"Salvation" is a song by

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, released on 22 November 1999 as the fourth and final single from their sixth studio album, ''

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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 "

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". 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

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'' (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". The video for "Salvation" was directed by Dutch director

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, and was shot in both Naples and Amalfi in Italy in October 1999. The song became a top 20 hit in Finland, but failed to replicate the success of preceding singles elsewhere: charting at number 46 in the duo's native Sweden, and at number eighty in Germany. A Spanish-version of the track, titled "Lo siento", achieved minor airplay in Spanish-speaking regions.

Formats and track listings

All lyrics and music by Per Gessle, except "See Me" music by Marie Fredriksson. * CD single (8879200) # "Salvation" – 4:04 # "See Me" – 3:46 # "Crazy About You" – 4:04 # " Stars" – 3:55

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of '' The Ballad Hits''. * 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,

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, programming and production * Michael Ilbert – engineering, programming and production * Jonas Isacsson – electric guitar *

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– background vocals and bass guitar * Clarence Öfwerman –

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, tubular bells, programming and production

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Salvation (Roxette Song) 1999 songs 1999 singles Roxette songs Songs written by Per Gessle Song recordings produced by Clarence Öfwerman Music videos directed by Anton Corbijn