"The Big L." is a song by Swedish pop duo Roxette. Written by Per Gessle, it was released on 26 August 1991 by EMI as the third single from their third studio album, Joyride (1991). The song became a top ten hit in Belgium, Ireland and Sweden, and was the highest-charting single released from Joyride in France. It also reached the top twenty in a number of other countries, including Australia, Austria, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland. Despite a US radio mix of the song appearing on CD versions of the single, it was never released as a single in North America.
The Big L.
Roxette are a Swedish pop rock group, formerly consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle. They are Sweden's second-best-selling music act after ABBA.
Roxette performing in 2012
Roxette alongside Eva Dahlgren on the Rock Runt Riket tour in 1987
Roxette in a 2001 concert in Spain
Roxette onstage on 6 May 2009