Editing Almost Unreal

[[File:AlmostUnreal.jpg|thumb|Single stand-alone cover.]]
"'''{{wp|Almost Unreal}}'''" is a pop rock song by Swedish pop duo {{wp|Roxette}} released on May 10th, 1993 as the lead single of the official ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)#Super Mario Bros. (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)|Super Mario Bros. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''. The song peaked at number 94 on the Billboard Hot 100 in North America,<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/artist/roxette/chart-history/hsi/  "Roxette Chart History (Hot 100)"]. ''Billboard''.</ref> and reached 29 in Canada.<ref>[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.1007&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.1007.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.1007 Canada Top Singles] ''RPM''. Library and Archives Canada.</ref> It is featured in the [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super 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 by {{wp|Per Gessle}} intended to be used as the theme song to the {{wp|Walt Disney Pictures}} film ''{{wp|Hocus Pocus (1993 film)|Hocus Pocus}}''.<ref>[https://screenrant.com/trivia-facts-hocus-mocus-movie-halloween/ 15 Things You Didn't Know About Hocus Pocus]. ''ScreenRant''. Published Oct 21, 2016.</ref> The song was transferred to be used in the ''Super Mario Bros.'' film instead, and the lyrics were slightly reworked to remove most references to ''Hocus Pocus''. 

The song was later featured on the Japanese release of Roxette's 1994 album ''{{wp|Crash! Boom! Bang!}}'' and would later be featured on their 1995 greatest hits album ''{{wp|Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus!}}'', which features liner notes about the band's feelings towards the song. {{wp|Marie Fredriksson|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==
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 of [[de-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==
#Almost Unreal (4:00)
#The Heart Shaped Sea (4:09)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

==Gallery==
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AlmostUnreal2.jpg|Single CD
AlmostUnreal3.jpg|Back of single case
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==Links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El7GVPUl-r0&ab_channel=Roxette Music video on official Roxette Youtube channel]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3amW2gJSlCk&ab_channel=MaciekC Side by side comparison of the two different music video versions]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abaeIERLQkw High quality rip of audio]

==References==
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