"Reveal" is a song by

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pop music duo

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, released on 10 January 2007 as the final single from the duo's fourth

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, '' A Collection of Roxette Hits: Their 20 Greatest Songs!'' (2006). Gessle was reportedly unhappy with the original album version of the track, so a slightly remixed single version was created, incorporating a re-recorded

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. Two other remixes were also created: one by Swedish

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duo The Attic, and another by record producer

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. "Reveal" became the duo's 35th and – as of 2021 – final song to enter the

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, where it peaked at number 59. Despite peaking outside the top hundred of the Russian Airplay Chart, the song has been played over 22,000 times on Russian radio alone.

Formats and track listings

All lyrics and music by Per Gessle. * Digital download (Europe 384416–2) # "Reveal" – 3:43 * CD single (Europe 388416–0) #"Reveal" – 3:29 #"Reveal" – 3:34 #"Reveal" – 3:44 #" One Wish" – 3:10

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of '' A Collection of Roxette Hits: Their 20 Greatest Songs!''. * Recorded at The Aerosol Grey Machine,

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, Sweden in June 2006 * Mixed by

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Musicians *

Marie Fredriksson Gun-Marie Fredriksson (; 30 May 1958 – 9 December 2019) was a Swedish singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of pop-rock duo Roxette, which she formed in 1986 with Per Gessle. The duo achieved international success in the late 1980s an ...

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Per Gessle Per Håkan Gessle (; born 12 January 1959) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the male half and primary songwriter of the pop rock duo Roxette, which he formed with Marie Fredriksson in 1986 and which was disbande ...

— background vocals,

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* Jens Jansson —

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* Christoffer Lundquist — background vocals,

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, production * Maria Nygren —

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Clarence Öfwerman Clarence Öfwerman (born 22 November 1957) is a Swedish record producer and musician, best known as the longtime producer of Roxette, having been with the band from their debut album, ''Pearls of Passion'', in 1986, through to 2016's '' Good Ka ...

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, programming, production

Charts

Release history

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2006 singles 2006 songs Roxette songs Capitol Records singles Songs written by Per Gessle Song recordings produced by Clarence Öfwerman