''Dance Passion'' is a

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Roxette Roxette was a Swedish pop rock duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson (vocals and keyboards) and Per Gessle (vocals and guitar). Formed in 1986, the duo became an international act in the late 1980s, when they released their breakthrough second a ...

, released on 27 March 1987 by

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. It consists of

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ed versions of tracks from their debut album, ''

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'' (1986). The album was only released on

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in select European territories, namely Sweden, Germany and Italy. It failed to chart in the latter countries, and sold just 27,000 copies in Sweden, peaking at number 19 and spending four weeks on the

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. It has never been reissued or pressed onto

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or CD. Songs on the record were predominantly remixed by Swedish producer and engineer Kaj Erixon, with the exception of René Hedemyr's remix of "

Neverending Love "Neverending Love" is a song by Swedish pop music duo Roxette, released on 8 July 1986 by EMI as their debut single. The track was originally written in Swedish by Per Gessle, as "Svarta glas" ("Black Glass"), for recording artist Pernilla Wahl ...

", and the version of "Secrets That She Keeps", which was created by longtime Roxette

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Alar Suurna. Two of these remixes had previously been issued on their respective singles: the aforementioned remix of "Neverending Love" appeared under the names "Extended Club Mix" or "Euro Mix" on the

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released in France; the remix of " Soul Deep" also featured on that song's 12" single, under the title "Extended Mix". All other remixes are exclusive to this release.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Dance Passion''. * Roxette are

Per Gessle Per Håkan Gessle (; born 12 January 1959) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the male half and primary songwriter of the Swedish pop rock duo Roxette, which he formed with Marie Fredriksson in 1986 and which was d ...

and

Marie Fredriksson Gun-Marie Fredriksson (; 30 May 1958 – 9 December 2019) was a Swedish singer, songwriter, pianist and painter, who was best known internationally as the lead vocalist of pop rock pop duo, duo Roxette, which she formed in 1986 with Per Gessle. ...

* Originally produced by

Clarence Öfwerman Clarence Öfwerman (born 22 November 1957) is a Swedish record producer, best known as the longtime producer of Roxette, having been with the band from their debut album ''Pearls of Passion'' in 1986 through to 2016's ''Good Karma'', Roxette's l ...

at EMI Studios,

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, Sweden *

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ed by René Hedemyr ("Neverending Love"), Alar Suurna ("Secrets That She Keeps") and Kaj Erixon * Additional

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by Kent Gillström at

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by Peter Dahl at

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, Stockholm, Sweden * All songs

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by Jimmy Fun Music, except "Soul Deep" by Happy Accident Music Musicians *

Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

— Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle *

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—

Marianne Flynner Marianne Flynner, (born 16 September 1954) is a Swedish singer. During the 1980s she travelled with Rocktåget, and sung as a backup-choir girl with among others, Roxette and Eva Dahlgren. For eight years, she lived in California, before study ...

and

Anne-Lie Rydé Anne-Lie Rydé (born 17 October 1956 in Stockholm) is a Swedish pop and rock singer. Rydé grew up on Lidingö, but moved to Gothenburg in 1976. There she played with the Gothenburg-based band Extra from 1978 to 1983. She moved back to Stock ...

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— Tommy Cassemar *

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— Per "Pelle" Alsing, Per Andersson and Tim Wener *

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s — Staffan Astner, Jonas Isacsson and Mats "MP" Persson *

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— Clarence Öfwerman *

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— Mats "MP" Persson *

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— Uno Forsberg, Mikael Renlinden and Tomas Sjörgen (on "Soul Deep")

Charts

References

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