Sleeping in My Car " is a song by Swedish pop music duo Roxette , released on 7 March 1994 as the lead single from their fifth studio album , '' Crash ! Boom ! Bang ! '' ( 1994 ) . The song was composed by Per Gessle in under an hour , and was the final song the band recorded for the album . It is a pop rock song containing elements drawn from pop punk . Marie Fredriksson 's vocal range on the track spans over three octaves . The band performed the song at the inaugural 1994 MTV Europe Music Awards
1994 MTV Europe Music Awards
1994 MTV Europe Music Awards
Sleeping in My Car