It Must Have Been Love

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{{Short description|1987 song by Roxette}}
{{About|the song by Roxette|the Magnum song|Wings of Heaven}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = It Must Have Been Love (Christmas for the Broken Hearted)
| cover = ItMustHaveBeenLove1987.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Roxette]]
| album =
| B-side = Turn to Me
| released = 2 December 1987
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|[[Soft rock]]<ref name="itv">{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2019-12-10/roxette-singer-marie-fredriksson-dies-after-17-year-cancer-battle-aged-61/|title=Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson dies 17 years after cancer diagnosis, aged 61|website=[[itv.com]]|date=10 December 2019|access-date=15 December 2019}}</ref>|[[Pop music|pop]]<ref name="itv"/>}}
| length = 4:48
| label = [[EMI]]
| writer = [[Per Gessle]]
| producer = [[Clarence Öfwerman]]
| prev_title = [[I Want You (Roxette song)|I Want You]]
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = [[I Call Your Name (Roxette song)|I Call Your Name]]
| next_year = 1988
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|k2C5TjS2sh4|"It Must Have Been Love" (Official Music Video)}}}}
}}

"'''It Must Have Been Love'''", originally "'''It Must Have Been Love (Christmas for the Broken Hearted)'''", is a song written by [[Per Gessle]] and performed by the Swedish pop duo [[Roxette]]. The [[power ballad]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/go/44642|title=24 of the Biggest and Best Movie Power Ballads|website=Denofgeeek.com|access-date=24 April 2021}}{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://myq105.com/listicle/best-power-ballads/|title=50 Best Power Ballads of All Time|website=Q105|date=14 February 2024 }}</ref> became the duo's third number one hit in the United States,<ref name=USsingles>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=roxette|chart=Hot 100}}|title=Roxette - Chart History on the Billboard Hot 100 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=19 November 2016}}</ref> and is one of their best selling releases, being certified gold or platinum in a number of countries. It remains their best-known and [[List of signature songs|signature song]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 June 2012 |title=Roxette unveil new song ahead of UK shows |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a389834/roxette-unveil-new-track-ahead-of-uk-arena-shows-listen/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611221908/https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a389834/roxette-unveil-new-track-ahead-of-uk-arena-shows-listen/ |archive-date=11 June 2024 |access-date= |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Five different versions of the song have been officially released. The original song was released in 1987, which was followed by the most successful incarnation, a slightly edited and overdubbed version, omitting the Christmas references, created for the [[Pretty Woman (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] to the 1990 film ''[[Pretty Woman]]''. During the "Join the Joyride! World Tour" in 1991, the band recorded a [[country music]] version in [[Los Angeles]], included on their 1992 album ''[[Tourism (Roxette album)|Tourism]]''. A Spanish-language version of the ''Pretty Woman'' recording was released on their 1996 compilation ''[[Baladas en Español]]''. Finally, an orchestral live performance from the band's 2009 concert at [[Night of the Proms]] was included on their 2012 studio album, ''[[Travelling (Roxette album)|Travelling]]''.

==Original release (1987)==
The song was first released as "It Must Have Been Love (Christmas for the Broken Hearted)" in December 1987. It was composed after [[EMI]] Germany asked the duo to "come up with an intelligent Christmas single".<ref name="liner">{{cite AV media notes |title=Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus |title-link=Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus! |type=liner notes |chapter=Digital booklet |others=[[Roxette]] |publisher=[[EMI Records]] |year=1995 |id=7243 836203 2 6 |location=Stockholm, Sweden}}</ref> It became a top five hit in Sweden,<ref name="Sweden">{{cite web |url=http://www.swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Roxette&titel=It+Must+Have+Been+Love&cat=s |title=swedishcharts.com - Roxette - It Must Have Been Love |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=22 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122160201/http://www.swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Roxette&titel=It+Must+Have+Been+Love&cat=s |archive-date=22 November 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> but was not released internationally.<ref name="liner"/> This version of the song was never included on any Roxette studio album until the 1997 re-release of their debut ''[[Pearls of Passion]]'' (1986).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/pearls-of-passion/949912381 |title=Pearls of Passion by Roxette on Apple Music |work=[[iTunes]] |date=January 1986 |publisher=[[Apple Music]] |access-date=19 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121103327/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/pearls-of-passion/id949912381 |archive-date=21 November 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Music video===
A performance from a Swedish TV chart show in 1987 acted as the song's first music video. It features Fredriksson and Gessle sitting on a couch on a stage, lip-syncing to the song.<ref name="rox-dvd">{{cite AV media notes |title=[[Ballad & Pop Hits|Ballad & Pop Hits - The Complete Video Collection]] |type=DVD liner notes |others=[[Roxette]] |publisher=[[EMI]] |year=2003 |id=7243 4 90946 9 7}}</ref>

===Formats and track listings===
All lyrics written by Per Gessle; all music composed by Gessle, except "Turn to Me" by [[Marie Fredriksson]].

