"Dressed for Success" was released on 28 June 1988 and is the second single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from the Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 pop duo

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 Roxette's

Roxette

Roxette are a Swedish pop music duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle . Formed in 1986, the duo became an international act from the late 1980s, when they released their breakthrough album Look Sharp!...

 1988 album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 Look Sharp!

Look Sharp! (Roxette album)

Singles*"Chances"*"The Look"*"Dressed for Success"*"Listen to Your Heart"*"Dangerous"-Charts:-Credits:*Vocals — Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson*Drums — Pelle Alsing*Programming and bass — Anders Herrlin...

. Originally, "Dressed for Success" was their first Swedish single to promote Look Sharp! album in 1988.

Production

The recording of the song was marked by a dispute between the band members but this apparently contributed to the strength of Marie's performance :-

"I was so mad when I did it. Everything about that session went wrong, we argued about the arrangement, we changed the key, I was dead tired of the song when I went in to do a guide vocal. Did it in one blast and suddenly realized, "hmm... this is it"."

—Marie Fredriksson

Marie Fredriksson

is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter and pianist, best known for forming one half of the pop duo Roxette, which she created together with Per Gessle in 1986...

, Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus!

Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus!

-Singles:*"You Don't Understand Me":*#"You Don't Understand Me"*#"Crazy About You"*#"Harleys And Indians "*The Look '95" :*#"The Look" *#"The Look"...

liner notes.

Music video

The music video for the song mostly evolved on the duo performing together in a colorful "nightclub ruins" as several dancers, and even groups of party-goers, swayed into the song.

Charts

"Dressed for Success" peaked up at #14 on the American Billboard Chart. "Dressed for Success" was also a top 10 Australian hit in September 1989. The track entered the UK Singles Chart for the first time in July 1989 peaking at #48, but after the re-release soon after the success of "It Must Have Been Love" it peaked at #18 in November 1990. It reached the top five in Canada, Italy, Sweden, and Switzerland.

End of year charts

End of year chart (1989)	Position
Australian Singles Chart	20

Track listings

Released: 1988-06-28 // HMV / 1363207

• 7"

Side A

1. "Dressed for Success"

Side B

1. "The Voice"

• 12"

Side A

1. "Dressed for Success" (The Look Sharp! mix)

Side B

1. "Dressed for Success" (instrumental)
2. "Dressed for Success" (7" version)
3. "The Voice"

Released: 1989-10 // / 1363522

• CDM

1. "Dressed for Success"
2. "Dressed for Success" (The Look Sharp! mix)
3. "The Voice"

Released: 1990-10 // EMI / EM 162

• 7"

Side A

1. "Dressed for Success"

Side B

1. "The Voice"

• CD

1. "Dressed for Success" (single version)
2. "The Look
   The Look
   "The Look", written by Per Gessle and performed by Roxette, was released as a single in early 1989 from the album Look Sharp!. The song became Roxette's international "breakthrough" song, finally exposing the duo to music consumers outside of the duo's native Sweden and Europe after more than one...
   
   " (Big Red Mix)
3. "Dressed for Success" (New Radio mix)
4. "The Voice"