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Colours
Colours
Studio album by Michael Learns to Rock
Released	October 1, 1993
Recorded	July–September 1993
Genre	Soft rock; pop rock;
Label	Medley
Producer	Oli Poulsen; Michael Learns to Rock; Jens Hofman (exec.); Poul Bruun (exec.);
Michael Learns to Rock chronology
Singles from Colours
	"Sleeping Child"; Released: September 21, 1993; "Wild Women"; Released: 1993; "Out Of The Blue"; Released: 1994; "25 Minutes"; Released: February 25, 1994; "Something Right"; Released: 1994;

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Colours is the second studio album of the Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock. It was released in October 1993. As of 1995, the album had sold 1.2 million copies worldwide.^[1] In Denmark the album sold 40,000 copies.^[2] Colours sold more than 300,000 copies in Thailand, becoming the second best-selling album of all time there (behind Michael Jackson's Thriller).^[3]

Track listing

All music is composed by Jascha Richter, except for "I'm Gonna Come Back" which was jointly composed by Jascha Richter and Ashley Mulford and "25 Minutes" which was also jointly composed by Jascha Richter and Søren Madsen

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Wild Women"	Jascha Richter	3:53
2.	"Something Right"	Ashley Mulford	3:35
3.	"Sleeping Child"	Richter	3:33
4.	"I'm Gonna Come Back"	Richter, Mulford	4:11
5.	"Complicated Heart"	Richter	4:24
6.	"25 Minutes"	Jascha Richter, Søren Madsen	4:20
7.	"You Keep Me Running"	Mulford	3:34
8.	"Out of the Blue"	Richter	3:58
9.	"Ocean of Love"	Richter	4:47
10.	"I Wanna Dance"	Richter	3:48

2014 remastered edition bonus tracks^[4]
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Sleeping Child" (special remix)	4:10
12.	"Sleeping Child" (demo)	3:45
13.	"25 Minutes" (demo)	4:22
14.	"Never Ending Sunrise" (Colours outtake)	4:19
15.	"Something Right" (Puk Studio version)	3:30
16.	"Wild Women" (acoustic from Puk Studio 1993)	4:02
17.	"Complicated Heart" (no drums version)	4:24
18.	"Out of the Blue" (demo)	4:34

References

^ Olesen, Allan Lykke (November 23, 1995). "Topper overalt i asien" [Topping the charts in Asia]. Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Copenhagen: JP/Politikens Hus.
^ Jungersen, Steffen (November 20, 1994). "Dansk popgruppe hitter i udlandet" [Danish pop group is a success abroad]. BT (in Danish). Copenhagen: Berlingske Media.
^ "Michael overgåes kun af Michael" [Michael topped by Michael]. Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Copenhagen: JP/Politikens Hus. March 17, 1995.
^ "Colours (Remastered) by Michael Learns to Rock". iTunes. August 4, 2014.

[1] Olesen, Allan Lykke (November 23, 1995). "Topper overalt i asien" [Topping the charts in Asia]. Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Copenhagen: JP/Politikens Hus.

[2] Jungersen, Steffen (November 20, 1994). "Dansk popgruppe hitter i udlandet" [Danish pop group is a success abroad]. BT (in Danish). Copenhagen: Berlingske Media.

[3] "Michael overgåes kun af Michael" [Michael topped by Michael]. Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Copenhagen: JP/Politikens Hus. March 17, 1995.

[4] "Colours (Remastered) by Michael Learns to Rock". iTunes. August 4, 2014.

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v t e Michael Learns to Rock
Jascha Richter Kåre Wanscher Mikkel Lentz Søren Madsen
Studio albums	Michael Learns to Rock (1991) Colours (1993) Played on Pepper (1995) Nothing to Lose (1997) Blue Night (2000) Michael Learns to Rock (2004) Eternity (2008) Scandinavia (2012) Still (2018)
Compilation albums	Paint My Love - Greatest Hits (1996) Strange Foreign Beauty – Remixed & More (1999) MLTR (1999) 19 Love Ballads (2001) 25: The Complete Singles (2014)
Singles	"The Actor" "Sleeping Child" "Wild Women" "25 Minutes" "Someday" "That's Why (You Go Away)" "Nothing to Lose" "Paint My Love" "Take Me to Your Heart"
Related articles	Michael Learns to Rock discography Jascha Richter solo discography