Single stand-alone cover

"Almost Unreal" is a pop rock song by Swedish pop duoRoxette released on May 10, 1993, as the lead single of the officialSuper Mario Bros. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The song peaked at number 94 on the Billboard Hot 100 in North America,^[1] and reached 29 in Canada.^[2] It is featured in theSuper Mario Bros. film as the first song played during the credits, and is the first song on the official soundtrack's album.

Reportedly, the song was written byPer Gessle intended to be used as the theme song to theWalt Disney Pictures filmHocus Pocus.^[3] The song was transferred to be used in theSuper Mario Bros. film instead, and the lyrics were slightly reworked to remove most references toHocus Pocus.

The song was later featured on the Japanese release of Roxette's 1994 albumCrash! Boom! Bang! and would later be featured on their 1995 greatest hits albumDon't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus!, which features liner notes about the band's feelings towards the song.Marie Fredriksson referred to the track as "not one of our most inspired moments", while Per 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."

Music videos[edit]

There are two versions of the music video, one with references to the film and one without. The former includes images from the film and several minor references, including one of the king's Mushrooms and several warnings ofde-evolution. The video ends with the main character being De-Evolved into a lizard, which crawls out of his clothes. The scene of the lizard is cut out of the latter version of the video, along with the De-Evolution warning. In both videos the main character plays a video game, progressing through levels as the video continues.

Single release tracklisting[edit]

1. Almost Unreal (4:00)
2. The Heart Shaped Sea (4:09)

Lyrics[edit]

Babe
Come in from the cold
And put that coat to rest
Step inside
Take a deep breath
And do what you do best
Yeah
Kick off them shoes
And leave those city streets
I do believe
Love came our way
And fate did arrange
For us to meet

I love when you do
The hocus-pocus to me
The way that you touch
You've got the power to heal
You give me that look
It's almost unreal
It's almost unreal

Hey
We can't stop the rain
Let's find a place by the fire
Sometimes I feel
Strange as it seems
You've been in my dreams
All my life

I love when you do
The hocus-pocus to me
The way that you touch
You've got the power to heal
You give me that look
It's almost unreal
It's almost unreal

It's a crazy world out there
Let's hope our prayers
Are in good hands tonight

Oh, I love when you do
The hocus-pocus to me
The way that you touch
You've got the power to heal
You give me that look
It's almost unreal
It's almost unreal
So unreal

Yeah come on and do
The hocus-pocus to me
The way that you touch
You've got the power to heal
You give me that look
It's almost unreal
It's almost unreal

Gallery[edit]

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  Single CD

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  Back of single case

Links[edit]

• Music video on official Roxette Youtube channel
• Side by side comparison of the two different music video versions
• High quality rip of audio

References[edit]

• Music
• Super Mario Bros. (film)