Dressed for Success

Dressed for Success
"Dressed for Success"
Single by Roxette
from the album Look Sharp!
Released Sweden: 28 June 1988,
Worldwide: October, 1989,
UK: October, 1990
Format CD, 7", 12"
Recorded 1988
Genre Pop
Length 04:09
Label EMI
Writer(s) Per Gessle
Producer Clarence Öfwerman
Certification Gold (Canada, Sweden)
Roxette singles chronology
"The Look"
(1988)
"Dressed for Success"
(1988)
"Listen to Your Heart"
(1989)
Alternative cover

"Dressed for Success" was released on 28 June 1988 and is the second single from the Swedish pop duo Roxette's 1988 album Look Sharp!. Originally, "Dressed for Success" was their first Swedish single to promote Look Sharp! album in 1988.

Contents

Production

The recording of the song was marked by a dispute between the band members but this apparently contributed to the strength of Marie's performance :-

"I was so mad when I did it. Everything about that session went wrong, we argued about the arrangement, we changed the key, I was dead tired of the song when I went in to do a guide vocal. Did it in one blast and suddenly realized, "hmm... this is it"."

Marie Fredriksson, Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus! liner notes.[1]

Music video

The music video for the song mostly evolved on the duo performing together in a colorful "nightclub ruins" as several dancers, and even groups of party-goers, swayed into the song.

Charts

"Dressed for Success" peaked up at #14 on the American Billboard Chart. "Dressed for Success" was also a top 10 Australian hit in September 1989. The track entered the UK Singles Chart for the first time in July 1989 peaking at #48, but after the re-release soon after the success of "It Must Have Been Love" it peaked at #18 in November 1990. It reached the top five in Canada, Italy, Sweden, and Switzerland.

End of year charts

End of year chart (1989) Position
Australian Singles Chart[2] 20

Track listings

Released: 1988-06-28 // HMV / 1363207

  • 7"
Side A
  1. "Dressed for Success"
Side B
  1. "The Voice"
  • 12"
Side A
  1. "Dressed for Success" (The Look Sharp! mix)
Side B
  1. "Dressed for Success" (instrumental)
  2. "Dressed for Success" (7" version)
  3. "The Voice"

Released: 1989-10 // / 1363522

  • CDM
  1. "Dressed for Success"
  2. "Dressed for Success" (The Look Sharp! mix)
  3. "The Voice"

Released: 1990-10 // EMI / EM 162

  • 7"
Side A
  1. "Dressed for Success"
Side B
  1. "The Voice"
  • CD
  1. "Dressed for Success" (single version)
  2. "The Look" (Big Red Mix)
  3. "Dressed for Success" (New Radio mix)
  4. "The Voice"

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