Joyride

original song written and composed by Per Gessle; originally recorded by Roxette in 1990 and released in 1991
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1419707
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Joyride

Summary

Joyride is a musical work/composition[1]. Joyride ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (291 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Joyride's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Joyride's composer is recorded as Per Gessle[4].
  • Joyride's genre is pop rock[5].
  • Joyride's genre is dance-rock[6].
  • Among the performers on Joyride was Roxette[7].
  • Among the performers on Joyride was Per Gessle[8].
  • Among the performers on Joyride was Per Gessle[9].
  • Joyride's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Joyride's lyricist is recorded as Per Gessle[11].
  • Joyride's nominated for is recorded as Juno Award for Best Selling Single[12].
  • Joyride's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Joyride'}[13].
  • Joyride's derivative work is recorded as The Rox Medley[14].
  • Joyride's form of creative work is recorded as song[15].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 765c65c9-acc6-3758-91b4-2ad08ef7001a[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Roxette[7] and Per Gessle[8].

Publication

Joyride's language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Genres include pop rock[5] and dance-rock[6].

Why It Matters

Joyride ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (291 views/month).[2] Joyride has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Joyride. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/joyride-q1419707
MLA “Joyride.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/joyride-q1419707.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_joyride-q1419707_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Joyride}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/joyride-q1419707}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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