Best Roxette Video Ever is...
Written by tevensso on October 18, 2006 to Roxette.
STOCKHOLM - 
According to TV4.se’s recent vote Roxette’s Best Video Ever is “Listen to Your Heart.” After a week of selecting finalists, 586 voters selected “Listen to Your Heart” as the final winner with more than 30% of the votes.
The video for “Listen to Your Heart” was recorded at Borgholm castle ruin and directed by Doug Freel (“Dangerous,” “It Must Have Been Love,” “Joyride,” “Fading Like a Flower”). When released in the US Americans thought Roxette had had the castle ruin built just for the video’s sake…
Roxette paid for the video themselves and it was recorded at the same time as the video for “Dangerous.” Marie was barefoot in the video, which resulted in her getting tons of shoes sent to her. And finally; the segment when the audience is holding sparklers in the video was recorded during “It Must Have Been Love.”
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34 comments
tevensso (moderator) said on October 18, 2006 07:01:
I agree, not nearly close to all videos were shown. LTYH is OK though.
Marlene said on October 18, 2006 07:41:
Wow, great. :-) At least my second choice after ATAY failed.
ATLTK said on October 18, 2006 08:17:
great choice
so t must have been love was recorded aswell then it exist a borgholm-concert in full?
RobS said on October 18, 2006 08:31:
It’s just a performance/concert video, nothing really amazing, but it is a nice clip.
Interesting about the sparklers though.
chrisjankunas said on October 18, 2006 08:45:
This is definitely one of my favourite videos. Shame I think Almost Unreal should have been in the top 6 - such a good video IMO ! Shame it was put against LTYH !
rox-kuryliw said on October 18, 2006 09:06:
doesnt Doug Freel direct vids no more, he hasnt done one it near 10 years.
cooperjefferson said on October 18, 2006 09:13:
Yeah this is strange. There are a lot better videos than LTYH. IMHBL is pretty good.
brentnewtown said on October 18, 2006 09:35:
Great choice. Very 80s (understable of course) but still very appealing.
tq83 said on October 18, 2006 09:49:
I think this video shows roxette at their best.. a band who can perform really well.. an the song itself is a classic... im glad it won :)
nusaderenda said on October 18, 2006 10:20:
Did Marie really get tons of shoes, I read somewhere (long time ago) that it was just a rumour.
AURYTE said on October 18, 2006 10:40:
Well, Roxette have better videos than this one. But I’m still glad that Listen To Your Heart won. After all, the most important thing is that TV4 ran a competition!!!
By the way, it seems I haven’t known a lot of facts about this video.
phoenixsamudra said on October 18, 2006 10:58:
no one voted for the video they most liked, it was more about the video or song that was most seen.
bigbigbig_love said on October 18, 2006 11:00:
How on Earth can a Video made up of live footage be directed? What a Croc. Jonas should have won this.
Galadriel said on October 18, 2006 11:27:
Where on TV4.se can I see/find the final result?
tevensso (moderator) said on October 18, 2006 11:48:
I just realized the 18 videos are from the bonus-DVD...
gyllene_tjej said on October 18, 2006 12:22:
Although each time I voted for one of the less known videos” the final time I went for LTYH, too. And good for Roxette! Cool to know the self-financede video got so much popularity. :)
Wicf said on October 18, 2006 12:36:
LTYH is Roxette’s best song ever, but definitely not the best video
crashroxer said on October 18, 2006 12:54:
Hmmm...my favourite is “A Thing About You”!!! Love it...
Fernanda-Brasil said on October 18, 2006 12:56:
Listen to your heart is my favourite Roxette song. The best one. There’s no doubt :)
SilverBloo said on October 18, 2006 13:36:
It was the little black dress that did it... wow o_O°
AURYTE said on October 18, 2006 14:15:
It seems that TV4 is runnning another contest now :)
Elin said on October 18, 2006 16:32:
Listen to your heart is a great song! And I love the video because it was shot on Öland (my fav place in the world) and because I was there at the concert.....
Marieangel said on October 18, 2006 17:25:
LTYH is a great video,but not the best 4 me.
I think ATAY is the best video ever made!
Debora said on October 18, 2006 19:50:
For me both, the song and the video, are beautiful. My al times favourite.
ncurran said on October 18, 2006 20:05:
Definitely not their best video, but kind of predictable that one of the old favourites would win, as a lot of people would be voting for the song rather than the video. I still think TCOTH is roxettes best video...Still, out of all the old ones I am glad that LTYH won
fridapeeples said on October 18, 2006 20:38:
this has always been one of my favourite videos of theirs. maybe not as innovative as the others, but sometimes the simplest ideas are the most effective.
The US remix of the songs with additional audience sounds is perfect. The opening with the tourbus is haunting. The section from bridge (when Marie walks to the top of the back of the stage) to the end is flawless. I still get chills after the last chorus and everything gets quiet: “...you tell him good by-y-e...) with her walking back down to the front holding the back of her neck- sparklers waving in the air.
Classic...timeless...period
Sascha said on October 18, 2006 06:55:
I was disappointed that only the biggest hits got voted but the LTYH video is really a great choice!
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