The Look#Charts and certifications

The duo released their second album Look Sharp! in October 1988. It was an immediate commercial success in their home country, spending seven weeks at number one on the Swedish Albums Chart. "Dressed for Success" and "Listen to Your Heart" were released as the album's first two singles in Sweden, both becoming top three hits there.{{cite web |url=http://www.swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Roxette&titel=Look+Sharp!&cat=a |title=swedishcharts.com - Roxette - Look Sharp! |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=17 November 2016}} "Chances" was released in Germany and France as the first international single from the album.{{cite book |last=Thorselius|first=Robert |title=The Look for Roxette: The Illustrated Worldwide Discography & Price Guide|edition=1st|date=May 2003|publisher=Premium Förlag Publishing |location=Sweden|isbn=978-9197189484}}

{{quote box|align=right|width=25%|quote="It still sounds special and different. It's got great production. It makes you smile. It sounds like a hit record, doesn't it? Looking back on 35 years of professional songwriting, I know how hard it is to write uptempo catchy hits without following a formula, so I'm really proud of it."|source=—Gessle talking about "The Look" to Billboard magazine in 2015.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6465838/rewinding-the-charts-in-1989-roxette-roared-onto-the-hot-100 |title=Rewinding the Charts: In 1989, Roxette Roared Onto the Hot 100 With 'The Look' |author=Gary Trust and Fred Bronson |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=11 February 2015 |access-date=14 November 2016}}}}

"The Look" was written by Per Gessle as an exercise while learning how to operate the Ensoniq ESQ-1 synthesizer he had recently purchased, using a repeated A–G–D bass line as the song's core.{{cite book|last1=Gessle|first1=Per|author-link1=Per Gessle|last2=Lindström|first2=Sven|title=Songs, Sketches & Reflections: The English Part|edition=1st|date=24 September 2014|page=216|publisher=Roos & Tegner|location=Sweden|isbn=978-9186691820}} The track's sixteenth-note rhythm was inspired by the work of ZZ Top.{{cite AV media |people=Magnus Broni, Dean Cushman, Marie Dimberg, Marie Fredriksson, Per Gessle, Anders Herrlin, Brian Phillips, Clarence Öfwerman |date=16 January 2010 |title=Hitlåtens historia: The Look |trans-title=The Story of the Hit Song: The Look |medium=TV documentary series |language=sv, en |time=2:50 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Sveriges Television}} The first two verses are composed of guide lyrics,{{cite AV media notes |title=Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus |title-link=Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus! |type=liner notes |chapter=Digital booklet |others=Roxette |publisher=EMI Records |year=1995 |id=7243 836203 2 6 |location=Stockholm, Sweden}} with Gessle explaining he "scribbled [them] down instantly just to remember the rhythm. But they stuck in my head. 'Walking like a man, hitting like a hammer...', it all had a great groove. And in some pseudo-psychedelic way à la 'I Am the Walrus', it all seemed to make sense." He found it "impossible" to replace the lyrics when trying to rewrite them later, and said he sought to balance the lyrical content by making the "rest of the lyrics intelligent in some way."{{cite AV media notes |title=The Per Gessle Archives (A Lifetime of Songwriting) |type=audio commentary |chapter=The Roxette Demos! Vol. 3, Disc 2 – 06: "The Look" (Conversation with Sven Lindström) |others=Per Gessle and Sven Lindström|publisher=Elevator Entertainment |year=2014 |id=334 43503 |location=Halmstad, Sweden}}

A demo for the song was recorded at the Tits & Ass Studio in Halmstad in March 1988. The original title was "He's Got the Look", with the lyrics using male pronouns. Gessle said this was done because he initially wanted Marie Fredriksson to sing the track. Both he and EMI Sweden had chosen to highlight Fredriksson as Roxette's lead vocalist. However, when recording the demo, Gessle realised the song "didn't fit her style that well, so I had a go and it sounded OK." He said the song immediately had a "special power", saying that the demo "stood out; it was a great song. Everyone loved it. The only negative thing I could think of was that I was singing it, because that wasn't the idea [behind Roxette]."