* '''7-inch single''' (Sweden 1362887)
# "It Must Have Been Love (Christmas for the Broken Hearted)" – 4:48
# "Turn to Me" – 2:58

===Charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1987)
!Peak position
|-
!scope="row"|Sweden ([[Sverigetopplistan]])<ref name="Sweden"/>
| 4
|}

==Re-release (1990)==
{{Infobox song
| name = It Must Have Been Love
| cover = ItMustHaveBeenLove.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Roxette]]
| album = [[Pretty Woman (soundtrack)|Pretty Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]
| released = {{start date|1990|3|19|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]<ref name="itv"/>
| length = 4:20
| label = [[EMI Records|EMI]]
| writer = Per Gessle
| producer = Clarence Öfwerman
| prev_title = [[Dangerous (Roxette song)|Dangerous]]
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = [[Joyride (Roxette song)|Joyride]]
| next_year = 1991
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|k2C5TjS2sh4|"It Must Have Been Love"}}}}
}}

During a run of increasingly successful singles from the duo's 1988 album ''[[Look Sharp! (Roxette album)|Look Sharp!]]'', [[Touchstone Pictures]] approached Roxette and their label about contributing a song to the soundtrack of the upcoming romantic comedy release ''[[Pretty Woman]]'', starring [[Richard Gere]] and [[Julia Roberts]].<ref name="People">{{cite web |url=http://people.com/celebrity/roxettes-it-must-have-been-love-25-years-later/ |title=Roxette's It Must Have Been Love, 25 Years Later |first=Drew |last=Mackie |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=25 June 2015 |access-date=19 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121044348/http://people.com/celebrity/roxettes-it-must-have-been-love-25-years-later/ |archive-date=21 November 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film was released in March 1990 and went on to make more than US$460 million at the worldwide box office.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=prettywoman.htm |title=Pretty Woman (1990) - Box Office Mojo |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon]] |access-date=19 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501100849/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=prettywoman.htm |archive-date=1 May 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> The corresponding [[Pretty Woman (soundtrack)|soundtrack album]] was also a commercial success,<ref name="People"/> which was certified triple-platinum in the US.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Pretty+Woman#search_section |title=Gold & Platinum - RIAA |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |access-date=19 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121112708/http://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Pretty+Woman#search_section |archive-date=21 November 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> The soundtrack went on to sell more than nine million copies worldwide.<ref name="MTV">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/artists/roxette/biography/ |title=Roxette Bio | Roxette Career |work=[[MTV]] |publisher=[[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]] |access-date=20 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121042215/http://www.mtv.com/artists/roxette/biography/ |archive-date=21 November 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Critical reception===
Bill Coleman from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine described the song as a "rhythmic [[Sentimental ballad|ballad]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Bill|last=Coleman|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1990/BB-1990-03-31.pdf|title=Single Reviews|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=31 March 1990|access-date=14 February 2020|page=78}}</ref> Dave Sholin from the ''[[Gavin Report]]'' wrote: "[[Per Gessle|Per]] and [[Marie Fredriksson|Marie]] are on target again. Per Gessle continues to demonstrate his uncanny ability to compose exceptional pop melodies and Marie Fredriksson makes the words and music jump through the speakers. Though timed to coincide with the release of the [[Julia Roberts]]/[[Richard Gere]] film ''[[Pretty Woman]]'', this tune from the soundtrack could easily stand on its own. Interest in the movie only gives it that much more of a boost".<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Dave |last= Sholin |title= Gavin Picks > Singles |magazine= [[Gavin Report]] |issue= 1799 |date= 23 March 1990 |page= 52 |access-date= 17 April 2018 |url= http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Gavin-Report/90/90/Gavin-1990-03-23.pdf}}</ref> Dave Simpson from ''[[The Guardian]]'' said the song is a "masterpiece of pain". He added that "Fredriksson's genius is in delivering the title line clean and stoic, rather than with tortured vibrato, to show that she's resigned to her fate. But with the jarringly urgent upward key change in the middle eight, the pain floods in again, and she's back to square one".<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Dave|last=Simpson|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/10/it-must-have-been-love-roxettes-power-ballad-is-a-masterpiece-of-pain|title=It Must Have Been Love: Roxette's power ballad is a masterpiece of pain|magazine=[[The Guardian]]|date=10 December 2019|access-date=7 March 2020}}</ref>

