"Roxette" is the debut single by the band Dr. Feelgood released in 1974, from their 1975 debut album '' Down by the Jetty''.

Release

"Roxette" was issued as a

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in the UK in November 1974. It failed to reach the UK Singles Chart. It was written by

Wilko Johnson John Andrew Wilkinson (12 July 1947 – 21 November 2022), better known by the stage name Wilko Johnson, was an English guitarist, singer, songwriter and occasional actor. He was a member of the pub rock/rhythm and blues band Dr. Feelgood in t ...

and

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Vic Maile Vic Maile (1943 – 11 July 1989) was a British record producer. After starting his career as sound engineer with Pye mobile studios for the Animals on their song "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", Maile worked with some of the biggest names in th ...

. The

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of the record is a

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of "

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". Later, in September 1976, a live recording of the song was issued by the band as a single, with a live recording of "Keep It Out of Sight" on the B-side. The live recording of the track also appeared on Dr. Feelgood's 1976

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, '' Stupidity''. "Roxette" was also later included on Dr. Feelgood's 1997's

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, ''

Twenty Five Years of Dr. Feelgood ''Twenty Five Years of Dr. Feelgood'' is a double compilation album by Dr. Feelgood, and was released in February 1997. The compilation was edited down from the previously released five CD, ''Looking Back'', box set. Forty tracks from the ba ...

''. Johnson re-recorded the song with Norman Watt-Roy for his 2013 album, ''Faith and Grace'', performing it live on a few occasions on Watt-Roy's tour in October 2013. The Swedish duo

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 ...

took their name from this song.

References

1974 songs 1974 debut singles Music in Southend-on-Sea Dr. Feelgood (band) songs United Artists Records singles Songs written by Wilko Johnson Song recordings produced by Vic Maile {{1970s-single-stub