Anders Herrlin, the bassist in Gessle's former band Gyllene Tider, was integral in the recording of the song's electronic components. Gessle sought to avoid the "live band" sound present on Roxette's debut album Pearls of Passion; Herrlin programmed eight digital snare drums in the intro alone, and "maybe 20 or so other effects" throughout the track.{{cite AV media |people=Pelle Alsing, Micke "Nord" Andersson, Marie Fredriksson, Per Gessle, Herbie Herbert, Anders Herrlin, Jonas Isacsson, Mia Lindgren, Sven Lindström, Christoffer Lundquist, Clarence Öfwerman, Stefan Öfwerman |date=5 October 2018 |title=Roxette – Boxette|medium=DVD liner notes |language=en|location=Stockholm |publisher=Roxette Recordings and Parlophone}} According to Gessle, guitarist Jonas Isacsson also had a "big impact" on the song, saying: "We asked him to play something in the style of George Harrison's "I Want to Tell You" and "Taxman" from Revolver, and off he went. Great cocky riffs." Isacsson said the main guitar riff was written several days earlier while composing songs with then-girlfriend Marianne Flynner. Upon playing the riff during the recording of "The Look", Isacsson said Gessle, producer Clarence Öfwerman and engineer Alar Suurna "went bonkers", and that Gessle "instantly wanted it as opening riff for the song."{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyroxette.com/jonas-isacsson-meets-the-daily-roxette/|title=The Daily Roxette » TDR » Jonas Isacsson meets The Daily Roxette|work=The Daily Roxette|date=24 December 2015|access-date=10 September 2021}}

According to Ultimate Guitar, the track features an unusual song structure. Each verse is composed of an A–G–D–A sequence, followed by a chorus of A–A–C–G–A–C–G–A–A–F–G–A, with the second chorus containing an additional A at the end. The second chorus is proceeded by a guitar solo of E–A–G/A{{#tag:ref|G over A.}}–E–A–E–A–E–A–G–D–A–G–D–A–A. The song then descends to a spoken bridge consisting of an A–G–A–G sequence, building back up with a pre-chorus of Marie Fredriksson singing an additional "Na na na na na" refrain, which repeats the same sequence from the initial verses albeit modified up by almost two octaves. An abbreviated outro consisting of C–G–A–C–G–A–A–F–G then follows, before the song abruptly stops. A coda of A–G–D–A then repeats until the song fades out.{{cite web|url=https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/roxette/the-look-chords-793307|title=The Look Chords by Roxette|work=Ultimate Guitar|access-date=28 August 2021}}

"The Look" was issued in Sweden on 12 January 1989, as the third single from Look Sharp! in that country. The track was an immediate commercial success there, peaking at number six and spending almost two months in the top ten of the then-fortnightly Sverigetopplistan chart. The song was certified gold by the Swedish Recording Industry Association for shipments in excess of 25,000 units. Around the same time, an American exchange student from Minnesota named Dean Cushman returned from Sweden and gave his copy of the album to his local Top 40 radio station, KDWB-FM in Minneapolis.{{cite news |url=http://www.expressen.se/article.asp?id=63685 |title=Sagan om Roxette: Tacka Dean för succén |language=sv |trans-title=Lord of Roxette: Thank Dean for success (part 2) |author=Ninni O Schulman |newspaper=Expressen |publisher=Bonnier AB |date=14 April 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010420035208/http://www.expressen.se/article.asp?id=63685 |archive-date=20 April 2001 |access-date=14 November 2016 |url-status=dead}} The station's program director Brian Phillips initially ignored Cushman's request to play a song from the album, leaving the CD unplayed in his office for several weeks. Phillips eventually listened to it after learning Cushman had come to the office requesting the return of his CD. Immediately impressed by the album's opening track, "The Look" was played by the station for the first time on US radio less than an hour later, and the response from listeners was overwhelmingly positive; the station immediately began receiving phone calls to replay the track.{{cite AV media |people=Magnus Broni, Dean Cushman, Marie Dimberg, Marie Fredriksson, Per Gessle, Anders Herrlin, Brian Phillips, Clarence Öfwerman |date=16 January 2010 |title=Hitlåtens historia: The Look |trans-title=Hit Song History: The Look |medium=TV documentary series |language=sv, en |time=14:25 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Sveriges Television}}

