“Listen To Your Heart” breaks onto US dance radio chart
Written by steven on March 30, 2005 to Roxette.
European group “DHT” and their cover of Roxette’s “Listen To Your Heart” has entered at number 9 on the Billboard Dance Radio Airplay charts for the week of March 19, 2005.
This is the first Roxette-related track to feature in any American chart at any position since “Wish I Could Fly” in 2000.
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37 comments
Superbullie said on March 30, 2005 17:52:
I’ve been watching this songs rising in the Billboard Dance Radio Charts for weeks. It’s great to see it enter the top 10!
Let’s see if will enter the Hot 100 Single Charts, too...
rox4ever said on March 30, 2005 18:01:
Do you know what this means? Another Greatest Hits in the US :))
Rox1_4ever said on March 30, 2005 18:01:
okej maybe that cover is good but nobody can do it better than roxette....
Superbullie said on March 30, 2005 18:08:
but in the actuell charts it does not appear in the Top 10.
No doubt, no one can perform it better than Roxette
Roxette-atic said on March 30, 2005 19:19:
And I thought anything related to Roxette was doomed in the USA.
Its faaaaar to early to predict anything, but I dont think theres a harm in re-releasing DBU 2000 in the USA, nobody bought it the first time anyway!
Bunio said on March 30, 2005 21:44:
And what do you think about this polish cover of LTYH?
http://www.roxette.pl/pliki/kowalska.zip [5,64 mb]
(lyrics are in polish, but it’s still worth downloading)
It’s made by Kasia Kowalska, one of the most popular polish singers. This cover was a success in Poland in 2003.
zeeshan said on March 30, 2005 22:22:
Ahh, if only it was any new rox song performed by rox themselves!!! :D I am dreaming again!
AURYTE said on March 31, 2005 04:24:
Wow, any notice of Roxette-related in the USA is great:) I just wonder if anyone mentioned that it was Roxette’s cover.
FireDiamond said on March 31, 2005 08:31:
I‘ve just been to their website and noticed that NOWHERE is mentioned that LTYH is a roxette song! I know it is one of the most popular rox track but i‘m afraid that the young listeners may think that it‘s their song!! What a shame ;p
rox-kuryliw said on March 31, 2005 12:37:
Why didnt Roxette remix the song themselves better and release it ? ? ! ! Although its perfect as it was first done :-)
Spooky_Roxie said on March 31, 2005 13:47:
Polish cover sucks big time! Kasia Kowalska is one of the worst singers on this planet. She looks like a man dressed in the women’s clothes and she can’t sing at all. I have no idea why she’s so popular. Teenagers just love her. On the other hand many people hate her voice :D
Bunio said on March 31, 2005 13:59:
@Spooky_Roxie- her voice is still better than per’s :D
But speaking seriously, Kowalska has many really good songs. No doubt about it.
Staffany said on March 31, 2005 17:35:
That “DHT” group sucks. I have downloaded “Listen To Your Heart” and they have destroyed that song, with those “crash” and “bump” dance sound. I didn’t listen the song in its entirely, I couldn’t stand it.
Would you buy a record by them if “LTYH” wasn’t released there? I wouldn’t, their sound is horrible. Maybe not for dance-music lovers, but I don’t like that kind of music in a general aspect.
LaMan said on March 31, 2005 19:03:
at least Per gets some money :D (I suppose?).
Staffany can it be that bad? :)
Bunio said on March 31, 2005 20:48:
@Staffany- I totally agree.
@LaMan - yep I also think that per hasn’t done it only because he is so kind :)
Spooky_Roxie said on April 1, 2005 14:07:
Bunio - I disagree :D I don’t think Kowalska’s songs are good. And many people would agree with me.
But I guess this is not a place for those kind of discussions ;)
plectrum said on April 4, 2005 00:45:
@ leila: lol the polish version sounds exaclty like a per gessle demo,
kroeby1 said on April 4, 2005 18:17:
whaaa. igit. what is that?
ok, the success is nice, but the song is ............
i have the same feeling like i had with the roxette remixes. roxette’s songs don’t fit in techno style. the melodies are too strong for a arrangement like this, that does never fit.
sorry, for me the song is really awfull.
kroeby1 said on April 4, 2005 18:21:
@bunio
per has not to say yes or no. everyone can make a cover without ask the owner of the song. he has only to pay for it.
Bunio said on April 4, 2005 21:29:
@kroeby1: really? i always thought that the author’s approval is necesarry.
BTW: how much they are paying per for such covers?
tevensso (moderator) said on April 4, 2005 22:34:
They are not paying Per or MP, but they get all the royalites. When this song is played it’s like Roxette playing it.
kroeby1 said on April 5, 2005 14:02:
@bunio
as i know there is a key how the gains are distributet. 1/3 for the singer or band, 1/3 for the composer/owner of the rights and 1/3 to the record company.
but this is a information from a magazin a few years ago.
striker170 said on April 8, 2005 00:26:
although i’m not a huge fan of this version...it’s getting quite a lot of airplay on NYC radio stations..it’s still nice to hear that familiar piano...reminds me of the good ol days when you could hear Roxette on the radio (for real)
HBrox said on April 11, 2005 14:32:
It’s great to know that a roxette related track is going around in the US radios.... but do not dream, no one in the states remember that LTYH was a roxette’song in the early ’90... I’ve ben in contact with american teens last week and when I said that to the young people, they used to say: really? I don’t believe it!...
So... we still must have some hope and pray that Roxette will not desapear...
What I find really scary is that even in europe roxette’popularity is begining to desapear... e.g. in france it’s really hard to find new material like The Pop Hits or the ballads hits...I think this is the result of so many years of silence or just compilations... Per and Marie need new material right now!.. At least one DVD with live performances or the MTV unplugged, even the LOOK Sharp live performance at the castle.. All their fans will love to have the complete version on DVD!
I know that Marie is still recovering but I am sure that there must be a lot a songs never edited that they can use for a new rarities album.. that kind og things always help to keep your precense on the music bussiness...
thanks
britinusa said on April 12, 2005 16:51:
Forgive my naivete ... I thought Roxette, my ALL TIME favourite band was history. Is this post inferring or saying that Roxette is back? With a new album. I’d read somewhere that Marie had suffered a brain problem within the last 1-2 years but I never hear any news of them. I see nothing new on amazon.com. Give me some REALLY GOOD news!? Robert
steven said on March 30, 2005 17:51:
I know it’s too early to make any predictions on this and I understand it’s the airplay charts rather than the sales charts, but...
...it’s certainly positive exposure for Roxette and maybe they can capitilise on this if things work out?
Great cover btw!
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