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Crash! Boom! Bang! (song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Crash! Boom! Bang!
| cover = Roxette Crash Boom Bang single.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Roxette
| album = Crash! Boom! Bang!
| released =
| recorded = SeptemberOctober 1993
| studio = *Capri Digital, Capri, Italy
*EMI, Stockholm, Sweden
| venue =
| genre = Pop rock
| length =
4:25 (Radio Edit)
| label = EMI
| writer = Per Gessle
| producer = Clarence fwerman
| prev_title = Sleeping in My Car
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Fireworks
| next_year = 1994
| misc =
}}
"'Crash! Boom! Bang!'" is a song by Swedish pop music duo Roxette, released on 9 May 1994 as the second single from their fifth studio album, 'Crash! Boom! Bang!'. It became a moderate hit in several European countries, peaking in the top 20 in Austria, Belgium, Finland and Sweden. The song spent over five months on the German Singles Chart, peaking at number 31.
Critical reception
AllMusic editor Bryan Buss described the song as "tender" and "one of the best ballads they've recorded". Larry Flick from 'Billboard' wrote that "given the song's title, you might expect a pop/rocker. However, Swedish duo goes in the opposite musical direction, opting for a twangy, quasi-psychedelic ballad. Frontwoman Marie Fredriksson has developed into an impressive singer, rising above a buzzing stew of sitars and strings with ease." Music writer James Masterton said in his weekly UK chart commentary, "Roxette have made some gorgeous ballads in the past but this one drifts by without ever grabbing the attention and so seems destined to become one of their smaller hits."
Pan-European magazine 'Music & Media' commented that "sometimes the vocabulary used is a bit confusing. Despite the cartoon-esque words, the title track of the new CD is everything but an earth-shattering rocker. Forget it, it's a classy ballad!" Alan Jones from 'Music Week' rated it four out of five, adding that it "is one of Roxette's gentler songs, a slowly building ballad similar to some of Heart's hits. A grower rather than an instant hit, but likely to prove bigger than Sleeping In My Car." A reviewer from 'People Magazine' complimented Fredriksson's vocals on the song as "subtle and graceful".
Music video
Irish filmmaker Michael Geoghegan, who would go on to direct a total of four music videos for the duo, directed the song's video, which was inspired by the work of Polish director Zbigniew Rybczyski, and consists of one continuous shot of Marie Fredriksson ascending a never-ending circular staircase. Per Gessle commented that the video had to be recorded twice due to technical issues: "The first version turned out to have technical problems with the audio sync. We had to re-shoot the entire video! The director, Michael, and the insurance company almost had heart attacks. We had to start all over again. No big deal. We regarded [the first version] as a 250,000 rehearsal. Ah, the music biz in those days."
The music video was published on YouTube in March 2009. It has amassed over 20 million views as of September 2021.
Formats and track listings
All songs written by Per Gessle.
* '7-inch single and cassette' (Australia 8650847 Europe 8650844 UK TCEM324 US 4KM-58240)
# "Crash! Boom! Bang!" (Radio Edit) 4:25
# "Joyride" (Unplugged Version) 5:35
* 'CD single' (Australia Europe 8650852)
# "Crash! Boom! Bang!" 4:25
# "Joyride" (Unplugged Version) 5:35
# "Run to You" (Demo, December 1992) 3:45
* 'UK CD1' (CDEMS324)
# "Crash! Boom! Bang!" 5:02
# "Joyride" (7" Version) 3:59
# "The Look" 3:56
* 'UK CD2' (CDEM324)
# "Crash! Boom! Bang!" 4:25
# "Joyride" (Unplugged Version) 5:35
# "Run to You" (Demo) 3:45
# "It Must Have Been Love" 4:18
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of 'Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus!'
* Marie Fredriksson lead and background vocals
* Per Gessle mixing
* Per "Pelle" Alsing drums
* Christer Jansson percussion
* Jonas Isacsson acoustic and electric guitars
* Anders Herrlin bass guitar, programming and engineering
* Mats Holmquist string arrangement and conducting
* Clarence fwerman keyboards, programming, string arrangement, production and mixing
* Alar Suurna engineering and mixing
* Stockholms Nya Kammarorkester orchestration
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
Category:1994 singles
Category:Roxette songs
Category:Songs written by Per Gessle
Category:1994 songs
Category:EMI Records singles
Category:Music videos directed by Michael Geoghegan
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