Manhattan Skyline (song)

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"Manhattan Skyline"
Single by a-ha
from the album Scoundrel Days
B-side(s)	We're Looking for the Whales [Live]
Released	February 16, 1987
Format	7", 12"
Recorded	1986
Genre	Synthpop, Rock
Label	Warner Bros
Writer(s)	Paul Waaktaar-Savoy & Magne Furuholmen
Producer(s)	Alan Tarney
Chart positions
#1 POLAND #2 JAPAN #4 NORWAY #4 CANADA #7 SWEDEN #13 UK #28 GERMANY
a-ha singles chronology
"Maybe, Maybe" (1986)	"Manhattan Skyline" (1987)	"The Living Daylights" (1987)

"Manhattan Skyline" is a song by the Norwegian pop band a-ha. It was the fourth single from their Scoundrel Days album.

The song was co-written by keyboardist Magne Furuholmen and guitarist Paul Waaktaar-Savoy. The song starts with a calm verse in F major, before kicking into a hard rock-style chorus with a guitar riff in D minor. In the official a-ha biography, The Swing of Things, Furuholmen said it was "perhaps one of the most inspired cut and paste-projects that Paul and I did. I wrote the quiet part. Paul wrote the rock part." ^[1]

The music video was directed by Steve Barron and was inspired by newsprint, featuring a connect-the-dots animation of the band, a crossword puzzle, a printing press, and articles from newspapers from around the world.

The B-side "We're Looking for the Whales" was recorded at a concert in London on January 19, 1987.

Norwegian duo Kings of Convenience released an acoustic cover version of "Manhattan Skyline" in 2001.

Contents 1 Tracklisting 1.1 7" 1.2 12" 2 References

[edit] Tracklisting

[edit] 7"

1. "Manhattan Skyline" [Single Edit]
2. "We're Looking for the Whales" [Live]

[edit] 12"

1. "Manhattan Skyline" [Extended Remix]
2. "We're Looking for the Whales" [Live]
3. "Manhattan Skyline" [Album Version]

[edit] References

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Morten Harket | Magne Furuholmen | Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (also known as Pål Waaktaar)

Discography

Albums: Hunting High and Low | Scoundrel Days | Stay on These Roads | East of the Sun, West of the Moon | Memorial Beach | Minor Earth Major Sky | Lifelines | Analogue

Live albums and compilations: Headlines And Deadlines - The Hits of a-ha | How Can I Sleep With Your Voice In My Head a-ha Live | The Singles: 1984-2004 | The Definitive Singles Collection 1984-2004

Singles: "Take on Me (1st rel)" | "Love Is Reason" | "Take on Me (2nd rel)" | "Take on Me (3rd rel)" | "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." | "Train of Thought" | "Hunting High and Low" | "I've Been Losing You" | "Cry Wolf" | "Maybe Maybe" | "Manhattan Skyline" | "The Living Daylights" | "Stay on These Roads" | "The Blood That Moves The Body" | "Touchy!" | "You Are the One" | "There's Never a Forever Thing" | "Crying in the Rain" | "I Call Your Name" | "Early Morning" | "Waiting for Her" | "Move to Memphis" | "The Blood That Moves The Body (Remix)" | "Dark Is the Night" | "Angel" | "Lie Down In Darkness" | "Shapes That Go Together" | "Summer Moved On" | "Minor Earth Major Sky" | "Velvet" | "The Sun Never Shone That Day" | "Minor Earth Major Box (4 CD Box set)" | "Forever Not Yours" | "Lifelines" | "Did Anyone Approach You?" | "The Sun Always Shines On T.V. a-ha Live" | "Celice" | "Birthright" | "Analogue (All I Want)" | "Cosy Prisons"