The Look

The Look Roxette Look Sharp! Family Friendly Information Released 1988 Genre Pop-Rock Language English Length 4:11 Source Rock Band 3 also Nintendo DS setlist Available October 26, 2010 Playable in Rock Band 3 Difficulty Band 1 Basic Pro Guitar 4 3 Bass red 2 Drums 2 2 Keys 5 5 Vocals 1 1

Details Male singer Guitar Solo 3-part Harmonies

"The Look" is a song by Roxette which was originally a hit in Roxette's native Sweden and became an international hit when an American exchange student returned from Sweden and urged the Minneapolis radio station KDWB to play the song. Even though it hadn't yet been released in the United States the song spread on cassette copies to other American radio stations. Eventually it became a #1 in Australia and Japan as well as the United States. Marie Fredriksson: "This is still one of my all-time favorites, maybe the best thing we've ever done - it sticks out as much now as it did then."

Per Gessle: "Our first American #1 and of course the Big Break. It topped the charts in some 30 countries but at the time I just thought it was a throwaway."

Marie Fredriksson: "I couldn't sing it, it suited Per perfectly. But he didn't believe in himself as a singer in those days."

Per Gessle: "'Walking like a man, hitting like a hammer'... the first 2 verses are guide lyrics, words just scribbled down to have something to sing. Couldn't come up with anything better, so we kept them. Everybody gets lucky sometimes." (Courtesy: pergessle.net) The name Look Sharp! comes from Joe Jackson's 1979 album of the same name. Per Gessle liked the title and decided that Roxette should use it for their own album.

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