KDWB began distributing the track to their sister radio operations,{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-23-ca-741-story.html|title=Sweden's Roxette Is Making It Big Almost by Accident |author=J.D. Considine |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=23 September 1989 |access-date=14 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222090454/http://articles.latimes.com/1989-09-23/entertainment/ca-741_1_sweden-s-roxette|archive-date=22 December 2015|url-status=live}} sending 500 copies to other stations throughout the United States. EMI America promptly signed the duo to a recording contract as a result of the airplay.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7990226.stm |title=Talking Shop: Roxette's Per Gessle |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=15 May 2009 |access-date=14 November 2016}} The label had previously rejected Roxette as "unsuitable for the American market".{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-13-ca-266-story.html |title=Roxette Ridicules Rumors |author=Dennis Hunt |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=13 May 1990 |access-date=14 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501102803/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-05-13/entertainment/ca-266_1_roxette-album|archive-date=1 May 2013|url-status=live}} The song had already entered the top fifty of the Billboard Hot 100 before official promotion began, peaking at number one on the chart eight weeks later.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8545857/roxette-biggest-billboard-hot-100-chart-hits/|title=Roxette's Biggest Billboard Chart Hits: 'It Must Have Been Love,' 'The Look' & More|author=Gary Trust|magazine=Billboard|date=10 December 2019|access-date=29 October 2021}} This made "The Look" the third number one single by a Swedish act on the Billboard Hot 100, following Blue Swede's "Hooked on a Feeling" in 1974 and ABBA's "Dancing Queen" in 1976.

The track went on to top the charts in 25 countries.{{cite web |url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/music/roxette-are-on-a-roll-ng-ya-145949 |title=Roxette are on a roll |author=Simon Collins |work=The West Australian |date=27 October 2011 |access-date=29 October 2021}} It spent three weeks atop the New Zealand Singles Chart, and six weeks at number one in Australia, where it was certified platinum for sales in excess of 70,000 copies.{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/roxettes-biggest-hits-on-the-aria-charts|title=Roxette's biggest hits on the ARIA Charts|work=ARIA Charts|date=12 December 2019|access-date=29 October 2021}} It also topped the charts throughout Scandinavia, peaking at number one in Denmark, Finland and Norway, and was certified gold in the former country for shipments in excess of 45,000 units. The song spent five weeks at number one in West Germany, and an additional five weeks at number two. The song was a massive success in Spain and Switzerland, spending eight weeks at number one in both countries. In the United Kingdom, where "The Look" was released on 13 March 1989,{{cite magazine|title=New Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=35|date=11 March 1989}} it reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart.

After the song became a hit in the United States, rumours circulated within the American press that Cushman had been paid to bring the song to the attention of KDWB. Fredriksson categorically denied these rumours in an interview with the Los Angeles Times in 1990, saying: "If you hear that we paid that exchange student to take our record to that radio station, don't believe it." Gessle later said: "I wish we were that clever! It was a complete fluke." Phillips said of Cushman: "He did what great promotion men in the music business do. He was persistent. He kept calling. And finally he shows up at the radio station and sits in the lobby: 'Listen, what are you gonna do about my CD?' And without that persistence, it's a very different world for Roxette."{{cite AV media |people=Magnus Broni, Dean Cushman, Marie Dimberg, Marie Fredriksson, Per Gessle, Anders Herrlin, Brian Phillips, Clarence Öfwerman |date=16 January 2010 |title=Hitlåtens historia: The Look |trans-title=Hit Song History: The Look |medium=TV documentary series |language=sv, en |time=21:03 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Sveriges Television}} Cushman eventually befriended Gessle and Fredriksson, who autographed the same CD he had submitted to KDWB.