A reviewer from ''[[Liverpool Echo]]'' wrote: "It's a ballad, it's big in America, but it's not as heavy-handed as the usual US success. Funnily enough, there even seems to be a bit of an [[ABBA]] influence in there".<ref>"New singles". ''[[Liverpool Echo]]''. 21 May 1990. p. 17.</ref> [[Refinery29]] included it at number 39 on their list of ''The Saddest Breakup Songs of All Time'', saying the track "represents the perfect ratio of schlock to sentiment. In someone like [[Celine Dion]]'s hands, this would have been a complete disaster, but the Swedish duo gaze off to 'where the water flows' and 'where the wind blows' without sounding like '90s [[Walt Disney|Disney]] characters".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-ca/2019/11/8737469/the-saddest-breakup-songs-of-all-time#slide-34 |title=The Saddest Breakup Songs of All Time |work=[[Refinery29]] |date=8 November 2019 |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref> Brendon Veevers from ''[[Renowned for Sound]]'' noted the song as a "timeless [[power ballad]] that has aged like a fine wine".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://renownedforsound.com/index.php/top-10-roxette-ballads/|last=Veevers|first=Brendon|title=TOP 10 ROXETTE BALLADS|website=[[Renowned for Sound]]|date=12 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315173311/http://renownedforsound.com/index.php/top-10-roxette-ballads/|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=15 March 2015}}</ref>

===Commercial performance===
A re-written and edited version of the track – the lyric "It's a hard Christmas day" was changed to "It's a hard winter's day" and 24 seconds were removed from the outro<ref name="MTV"/> – became an international hit during the summer of 1990. It was not the first single released from the ''Pretty Woman'' soundtrack, but it became the most successful, spending two weeks at the top spot of the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in June.<ref name="People"/> The song was certified Gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) for sales in excess of 500,000 copies in the US.<ref name="riaa"/> At the end of the year, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' listed it as the second most successful single of 1990, behind [[Wilson Phillips]]' "[[Hold On (Wilson Phillips song)|Hold On]]".<ref name="US1990">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+Hot+100&g=Year-end+Singles&year=1990 |title=Billboard Year End Charts - Year End Singles - 1990 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=19 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102110431/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=The%2BBillboard%2BHot%2B100&g=Year-end%2BSingles&year=1990 |archive-date=2 January 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The single peaked at number three in the UK—their highest-peaking single there. It stayed on the [[UK Singles Chart]] for 14 weeks,<ref name="uk"/> and was certified gold by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] (BPI) for sales and streams in excess of 400,000.<ref name="bpi"/> The song was re-released in the UK and Ireland in September 1993 to tie in with the TV premiere of ''Pretty Woman'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thelookforroxette.com/releases.html?id=946 |title=It Must Have Been Love - the Look for Roxette.com (BETA): Worldwide Discography & Price Guide :: Releases |access-date=16 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116173628/https://www.thelookforroxette.com/releases.html?id=946 |archive-date=16 November 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> peaking at number ten in both countries.<ref name="uk"/><ref name="ireland"/> It became Roxette's second of three number one singles in Australia, spending two weeks at the top spot in July 1990.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.noise11.com/news/aria-singles-report-avicii-is-longest-number-one-swedish-act-since-roxette-20130803 |title=ARIA Singles Report: Avicii Is Longest Number One Swedish Act Since Roxette |first=Gavin |last=Ryan |work=[[Noise11]] |publisher=[[Paul Cashmere]] |date=3 August 2013 |access-date=14 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512215817/http://www.noise11.com/news/aria-singles-report-avicii-is-longest-number-one-swedish-act-since-roxette-20130803 |archive-date=12 May 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> The song was a massive hit in Norway, where it spent twelve weeks at number one.<ref name="norway"/> In Switzerland, the song spent three non-consecutive weeks at number one.<ref name="switzerland"/> It also reached number one in Canada, Poland and Spain, and the top five in Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand and West Germany, where it spent nine months in the top 75.<ref name="germany"/>

In 2005, Gessle received an award from [[Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI]] after the song's four millionth radio play in the US.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/534322 |title=2005 BMI awards |publisher=[[Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI]] |date=28 November 2005 |access-date=20 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315222153/http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/534322 |archive-date=15 March 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> He received updated awards from the same organization after its five millionth radio play in 2014,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/6281704/nile-rodgers-ellie-goulding-honored-at-bmi-london-awards |title=Nile Rogers, Ellie Goulding Honored at BMI London Awards |first=Marc |last=Schneider |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=14 October 2014 |access-date=20 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907100948/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/6281704/nile-rodgers-ellie-goulding-honored-at-bmi-london-awards |archive-date=7 September 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> and its six millionth play in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/bmi-2021-london-awards|title=BMI Celebrates its 2021 London Award Winners|work=BMI|date=11 October 2021|access-date=25 November 2021}}</ref>

