Per Gessle Talks P-UD! - Walking On Air

This was the song that started the whole PG Roxette project for me I got a request to write a song for the movie "Top Gun Maverick" It was for a specific scene in the movie, where someone is dancing on the beach I used that in my lyrics There's a line that goes, "Oh, I'm sure you'll love to dance on the beach" I wrote the song in an '80s style I made a demo with Helena Josephson singing on it and it sounded terrific However, the Top Gun people never came back to me So I kept the song for myself I don't know if they didn't like it, or if they skipped that particular scene I haven't seen the movie I really love this song The blend of Helena's and Dia's voices in the chorus is just magic to me They sound amazing together Helena is doing the basic melody, but Dia is overdubbing her And together, they are doing some soulful harmonies and wailing I love that, I love working with singers who have a brilliant musical ear And a capability to both improvise and deliver attitude and strong emotions Both Helena and Dia can do that