"June Afternoon", written by Per Gessle

Per Gessle

Per Håkan Gessle is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonicist. He is the lead singer of the Swedish pop group Gyllene Tider and formed Roxette with Marie Fredriksson...

 and released in 1996, is a song by Roxette

Roxette

Roxette are a Swedish pop music duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle . Formed in 1986, the duo became an international act from the late 1980s, when they released their breakthrough album Look Sharp!...

, released as the second single from their greatest hits album Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus!

Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus!

-Singles:*"You Don't Understand Me":*#"You Don't Understand Me"*#"Crazy About You"*#"Harleys And Indians "*The Look '95" :*#"The Look" *#"The Look"...

from 1995. It was only released in Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 and Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. It peaked at number 24 in Sweden and number 52 in the UK.

Recorded with members of the Swedish pop group Gyllene Tider

Gyllene Tider

Gyllene Tider is a Swedish pop group. The name Gyllene Tider translates as "Golden ages" or "Golden times". Few Scandinavians would not recognize the band's most famous song "Sommartider", often played on the radio during late spring and early summer...

, "June Afternoon" was the planned centrepiece on Per Gessle's upcoming solo album The World According to Gessle

The World According to Gessle

2008 remastered re-release-Charts:-Credits:* Per Gessle - Words & Music, Vocals, Electric & Acoustic guitars, Harmonica, Tambourine, Vox Jaguar.* Marie Fredriksson - Additional vocals on "I'll Be Alright"...

, but plans were changed and this cheerful ode to endless summer was picked as a single off Roxette's 1995 greatest hit album.

The second song on this single is a demo version of "Seduce Me", which was later included on the 2006 release of The Rox Box.

Track listing

1. "June Afternoon"
2. "Seduce Me" (Demo)
3. "June Afternoon" (Demo)

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak Position
Belgium Single Charts Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...  (Vl)	33
German Single Charts Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	57
Sweden Single Charts Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	24
Swiss Single Charts Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...	35
UK Single Charts	52