This edition of the record was the subject of a 1998 lawsuit filed against an Uppsala-based music production company by Roxette and their Swedish record label. This CD was sold at below normal wholesale cost, and the promotion angered traditional music retailers, who claimed that it devalued music. Favorites from Crash! Boom! Bang! sold over a million copies, the proceeds of which were used to fund Ronald McDonald House Charities programs for the health and well-being of children. Prior to Crash! Boom! Bang! 's international release, a shorter version of the album was released by CEMA for a limited time exclusively through outlets of the McDonald's restaurant chain in the US. Japanese editions included " Almost Unreal" as a bonus track. As of 2001, Crash! Boom! Bang! has sold in excess of 5 million copies worldwide. This was followed by the release of " Crash! Boom! Bang!", " Fireworks", " Run to You" and " Vulnerable". It would become the duo's final track to appear on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 50, and was also their last hit single in Australia. The full-length album was not originally released in the United States, where a shortened version titled Favorites from Crash! Boom! Bang! was sold for a limited time through McDonald's outlets this version sold over a million copies in the US but was deemed ineligible to chart on the Billboard 200 as, until 2007, Billboard had a policy of excluding albums sold by an exclusive retailer.įive singles were released from the album: lead single " Sleeping in My Car" became the duo's second number one in their home country, and peaked at number seven on Billboard 's European Hot 100 Singles. The album was an immediate commercial success, peaking within the top 10 in over 20 national charts throughout Europe, Australasia and South America. Crash! Boom! Bang! is the fifth studio album by Swedish pop duo Roxette, released on 9 April 1994 by EMI.