The male half of the Swedish duo Roxette, Per Gessle said of this track: "The Big Bad Ballad. This is us trying to recreate that overblown American FM-Rock sound to the point where it almost becomes absurd. We really wanted to see how far we could take it." His music partner Marie Fredriksson added: "It sounds a bit dusty today, but it was our second #1 in the US." Per Gessle: "Which of course we couldn't ever dream about since it was more or less made for Sweden. When it hit big in the States we suddenly found ourselves lumped together with bands like Heart and Starship, which wasn't the intention behind Roxette at all. But we got out of that one... I hope." Marie Fredriksson: "The video was great. Shot with an American crew at the Borgholm Castle. The director thought we had built the ruin just for the video." Per Gessle: "It took some time to convince them that the place actually was for real."
According to Sweden TV4's vote in October 2006, Roxette's Best Video Ever was the one for this song, with over 30% of the votes. The video was recorded at Borgholm castle ruins on the Swedish Baltic Sea island of Oland. Marie Fredriksson is barefoot in the video, so some fans sent her shoes.
In 2005 Belgian group D.H.T. featuring Emdee had a UK and US top 10 hit with a trance cover of this. It was one of the few times a trance song reached the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. D.H.T. originally stood for Danger Hardcore Team; it was later changed to Dance. House. Trance.
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