![]() In the grand scheme of things, that’s fucking incredible.Īs a pop-chart force in America, Roxette burned fast and bright. But in that two-year period, Roxette racked up a grand total of four American #1s - three more than fellow superstar Swedes ABBA. Ultimately, that still wasn’t that long Roxette’s period of American visibility really only lasted about two years. ![]() Maybe Roxette had no business on the Hot 100, but once they got there, they stayed there for longer than anyone could’ve logically thought possible. ![]() After that bit of good fortune, their giddily nonsensical banger “ The Look” somehow made it all the way to #1. The Swedish duo blew up stateside because an American exchange student brought their CD to his Minneapolis radio station. Roxette had one of the all-time great random-ass pop-chart origin stories. In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.
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