As of October 2025, the song has 907 million streams on [[Spotify]].<ref>https://open.spotify.com/track/6kvoHl80mfCVTv7XnZkjQn?si=7dfdb7a50a094d87</ref>

===Music video===
The second video was directed by Doug Freel and was shot in a warehouse. It included clips from ''Pretty Woman'', with Fredriksson singing and playing piano and Gessle playing guitar between various prop changes.<ref name="rox-dvd"/> There is also an alternate version of the video, without the movie scenes, which was available solely on the VHS ''[[The Videos (Roxette video)|The Videos]]''. According to Fredriksson, shooting this video was a surreal experience, as Freel "wanted all movements in slow motion, so I had to lip-sync the vocals at double speed. My first lesson in how to sing an emotional ballad Mickey Mouse style".<ref name="liner"/>

As of June 2025, this video has more than 891 million views on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Roxette|title=Roxette - It Must Have Been Love|website=[[YouTube]] |date=4 March 2009|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2C5TjS2sh4|access-date=11 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624055843/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2C5TjS2sh4|archive-date=24 June 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Formats and track listings===
All songs were written and composed by Gessle, except "Cry", with music by Fredriksson and Gessle.

* '''Australian cassette and 7-inch single''' (US2399)
* '''EU cassette and 7-inch single''' (Germany 006-1363807 · UK EM141)
# "It Must Have Been Love" – 4:20
# "Paint" – 3:29

* '''US and Canada cassette''' (4JM-50283)
# "It Must Have Been Love" – 4:20
# "[[Chances (Roxette song)|Chances]]" – 4:07

* '''European 12-inch single''' (Germany 060-1363806 · UK EM141)
* '''Japanese mini-CD single''' (TODP-2194)
# "It Must Have Been Love" – 4:20
# "Paint" – 3:29
# "Cry" (Live from Himmelstalundshallen, [[Norrköping]] on 16 December 1988) – 5:42

* '''UK CD single''' (CDEM141)
# "It Must Have Been Love" – 4:20
# "Paint" – 3:29
# "Cry" (Live from Norrköping) – 5:42
# "Surrender" (Live from Norrköping on 16 December 1988) – 3:07

