Joyride (Roxette song)

"Joyride"
Single by Roxette
from the album Joyride
B-side"Come Back (Before You Leave)"
Released25 February 1991 (1991-02-25)
RecordedJuly 1990
StudioEMI (Stockholm, Sweden)
GenrePop rock
Length
  • 4:24 (album version)
  • 4:00 (7-inch single)
LabelEMI
SongwriterPer Gessle
ProducerClarence Öfwerman
Roxette singles chronology
"It Must Have Been Love"
(1990)
"Joyride"
(1991)
"Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)"
(1991)
Music videos
"Joyride" on YouTube
"Joyride [Remastered]" on YouTube

"Joyride" is a song by Swedish pop duo Roxette. Written by Per Gessle and produced by Clarence Öfwerman, it was released on 25 February 1991 by EMI Records as the lead single from their third studio album, Joyride (1991). It became one of Roxette's biggest hits and was one of the most successful singles of 1991, topping multiple record charts across Europe, as well as in Australia, Canada, and the United States. The song's accompanying music video, directed by Doug Freel, received heavy rotation on MTV Europe.