Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)

"Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)"
Single by Roxette
from the album Joyride
B-side"I Remember You"
Released29 April 1991 (1991-04-29)
RecordedJuly 1990
StudioEMI (Stockholm, Sweden)
GenreRock
Length3:51
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Per Gessle
Producer(s)Clarence Öfwerman
Roxette singles chronology
"Joyride"
(1991)
"Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)"
(1991)
"The Big L."
(1991)
Music video
"Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)" on YouTube

"Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)" is a power ballad by Swedish pop duo Roxette from their third studio album, Joyride (1991). Written by Per Gessle and produced by Clarence Öfwerman, the song was released as the second single from Joyride on 29 April 1991, by EMI Records. It became the duo's fifth consecutive Top 10 hit single in the United States, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single reached the Top 10 in an additional 12 countries.