and Svenska Dagbladet. The song was first released in 1987, and three years later in a more well-known version that was included on the soundtrack to the film "Pretty woman." Per Gessle reportedly said in a press release that he is a very proud father of the song and that it was written on piano in the attic in Halmstad, Sweden, and was a bit difficult for him to sing, but when Marie Fredriksson took hold of it, it sounded somewhat magical at once.

I am a very proud father of the song and that it was written on piano in the attic in Halmstad, Sweden, and was a bit difficult for me to sing, but when Marie Fredriksson took hold of it, it sounded somewhat magical at once.

Per Gessle

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