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| Single by Roxette | ||||
| from the album Have a Nice Day | ||||
| Released | 8 May 1999 | |||
| Recorded | September 1998 | |||
| Studio | Atlantis (Stockholm, Sweden) | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 4:32 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Per Gessle | |||
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| "Anyone" on YouTube | ||||
"Anyone" is a song by Swedish pop music duo Roxette, released on 8 May 1999 as the second single from their sixth studio album, Have a Nice Day (1999). Composed by Per Gessle, the song was inspired by the work of Burt Bacharach and Phil Spector, and the album version of the song was mostly performed in a single take at Atlantis Studios in Stockholm. In Japan, the single was released as a double A-side with "Pay the Price", although no music video was created for that song.
The music video for "Anyone" was directed by Jonas Åkerlund and proved controversial upon release. It ends with a distressed Marie Fredriksson attempting to commit suicide by drowning herself in the ocean, and was banned from airplay on MTV Europe. As a result of this, the song performed poorly on national record charts, becoming a top 30 hit in Belgium, Spain and Switzerland. Its performance on European charts led to EMI UK deciding against releasing the single there.