While reviewing the track, several publications favourably compared Roxette to fellow Swedish act ABBA. Music & Media dubbed it the single of the week, and said the vocal harmonising in the refrain was the best part of the song. They went on to comment: "Time will tell if they manage to be as productive as the legendary foursome, but this tense, atmospheric Beatle-esque song definitely marks a step in the right direction."{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-03-18.pdf|title=Previews: Singles|magazine=Music & Media|date=18 March 1989|page=17|access-date=25 September 2020}} People Magazine also compared the duo to ABBA, saying the song has "bounce and kick",{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-look-sharp-vol-31-no-25/|title=Picks and Pans Review: Look Sharp!|magazine=People|date=26 June 1989|access-date=13 November 2020}} while AllMusic called the song "bright" and "shiny".{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/look-sharp%21-mw0000204292|title= Roxette – Look Sharp!|author=Buss, Bryan|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=4 November 2020}}

Bill Coleman from Billboard said "The Look" was "too catchy for words", describing it as a "pop track that incorporates an eager rock edge and funky rhythm underpinnings."{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-02-18.pdf|title=Single Reviews|magazine=Billboard|date=18 February 1989|page=81|access-date=26 September 2020}} A writer for Stereogum noted an inability to define the genre of the track, saying that despite its disparate influences, the song was neither rock, dance or funk. Although they commented on the lyrics, which they described as "nonsense", they went on to say the song "sounds colossal. After the fake ending, when everything goes silent for a couple of seconds and then comes rushing back, it sounds even more colossal. You can waste all your effort on trying to write lyrics that make sense, or you can focus your energy on making something like that happen. Roxette chose wisely."{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2152228/the-number-ones-roxettes-the-look/columns/the-number-ones/|title=The Number Ones: Roxette's 'The Look'|author=Breihan, Tom|work=Stereogum|date=5 July 2021|access-date=3 November 2021}}

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, in a 2019 report for Billboard, said the song was "glam rock for the age of George H. W. Bush: stylized and stylish on the surface, yet classically structured at its core. Equal parts craft and trash, it was the platonic ideal of a hit pop single." He also commented on the route the song took to commercial success, saying: "It was a hit single lying in wait, ready for the right ears to recognize [its] potential. That it was discovered by an exchange student and a programmer from the Midwest (KDWB in Minnesota) remains one of the minor miracles of late-'80s pop."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8546012/roxette-the-look-marie-fredriksson-forever-no-1/|title=Roxette's 'The Look': Forever No. 1|author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|magazine=Billboard|date=11 December 2019|access-date=14 November 2021}} In a 2021 article for Stereogum Tom Breihan called it "an insidiously catchy synth-rock jam".{{cite web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2157894/the-number-ones-roxettes-listen-to-your-heart/columns/the-number-ones/ |title=The Number Ones: Roxette's 'Listen To Your Heart' |last=Breihan |first=Tom |website=Stereogum |date=20 August 2021 |access-date=1 December 2023}}

The music video was directed by Peter Heath and filmed in a studio in New York City.{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ36uuepTK1/ | title=Roxette on Instagram: "Shooting the Look in NYC in Feb 1989. To the right director Peter Heath." }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5232672/|title = Roxette: The Look|website = IMDb}} The duo perform the song in a messy, colorful room, while interacting with a group of women.

All songs were written and composed by Per Gessle.