===Charts===
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====Weekly charts====
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1990)
!Peak position
|-
{{single chart|Australia|1|artist=Roxette|song=It Must Have Been Love|rowheader=true|access-date=20 November 2016}}
|-
{{single chart|Austria|3|artist=Roxette|song=It Must Have Been Love|rowheader=true|access-date=20 November 2016}}
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|3|artist=Roxette|song=It Must Have Been Love|rowheader=true|access-date=20 November 2016}}
|-
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|1|artist=Roxette|chartid=1268|rowheader=true|access-date=20 November 2016}}
|-
{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|1|artist=Roxette|chartid=7981|rowheader=true|access-date=10 April 2019}}
|-
!scope="row"|Denmark ([[IFPI Denmark|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1990/MM-1990-09-08.pdf|title=Top 3 Singles in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=7|issue=36|page=VII|date=8 September 1990|access-date=22 March 2018}}</ref>
| 1
|-
!scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1990/MM-1990-07-07.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=7|issue=27|page=IV|date=7 July 1990|access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref>
| 3
|-
!scope="row"|Finland ([[The Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite book|first=Jake|last=Nyman|year=2005|title=Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja|edition=1st|publisher=Tammi|location=Helsinki|isbn=951-31-2503-3|language=fi}}</ref>
| 7
|-
{{single chart|Ireland2|5|artist=Roxette|rowheader=true|access-date=20 November 2016|refname="ireland"}}
|-
!scope="row"|Italy (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=[[Musica e Dischi]]|language=it|access-date=3 June 2022}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Roxette".</ref>
| 11
|-
!scope="row"|Luxembourg ([[Radio Luxembourg]])<ref>[http://www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=F&ChDate=19900617&ChMode=N Radio Luxembourg Singles. 24 June 1990.]</ref>
| 2
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|3|year=1990|week=34|rowheader=true|access-date=10 April 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|2|artist=Roxette|song=It Must Have Been Love|rowheader=true|access-date=20 November 2016}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|2|artist=Roxette|song=It Must Have Been Love|rowheader=true|access-date=20 November 2016}}
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{{single chart|Norway|1|artist=Roxette|song=It Must Have Been Love|rowheader=true|access-date=20 November 2016|refname="norway"}}
|-
!scope="row"|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref name="Spain">{{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref>
| 1
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!scope="row"|Sweden ([[Sverigetopplistan]])<ref name="Sweden"/>
| 6
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{{single chart|Switzerland|1|artist=Roxette|song=It Must Have Been Love|rowheader=true|access-date=20 November 2016|refname="switzerland"}}
|-
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|3|artist=Roxette|artistid=25349|rowheader=true|access-date=20 November 2016|refname="uk"}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=Roxette|rowheader=true|access-date=20 November 2016}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|2|artist=Roxette|rowheader=true|access-date=20 November 2016}}
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|''Cash Box'' Top 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1990/CB-1990-06-23.pdf|title=Awards – Top 50 Pop Singles|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]|volume=LIII|issue=48|page=33|date=23 June 1990|access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref>
| 2
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!scope="row"|US CHR/Pop Airplay Chart (''[[Radio & Records]]'')<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wweb.uta.edu/faculty/gghunt/charts/roxette.html |title=Roxette |access-date=8 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030092407/http://wweb.uta.edu/faculty/gghunt/charts/roxette.html |archive-date=30 October 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
!scope="row"|Zimbabwe (ZIMA)<ref>* Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. ''Zimbabwe: singles chart book''. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000</ref>
| 1
|-
{{single chart|West Germany|4|artist=Roxette|song=It Must Have Been Love|songid=2131|rowheader=true|access-date=20 November 2016|refname="germany"}}
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1993)
!Peak position
|-
{{single chart|Ireland2|10|artist=Roxette|rowheader=true|access-date=20 November 2016|refname="ireland"}}
|-
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|10|artist=Roxette|artistid=25349|rowheader=true|access-date=20 November 2016|refname="uk2"}}
|-
!scope="row"|UK Airplay (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-10-16.pdf|title=The Airplay Chart|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=16 October 1993|page=34|access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref>
| 27
|}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (2012)
!Peak position
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Hot Digital Songs (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/369191/Roxette/chart?f=1186 |title=Roxette | Chart History |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=7 July 2012 |access-date=20 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202072440/http://www.billboard.com/artist/369191/Roxette/chart?f=1186 |archive-date=2 December 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| 67
|}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (2013)
!Peak position
|-
!scope="row"|Slovenia ([[SloTop50]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2013&week=7|title=SloTop50: Slovenian official singles weekly chart|publisher=[[SloTop50]]|language=sl|access-date=17 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222082555/http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2013&week=7|archive-date=22 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 42
|}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (2016)
!Peak position
|-
{{single chart|France|117|artist=Roxette|song=It Must Have Been Love|rowheader=true|access-date=20 November 2016}}
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (2019)
!Peak position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Digital Tracks (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/digital-tracks-chart |title=ARIA Australian Top 40 Digital Tracks |work=[[ARIA Charts]] |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] |date=15 December 2019 |access-date=15 December 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191215010911/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/digital-tracks-chart |archive-date=15 December 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| 18
|-
{{single chart|Scotland|24|artist=Roxette|date=20191213|access-date=13 December 2019|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|UKdownload|26|artist=Roxette|date=20191213|access-date=13 December 2019|rowheader=true}}
|}
{{col-2}}

