Dangerous (Roxette song)

original song written and composed by Per Gessle; originally recorded by Roxette and released in 1988

"Dangerous" is a 1989 song by Swedish band Roxette. It is the fourth and final single from their second studio album Look Sharp!. It went to number 2 in the United States, Denmark and Canada, number 6 in the United Kingdom, number 12 in New Zealand and the Netherlands, number 22 in Italy, number 9 in Sweden and Australia, number 10 in Switzerland, number 8 in Austria and number 5 in Ireland.

"Dangerous"
Single by Roxette
from the album Look Sharp!
B-side"Surrender" (live)
Released10 May 1989 (1989-05-10)
RecordedMay 1988
StudioEMI (Stockholm, Sweden)
Length3:46
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Per Gessle
Producer(s)Clarence Öfwerman
Roxette singles chronology
"The Look"
(1989)
"Dangerous"
(1989)
"It Must Have Been Love"
(1990)
Music video
"Dangerous" at YouTube

Track listings change

All songs were written and composed by Per Gessle except "Joy of a Toy", composed by Gessle and Mats Persson.

  • 7-inch and cassette single (US 50233)
  1. "Dangerous" (LP version) – 3:50
  2. "Dangerous" (12-inch version) – 6:26
  • 7-inch single (Germany 006-1363707 · Australia A-2358)
  1. "Dangerous" (7-inch version) – 3:46
  2. "Dangerous" (Waste of Vinyl 12-inch mix) – 6:26
  3. "Surrender" (live) – 3:12
  4. "Joy of a Toy" (live) – 4:10
  • 7-inch single (Sweden 1363417)
  1. "Dangerous" (7-inch version) – 3:46
  2. "Surrender" (live) – 3:12
  3. "Neverending Love" (live) – 3:20
  • US 12-inch single (US V-56159)
  1. "Dangerous" (Power Mix – long) – 7:02
  2. "Dangerous" (Power Mix – short) – 3:39
  3. "Dangerous" (dub) – 3:50
  4. "I Could Never (Give You Up)" – 3:49
  • CD single (Sweden 1363412)
  1. "Dangerous" (7-inch version) – 3:46
  2. "Dangerous" (Waste of Vinyl 12-inch mix) – 6:26
  3. "Surrender" (live) – 3:12
  4. "Neverending Love" (live) – 3:20
  5. "Joy of a Toy" (live) – 4:10
  6. "Sleeping Single" (live) – 4:15
  • UK and Ireland CD single (CDEM149)
  1. "Listen to Your Heart" (Swedish single version) – 5:12
  2. "Dangerous" – 3:46
  3. "Listen to Your Heart" (U.S. mix) – 4:53
  4. "Dangerous" (U.S. club edit) – 3:46

References change