- Spending My Time
Infobox Single
Name = Spending My Time
Artist =Roxette
from Album = Joyride
Released =1991
Length = 4:49 (album version)
Genre = Pop
Writer =Per Gessle ,Mats Persson
Last single = "The Big L " (1991)
This single = "Spending My Time" (1991)
Next single = "Church of Your Heart " (1992)"Spending My Time", written byPer Gessle , was the fourth single released from Swedish pop duo Roxette's1991 album "Joyride". It peaked at number 32 on Billboard's Hot 100. The remix version was created by MC King Carli and Dr Renault atEMI Studios inStockholm ,Sweden in July 1991."Spending My Time" is included in "Roxette's Greatest Hits" album.A Spanish version of the song, called "Un día sin ti" (A day without you), have been realised on the album "Baladas En Español "Music video
Track listing
- Spending My Time (electric dance remix)
- Spending My Time (album version)
The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye Non album track- Spending My Time (electric dance remix/instrumental)
Musical Analysis
An acoustic
guitar based ballad, sung byMarie Fredriksson . The verse is in the key of F#m, while the chorus is in B.Charts
This song reached the top 10 in Canada and Germany, and was as sizeable hit in many other places worldwide. In South America, the song became as successfull as Joyride or It Must Have Been Love. In 1996 - sung in perfect spanish and called "Un día sin ti" - was the first single off Baladas en Español, reaching the Top 3 in Chile, Argentina, Spain, and many other latinamerican countries.
References
This song references the song
The Tears of a Clown .
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.