====Year-end charts====
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1990)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1990.htm |title=ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 50 Singles 1990 |work=[[ARIA Charts]] |access-date=20 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101184010/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1990.htm |archive-date=1 January 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| 4
|-
!scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austriancharts.at/1990_single.asp |title=Alle Rechte Jahreshitparade 1990 |language=de |publisher=[[Ö3 Austria Top 40]] |access-date=20 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217221656/http://www.austriancharts.at/1990_single.asp |archive-date=17 December 2013}}</ref>
| 10
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1990 |title=Jaaroverzichten 1990 |language=nl |publisher=[[Ultratop]] |access-date=15 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029064046/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1990 |archive-date=29 October 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| 14
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9139&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9139.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9139|title=Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1990|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|via=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=10 April 2019}}</ref>
| 11
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Adult Contemporary (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9175&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9175.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9175|title=Top 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks of 1990|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|via=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=10 April 2019}}</ref>
| 22
|-
!scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1990/MM-1990-12-22.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 of 1990|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=7|issue=51|page=60|date=22 December 1990|oclc=29800226|access-date=15 January 2020|via=World Radio History}}</ref>
| 11
|-
!scope="row"|Germany (Media Control)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1990 |title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts |language=de |publisher=[[GfK Entertainment Charts]] |access-date=20 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731052007/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1990 |archive-date=31 July 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| 15
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201990.pdf |title=De Single Top 100 1990 Over |publisher=[[Radio 538]] |language=nl |access-date=20 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405195500/http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201990.pdf |archive-date=5 April 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| 4
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1990&cat=s |title=Jaahroverzichten 1990 |language=nl |publisher=Single Top 100 |access-date=20 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628002731/http://www.dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1990&cat=s |archive-date=28 June 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| 17
|-
!scope="row"|New Zealand (RIANZ)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1990-12-31 |title=Top Selling Singles of 1990 |publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]] |access-date=20 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111045950/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=3879 |archive-date=11 January 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| 8
|-
!scope="row"|Sweden (Topplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammotex.se/topp90singlar.htm|title=Årstopplistan 1990, Singlar|publisher=Grammotex|language=sv|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010216102929/http://www.grammotex.se/topp90singlar.htm|archive-date=16 February 2001|access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref>
| 30
|-
!scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1990 |title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1990 |language=de |publisher=Swiss Music Charts |access-date=20 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218012533/http://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1990 |archive-date=18 December 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| 5
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-top-40-best-selling-songs-of-1990__33128/|title=Official Top 40 best-selling songs of 1990|author=Copsey, Rob|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=21 May 2021|access-date=20 June 2021}}</ref>
| 14
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name="US1990"/>
| 2
|-
!scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1990/adult-contemporary-songs|title=Year-End Charts: Adult Contemporary Songs 1990|magazine=Billboard|url-access=subscription|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128210425/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1990/adult-contemporary-songs|archive-date=28 January 2021|access-date=28 March 2025}}</ref>
| 16
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Cash Box'' Top 100<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1990/CB-1990-12-29.pdf|title=Awards – Top 50 Pop Singles|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]|volume=LIV|issue=22|page=9|date=29 December 1990|access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref>
| 6
|}
{{col-end}}

===Certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|title=It Must Have Been Love|artist=Roxette|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1990|access-date=2 December 2021|certyear=1990}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|title=It Must Have Been Love|artist=Roxette|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1990|access-date=20 April 2012}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|title=It Must Have Been Love|artist=Roxette|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1990|certyear=2023|id=12709|access-date=12 August 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|title=It Must Have Been Love|artist=Roxette|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1990|access-date=20 April 2012}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|title=It Must Have Been Love|artist=Roxette|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1990|certyear=2021|id=8870|access-date=12 August 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Roxette|title=It Must Have Been Love|type=single|relyear=1990|certyear=2025|award=Platinum|number=2|source=radioscope}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|title=It Must Have Been Love|artist=Roxette|type=single|award=Gold|certyear=1988|relyear=1987|access-date=21 April 2012}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=It Must Have Been Love|artist=Roxette|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1990|certyear=2023|id=3400-1233-1|access-date=10 March 2023|refname="bpi"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=It Must Have Been Love|artist=Roxette|type=single|award=Gold|certyear=1990|relyear=1990|access-date=20 April 2012|refname="riaa"}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}

===Release history===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"|Region
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Format(s)
!scope="col"|Label(s)
!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row"|United States
|19 March 1990
|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|cassette}}
|rowspan="5"|[[EMI Records|EMI]]
|<ref name="riaa"/>
|-
!scope="row"|Australia
|30 April 1990
|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|cassette}}
|<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Release Summary: Singles|magazine=[[The ARIA Report]]|issue=16|page=20|date=29 April 1990}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|United Kingdom
|21 May 1990
|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|12-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}}
|<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=37|date=19 May 1990}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|Australia
|4 June 1990
|12-inch vinyl
|<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Release Summary: Singles|magazine=The ARIA Report|issue=21|page=18|date=3 June 1990}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|Japan
|10 August 1990
|Mini-CD
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/186552/products/270437/1/|title=愛のぬくもり {{!}} ロクセット|trans-title=The Warmth of Love {{!}} Roxette|publisher=[[Oricon]]|language=ja|access-date=23 January 2024}}</ref>
|}

=="No Sé Si Es Amor" (1997)==
{{Infobox song
| name = No Sé Si Es Amor
| cover = Nosesiesamor.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Roxette]]
| album = [[Baladas en Español]]
| B-side = {{ubl|"Directamente a ti"|("[[Run to You (Roxette song)|Run to You]]")}}
| released = 28 January 1997
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length =
| label =
| writer = Per Gessle & Luis Escolar
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Un Día Sin Ti]]
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = [[Wish I Could Fly]]
| next_year = 1999
}}

Roxette released a Spanish-language compilation album, ''[[Baladas en Español]]'', in 1996. It consisted of twelve of their down-tempo singles and album tracks, which were translated by Spanish songwriter Luis Gomez-Escolar, who would later co-write the [[Ricky Martin]] hit "[[Livin' la Vida Loca]]". The album was only released in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking territories. An adapted version of "It Must Have Been Love", titled "No Sé Si Es Amor", was released in early 1997 as the album's second and final single. The song wasn't translated, its lyrics are new, with a slight different meaning from the original lyrics.