• 7-inch single (Sweden 136336 · UK EM87 · US B-50190)
• Cassette (UK TCEM87 · US 4JM-50190)

1. "The Look" – 3:56
2. "Silver Blue" (demo) – 4:05

• International 12-inch single (Sweden 1363336 · UK 12EM87 · Australia ED408)

1. "The Look" (Head Drum mix) – 7:22
2. "The Look" (7-inch version) – 3:58
3. "Silver Blue" (demo) – 4:05

• US 12-inch single (V-56133)

1. "The Look" (Visible mix) – 6:03
2. "The Look" (Power Radio mix) – 4:09
3. "The Look" (Big Red mix) – 7:33
4. "The Look" (Invisible dub) – 5:11
5. "Silver Blue" (demo) – 4:00

• CD single (Sweden 1363332 · UK CDEM87)

1. "The Look" (Head Drum mix) – 7:22
2. "The Look" (7-inch version) – 3:58
3. "Silver Blue" (demo) – 4:06
4. "Sleeping Single" (demo) – 3:46

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of The Rox Box/Roxette 86–06.{{cite AV media notes |title=The Rox Box/Roxette 86–06 |title-link=The Rox Box/Roxette 86–06 |type=liner notes |chapter=Booklet |others=Roxette |publisher=Roxette Recordings and Capitol Records |year=2006 |id=9463 67972–2 9|location=Stockholm, Sweden}}

• Recorded between May and August 1988 at EMI Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
• Mixed at EMI Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)

Musicians

• Per Gessle – lead and background vocals, mixing
• Marie Fredriksson – lead and background vocals
• Per "Pelle" Alsing – hi-hat
• Anders Herrlin – programming and engineering
• Jonas Isacsson – electric guitars
• Clarence Öfwerman – keyboards, programming, production, mixing
• Alar Suurna – mixing, engineering

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| artist = Roxette

| album = Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus! Roxette's Greatest Hits

| B-side = Crazy About You

| released = {{start date|1995|11|13|df=y}}{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=31|date=11 November 1995}}

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| length = 5:08

| label = EMI United Kingdom

| writer = Per Gessle

| producer = Clarence Öfwerman

| prev_title = You Don't Understand Me

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = June Afternoon

| next_year = 1996

}}

"The Look" was remixed in 1995 and re-released exclusively in the United Kingdom in conjunction with the release of their first greatest hits compilation, Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus! Roxette's Greatest Hits. This version of the song does not appear on the album, but two of the versions from this were eventually included on the European single "She Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (1996).

• UK CD1 (CDEMS406)

1. "The Look" (Chaps 1995 remix) – 5:08
2. "The Look" (Chaps Donna Bass mix) – 6:53
3. "The Look" (Rapino club mix) – 5:22
4. "The Look" (Rapino dub mix) – 5:14

• UK CD2 (CDEMS406)

1. "The Look" (Chaps 1995 remix) – 5:10
2. "The Look" (original version) – 3:59
3. "Crazy About You" – 3:59
4. "Dressed for Success" (U.S. mix) – 4:53

{{Infobox song

| name = The Look (2015 Remake)

| cover = Roxette - the look 2015 remake.jpg

| alt =

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| artist = Roxette

| album =

| released = 17 July 2015

| recorded = X-Level Studios

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| length = 3:58

| label = Cosmos

| writer = Per Gessle

| producer = {{hlist|Clarence Öfwerman|Gessle|Christoffer Lundquist|Addeboy vs Cliff}}

| prev_title = The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye (Bassflow Remake)

| prev_year = 2012

| next_title = It Just Happens

| next_year = 2016

}}

"The Look" was remixed again in 2015 and released as a non-album single under Cosmos Music Group on 17 July 2015. This "2015 Remake" was produced by Gessle, Clarence Öfwerman and Christoffer Lundquist. Additional production was credited to Swedish duo Addeboy vs Cliff, who had recently contributed material to Roxette's then-upcoming tenth studio album Good Karma,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6612898/roxette-the-look-2015-remake-interview |title=Roxette Takes a New 'Look' at the Song That Started It All With a 2015 Remake |author=Bronson, Fred |magazine=Billboard |date=26 June 2015 |access-date=16 May 2018|author-link=Fred Bronson }} later released in 2016. Swedish fashion label KappAhl approached Gessle about using a medley of Roxette songs for an upcoming advertising campaign in Scandinavia, although Gessle instead decided to create an exclusive remix for "The Look". This new version was recorded over the course of two days at X-Level Studios in Stockholm, formerly EMI Studios—the same studio where the track had originally been recorded in 1988.{{cite web |url=https://www.expressen.se/noje/roxette-slapper-ny-version-av-the-look/ |title=Roxette för KappAhl – släpper ny version av "The Look" {{!}} Nöje |author=Fridh, Sara |work=Expressen |publisher=Bonnier Group |date=17 July 2015 |access-date=16 May 2018 |language=sv |trans-title=Roxette for KappAhl – records new version of "The Look" {{!}} Entertainment}} It features new vocals from Gessle and Marie Fredriksson.

