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Fingertips '93

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"Fingertips '93"
Single by Roxette
from the album Tourism
Released26 January 1993 (1993-01-26)[1]
RecordedMay; December 1992
Studio
Length3:42
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Per Gessle
Producer(s)Clarence Öfwerman
Roxette singles chronology
"Queen of Rain"
(1992)
"Fingertips '93"
(1993)
"Almost Unreal"
(1993)
Music video
"Fingertips '93" on YouTube

"Fingertips '93", is a song by Swedish pop duo Roxette, released as the third and final single from their fourth studio album, Tourism (1992), on 26 January 1993. The single was only released in a select few countries, including Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Spain, and charted moderately. The song would be given a wider release when it was issued as one of the B-sides on the duo's proceeding single, "Almost Unreal", which was released four months later in May 1993.

Music video

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The music video was Roxette's first collaboration with director Jonas Åkerlund, who would go on to direct a total of twelve music videos for the duo.[2]

Formats and track listings

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All music and lyrics were written by Per Gessle, except "Hotblooded", with music composed by Marie Fredriksson and Gessle.

  • 7-inch single and cassette (Europe 8650237)
  1. "Fingertips '93" – 3:42
  2. "Dressed for Success" (live from the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 13 December 1991) – 4:49
  • CD single (Australia · Europe 8650222)
  1. "Fingertips '93" – 3:42
  2. "Dressed for Success" (live from Sydney) – 4:49
  3. "Hotblooded" (live from Sydney) – 3:55
  4. "The Voice" – 4:27

Credits and personnel

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Credits and personnel adapted from the liner notes of Tourism and Rarities.[3][4]

Studios

  • Original album version recorded in May 1992 at Nas Nevans Recording Studio (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
  • Single version remixed in December 1992 at EMI Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)

Personnel

Technical

  • Paulo Junqueiro – engineering
  • Antoine Midani – assistant engineering

Charts

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Chart (1993) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 29
Germany (GfK)[6] 45
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[7] 2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 32
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[1] 39
Spain (AFYVE)[9] 30

References

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  1. ^ a b "Roxette – Fingertips '93". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  2. ^ Ballad & Pop Hits - The Complete Video Collection (DVD liner notes). Roxette. EMI. 2003. 7243 4 90946 9 7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ "Digital booklet". Tourism (liner notes). Roxette. Stockholm, Sweden: EMI Records. 1992. 7777 99929 2 8.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ "Digital booklet". Rarities (liner notes). Roxette. Stockholm, Sweden: EMI. 1995. 368 832277-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ "Roxette – Fingertips '93" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Roxette – Fingertips '93" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 | Roxette - Fingertips '93". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Roxette – Fingertips '93" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  9. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.