"Salvation", 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...

, is the fourth and last single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from the Have a Nice Day

Have a Nice Day (Roxette album)

-Singles:*"Wish I Could Fly"*#"Wish I Could Fly"*#"Happy Together"*#"Wish I Could Fly" *"Anyone"*#"Anyone"*#"Anyone" *#"Cooper"...

album by the Swedish duo 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!...

. The single was released in November 1999.

Song information

"Salvation" is a ballad with instruments like acoustic guitars, piano, choir and drum machine. It was released around Christmas

Christmas

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 time, because it has a Christmas sound. The B-sides

B-Sides

B-Sides is an iTunes-exclusive album from the Coventry Trio The Enemy, consisting of ten songs that were B-sides to the single releases from their debut album We'll Live and Die in These Towns.-Track list:#Fear Killed the Youth of Our Nation...

 of "Salvation" single are "See Me" (an outtake from Crash! Boom! Bang!

Crash! Boom! Bang!

Singles* "Sleeping in My Car"*# "Sleeping in My Car" *# "The Look" *# "Sleeping in My Car" * "Crash! Boom! Bang!"*# "Crash! Boom! Bang!" *# "Joyride"...

album) and "Crazy About You" (C.B.B. Version). The single includes also the video of "Stars".

Song Success

"Salvation" was the third single from Have A Nice Day to enter the Finnish Top 20 (it also got good airplay in Finland

Finland

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). In Germany

Germany

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 and Sweden

Sweden

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, on the other hand, it charted at quite low positions (#80, #46). "Salvation" also didn't get as much airplay as the previous singles. The Spanish version "Lo Siento" got some minor airplay in Spanish-speaking countries.

Music video

The video for "Salvation" was directed by Dutch director Anton Corbijn

Anton Corbijn

Anton Corbijn is a Dutch photographer, music video and film director. He is the creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2, having handled the principal promotion and sleeve photography for both for more than a decade...

. The shooting took place in Naples

Naples

Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

 and Amalfi

Amalfi

Amalfi is a town and comune in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno, c. 35 km southeast of Naples. It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, at the foot of Monte Cerreto , surrounded by dramatic cliffs and coastal scenery...

 (Italy) in October 1999.

Track listing

Released: 1999-11-22 // Roxette Recordings / 8879200

1. "Salvation" (Single version)
2. "See Me"
3. "Crazy About You" (C!B!B!
   Crash! Boom! Bang!
   Singles* "Sleeping in My Car"*# "Sleeping in My Car" *# "The Look" *# "Sleeping in My Car" * "Crash! Boom! Bang!"*# "Crash! Boom! Bang!" *# "Joyride"...
   
   version)
4. "Stars" (video)