ROXETTE: Almost Unreal 7″ [from the original Motion Picture Soundtrack Super Mario Bros] Check video

Description

ROXETTE Almost Unreal (Deleted 1993 UK 7″ vinyl single also featuring The Heart Shaped Sea, super Mario Brothers’ picture sleeve EM268).

“Almost Unreal” is a pop song performed by Swedish duo Roxette. The song was released in May 1993 and is featured on the soundtrack of Super Mario Bros. (film).
“Almost Unreal” became a summer hit especially in Europe, where it hit Top 10 and Top 20 in many countries, including the UK where it reached #7, and the video received a heavy rotation on music channels. The song proved to be unsuccessful in US where it peaked at #94 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
The songs inclusion on the Super Mario Bros. sound track angered songwriter Per Gessle as it was originally written for Walt Disneys 1993 fantasy-comedy “Hocus Pocus” starring Bette Midler, but was never used.

Roxette themselves were dismissive about the song, “Not one of our most inspired moments.”, Fredriksson said. While Gessle stated: “I still like the song in a way… but if you wanted to make a parody of Roxette, it would probably sound something like this.” Mike Schiller from Popmatters called the song “awful”; and wrote, “…not only does it sound like corporate pandering, but its probably the most forced smash hit wannabe Roxette ever created.”

“Almost Unreal”
“The Heart Shaped Sea”

Chart (1993) Peak Position
Sweden Single Charts 8[3]
UK Single Charts 7[4]
United States Single Charts 94[5]
German Single Charts 20[6]
Australian Single Charts 17[7]
Swiss Single Charts 15[8]
Norwegian Single Charts 6[9]
Dutch Single Charts 31[10]
Austrian Single Charts 20