===Formats and track listings===
Music and original lyrics by Per Gessle. Spanish lyrics by Luis G. Escolar.

* '''CD single''' (EU 8652802)
# "No Sé Si Es Amor" ("It Must Have Been Love") – 4:41
# "Directamente a Ti" ("[[Run to You (Roxette song)|Run to You]]") – 3:30

===Charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!Chart (1997)
!Peak position
|-
!scope="row"|Spain Top 40 Radio ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref name="Spain"/>
| 6
|}

==25th anniversary reissue (2015)==
On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the song's release on the ''Pretty Woman'' soundtrack,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://roxette.se/discography.php?show=release&id=124 |title=Roxette - Discography |work=Roxette.se |access-date=20 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121042346/http://roxette.se/discography.php?show=release&id=124 |archive-date=21 November 2016}}</ref> [[Parlophone Records|Parlophone]] released a limited edition [[Unusual types of gramophone records#Colored records|red-coloured vinyl]] on 19 May 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Must-Have-Been-Love-25th-Anniversary/dp/B00ULE2UXU |title=Roxette - It Must Have Been Love - 25th Anniversary |work=[[Amazon Music]] |access-date=20 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121043734/https://www.amazon.com/Must-Have-Been-Love-25th-Anniversary/dp/B00ULE2UXU |archive-date=21 November 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> This single included the ''Pretty Woman'' version of the song, backed with the original 1987 release and the [[Los Angeles]]-studio performance (minus the live intro recorded in [[Santiago]], [[Chile]]) from their 1992 album ''[[Tourism (Roxette album)|Tourism]]''. The latter features [[pedal steel guitar]] performed by [[Greg Leisz]], who is best known for his work with [[k.d. lang]]. The single was released on [[Online music store|digital download]] stores from 23 March.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/it-must-have-been-love-single/976541442 |title=It Must Have Been Love - Single by Roxette on Apple Music |work=[[Apple Music]] |date=23 March 2015 |publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] |access-date=20 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121043107/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/it-must-have-been-love-single/id976541442 |archive-date=21 November 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Formats and track listings===
All songs written and composed by Per Gessle.

* '''10-inch single''' (Sweden 0724386504715)
# "It Must Have Been Love" – 4:18
# "It Must Have Been Love (Christmas for the Broken Hearted)" – 4:47
# "It Must Have Been Love" (L.A. Version) – 4:45

==Credits and personnel==
Credits adapted from the liner notes of the 25th anniversary vinyl re-release.<ref name="Credits">{{cite AV media notes |title=It Must Have Been Love |title-link=It Must Have Been Love |type=liner notes |chapter=Digital booklet |others=[[Roxette]] |publisher=[[Parlophone Records]] |year=2015 |id=0724386504715 |location=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]}}</ref>

'''Original studio version'''
*[[Audio engineer|Engineered]] by Per Gessle, Clarence Öfwerman, Anders Herrlin and Alar Suurna
*[[Audio mixing (recorded music)|Mixed]] by Alar Suurna (1987) and [[Humberto Gatica]] (1990)
* [[Marie Fredriksson]] – [[Singing|vocals]] and [[piano]]
* [[Per Gessle]] – [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]]
* Per "Pelle" Alsing – [[Drum kit|drums]]
* Jonas Isacsson – [[guitar]]s
* [[Clarence Öfwerman]] – [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[Synclavier]], [[Programming (music)|programming]] and [[Record producer|production]]

'''L.A. version'''
* Recorded at [[Ocean Way Recording]], [[Los Angeles]] in March 1992 and EMI Studios, [[Stockholm]] in May 1992
* Engineered by Mike Ross and Rail Rogut
* [[Marie Fredriksson]] – vocals
* [[Per Gessle]] – [[harmonica]]
* Per "Pelle" Alsing – drums
* Anders Herrlin – [[bass guitar]]
* Jonas Isacsson – [[electric guitar]]
* [[Greg Leisz]] – [[pedal steel guitar]]
* Clarence Öfwerman – keyboards
* Mats "MP" Persson – [[acoustic guitar]]
* Alar Suurna – [[tambourine]]

