Dressed for Success

"Dressed for Success"
Single by Roxette
from the album Look Sharp!
B-side"The Voice"
Released3 August 1988
RecordedMay–June 1988
StudioEMI (Stockholm, Sweden)
GenreSynth-rock[1]
Length4:09
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Per Gessle
Producer(s)Clarence Öfwerman
Roxette singles chronology
"I Call Your Name"
(1988)
"Dressed for Success"
(1988)
"Listen to Your Heart"
(1988)
Music video
"Dressed for Success" on YouTube
Alternative cover

"Dressed for Success" is a song by Swedish pop rock duo Roxette, released in Europe, on 3 August 1988 as the lead single from their second studio album, Look Sharp! (1988). Following the international success of "The Look" – the album's third single in their home country, but the first to be released outside of Sweden – "Dressed for Success" was re-issued internationally in 1989 and became a worldwide hit,[2] most notably in Australia, where it peaked in the top three and was certified platinum by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).

  1. ^ Breihan, Tom (20 August 2021). "The Number Ones: Roxette's 'Listen To Your Heart'". Stereogum. Retrieved 1 December 2023. Dressed For Success" is a ridiculously catchy uptempo synth-rocker...
  2. ^ Thorselius, Robert (May 2003). The Look for Roxette: The Illustrated Worldwide Discography & Price Guide (1st ed.). Sweden: Premium Förlag Publishing. ISBN 978-9197189484.