• Digital download and 7-inch single (334–43545)

1. "The Look" (2015 Remake) – 3:58
2. "The Look" (2015 Remake) (Instrumental) – 3:55

• Candlelight Red included a modern rock cover of the song on their 2011 album The Wreckage, and released the single "She's Got the Look" in March 2012.{{cite web|url=http://evigshed.com/candlelight-red-hits-radio-hard-with-she-s-got-the-look-single-prepare-to-hit-the-road-with-trapt/ |title=Candlelight Red Hits Radio Hard With She's Got The Look Single / Prepare To Hit The Road With Trapt |publisher=Evigshed |date=1 March 2012 |access-date=17 November 2016}}
• Breaking Benjamin guitarist Keith Wallen covered this song in 2019, in addition to releasing it as a single.{{cite web| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/q24-m49Xn4I| archive-date = 5 December 2021| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q24-m49Xn4I| title = Keith Wallen - The Look (Roxette cover) | website=YouTube| date = 26 July 2019}}{{cbignore}}

The first appearance of "The Look" on a television show was during a montage featuring Erika Eleniak and Chris Gartin in the Baywatch episode "The Cretin of the Shallows" from the first season broadcast on 1 December 1989.{{cite book|last=Bonann|first=Gregory J.|title=Baywatch: Rescued from Prime Time - The Official, Behind-the-Scenes Story of the World's Most Popular TV Show|date=2000|publisher=New Millennium Press|location=Beverly Hills, CA|isbn=1-893224-09-0|page=200|author2=Brad Alan Lewis }}

In 2009, the song was prominently featured in a marketing campaign for Grand Theft Auto IV Episodes from Liberty City.{{cite magazine |url=http://ew.com/article/2009/10/23/grand-theft-auto-roxette-the-look/ |title=Strange Bedfellows: 'Grand Theft Auto' and Roxette |author=Annie Barrett |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=Time Inc. |date=29 October 2017 |access-date=28 March 2017}}

The song was covered by Taiwanese artist Luantan Ascent (亂彈阿翔). It was used as an insert song for the film Second Chance (逆轉勝) and was also featured in its promotional teaser trailer.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

The season 2 premiere episode of the FOX series Scream Queens featured the song in a scene where the Chanels see Dr. Brock Holt showering in the hospital locker room.{{cite web|url=http://www.tunefind.com/show/scream-queens/season-2/33567|title=Music from Scream Queens S2E01}}

The song was used as the opening theme of episode 2 of the 2017 Netflix TV series GLOW.{{Cite news|url=https://www.romper.com/p/netflixs-glow-soundtrack-perfectly-captures-the-essence-of-the-80s-66044|title=Netflix's 'GLOW' Soundtrack Perfectly Captures The Essence Of The '80s|last=Walsh|first=Megan|work=Romper|access-date=24 September 2017|language=en}}

An a cappella version is used in a commercial for the 2018 Toyota Camry.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wTvy/2018-toyota-camry-indulge-song-by-roxette|title=2018 Toyota Camry TV Commercial, 'Indulge' Song by Roxette|website=iSpot.tv|language=en|access-date=24 September 2017}}

The song is featured in the trailer for the 2019 film 47 Meters Down: Uncaged as well as a scene in the movie.{{cn|date=April 2024}}

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