==Other versions==
===Philly Lutaaya version===
In 1989, the late Ugandan musician [[Philly Lutaaya]], who was then based in Sweden used the song to record his hit "Alone and Frightened" on his album "Alone", in which he came out as an HIV/AIDS patient, becoming the first public figure to be identified with the virus/disease during an HIV/AIDS epidemic in Uganda.<ref>{{cite web |title=First song by Ugandan superstar to address HIV/AIDS pandemic –Alone and Frightened by Philly Lutaaya |url=https://matookerepublic.com/2016/05/30/these-twelve-songs-hold-special-records-in-ugandan-music/ |website=Matooke Republic |date=30 May 2016 |access-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918160746/https://matookerepublic.com/2016/05/30/these-twelve-songs-hold-special-records-in-ugandan-music/ |archive-date=18 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Late Philly Bongoley Lutaaya Vs Roxette |url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1007416/late-philly-bongoley-lutaaya-vs-roxette |website=New Vision |access-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918160649/https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1007416/late-philly-bongoley-lutaaya-vs-roxette |archive-date=18 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Brazilian version===
The song was recorded twice in Portuguese, by the duo Gilberto e Gilmar as ''Outro dia nasceu''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cifras.com.br/cifra/gilberto-e-gilmar/outro-dia-nasceu|title=OUTRO DIA NASCEU Cifra de Gilberto e Gilmar - Cifras.com.br|website=Cifras.com.br|access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref> in 1992, and by the [[forró]] band Moleca 100 Vergonha ‘’não sou feliz mais‘’ in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vagalume.com.br/moleca-100-vergonha/nao-sou-feliz-mais.html|title=Moleca 100 Vergonha - Não Sou Feliz Mais|website=Vagalume.com.br|access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref>

===Shirley Bassey version===
[[Shirley Bassey]] covered the song in 1995 for the album ''[[Shirley Bassey Sings the Movies]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4336/shirley-bassey/|title=Shirley Bassey | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref>

===Shirley Clamp version===
In 2006, Swedish pop singer [[Shirley Clamp]] recorded a cover version of the song called "När kärleken föds" ("When Love is Born"), it peaked at number 6 at the Swedish singles chart.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hitparad.se/showitem.asp|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051224045424/http://hitparad.se/showitem.asp|url-status=dead|title=SverigeTopplistan|website=Hitparad.se|archive-date=24 December 2005|access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref>

===Kathleen Edwards version===
In 2013, Canadian singer/songwriter [[Kathleen Edwards]] released a cover version of this song as a single.
{{Infobox song
| name = It Must Have Been Love
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Kathleen Edwards]]
| album =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2013|01|01}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 4:00
| label = [[Zoe Records]]
| writer = [[Per Gessle]]
| producer =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}

===Megan McKenna version===

In 2019, English singer [[Megan McKenna]] covered "'''It Must Have Been Love'''" as the first winner of ''[[The X Factor: Celebrity]]''. Following the announcement that she had won, her version of the song was released on 30 November.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/it-must-have-been-love-single/1489733012|title=It Must Have Been Love - Single by Megan McKenna on Apple Music|publisher=[[iTunes Store]]|date=30 November 2019|access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/christmas-secret-behind-megan-mckennas-version-of-it-must-have-been-love-38764215.html |title=Christmas secret behind Megan McKenna's version of It Must Have Been Love |author=Roper, Kerri-Ann |work=[[Irish Independent]] |date=8 December 2019 |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref>

====Track listing====
{{track listing
|headline=Digital download
|title1 = It Must Have Been Love
|length1 = 2:49
}}

====Charts====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Peak position
|-
{{single chart|Scotland|40|date=20191206|rowheader=true|access-date=6 December 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|UKdownload|40|date= 20191206 |rowheader=true|access-date=6 December 2019}}
|}

=== Karen Harding version===
{{Infobox song
| name = It Must Have Been Love
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Karen Harding]]
| album =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2020|02|05}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 3:20
| label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| writer = [[Per Gessle]]
| producer =
| prev_title = I Don't Need Love
| prev_year = 2019
| next_title = Rely
| next_year = 2020
}}

In 2020, English singer [[Karen Harding]] covered "'''It Must Have Been Love'''" on 5 February.

====Track listing====
{{track listing
|headline=Digital download
|title1 = It Must Have Been Love
|length1 = 3:20
}}

===Regine Velasquez version===
On 13 October 2023, Filipino singer-actress [[Regine Velasquez]] released a cover of the song for her upcoming studio album ''Reginified''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Star Music releases 1st single of Regine Velasquez's album ''Reginified'' |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/13/23/lead-single-of-regines-new-album-reginified-now-out |access-date=13 October 2023 |publisher=[[ABS-CBN News]] |date=13 October 2023}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of European number-one airplay songs of the 1990s]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==

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