Roxette Was A Swedish Pop Rock Duo Consisting Of Marie Fredriksson vocals And Keyboards Died 9 December 2019 And Per Gessle vocals And Guitar . Formed In 1986 The Duo Became An International Act In The Late 1980s When They Released Their Breakthrough Album Look Sharp! Their Third Album Joyride Which Was Released In 1991 Became Just As Successful As Its Predecessor. Roxette Went On To Achieve Nineteen UK Top 40 Hits And Several US Hot 100 Hits Read More On Last.Fm
"Sleeping In My Car" Was Released On 7 March 1994 As The Lead Single From Roxette's Fifth Studio Album Crash! Boom! Bang! 1994 . The Song Was Composed By Per Gessle In Under An Hour And Was The Final Song The Band Recorded For The Album. It Is A Pop Rock Song Containing Elements Drawn From Pop Punk. Marie Fredriksson's Vocal Range On The Track Spans Over Three Octaves. The Band Performed The Song At The Inaugural 1994 MTV Europe Music Awards. The Song Was An Immediate Commercial Success In Numerous Territories Including Europe Canada Australia And New Zealand. It Became The Duo's Second Number One Single In Their Home Country And Peaked Within The Top 20 In 15 Other Territories. It Also Peaked At Number Seven On Billboard's European Hot 100 Singles. In Canada The Song Reached The Top Three On Two Different National Charts. In Contrast It Was The Duo's Final Song To Enter The US Billboard Hot 100 Peaking At Number 50.