Anyone (Roxette song)
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"Anyone" is the second single from the Have a Nice Day album by the Swedish duo Roxette. It was released in May 1999.
[edit] Song Information
"Anyone" is another ballad, with instruments like piano, saxophone and strings. "Anyone" was initially planned to be the first single from "Have A Nice Day", but the group feared it would sound to "Roxette-ish" for a comeback single, and they decided to chose "Wish I Could Fly" instead. After the success of "Wish I Could Fly", fans believed the next single release would be "Stars" or "Crush On You" (both are dance songs untypical for Roxette). But in the end, it was "Anyone" that was picked as the second single. The B-sides are the demo of "Anyone", "Cooper" (song from "Have A Nice Day") and "You Don't Understand Me (Abbey Road Sessions 1995)". The maxi-single includes the video of "Wish I Could Fly". In Japan a double A-side with "Pay The Price" was released although there is no video for this song.
[edit] Song Success
"Anyone" is often regarded as a flop, because in Europe it never achieved as much success as its predecessor. It charted only in Germany, peaking outside Top 50, in Sweden, where it failed to reach Top 30 and in Switzerland, where it was a moderate success, spending two weeks in Top 30. EMI UK refused to release "Anyone" because of the poor chart results of the single in Europe. But the truth is that for example in South America "Anyone" managed to grab more attention and the radio stations later airplayed even the Spanish version "Alguien". The video of "Anyone" (directed by Jonas Åkerlund) was banned by some TV-stations including MTV, because of a scene, in which Marie commits suicide by drowning herself in the sea.
