Sounds Like a Melody

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“Sounds Like a Melody”
Single by Alphaville from the album Forever Young
B-side	"The Nelson Highrise (Sector One : The Elevator)"
Released	May 14, 1984
Format	7" single 12" maxi
Genre	New Romantic
Length	4:29
Label	WEA
Writer(s)	Bernhard Lloyd Marian Gold Frank Mertens
Producer	Orlando
Alphaville singles chronology
"Big in Japan" (1984) "Sounds Like a Melody" (1984) "Forever Young" (1984)

"Sounds Like a Melody" is a song by West German pop group Alphaville, from the group's debut album Forever Young. The single was released on May 14, 1984.

In Sweden, the song topped the first Tracks list ever on September 8, 1984.

Unlike most pop music, where song structure is focused on vocal melodies with alternating stanzas, this song also includes an 8-bar instrumental synthesizer melody which is heard once at the beginning, is followed by a verse-chorus-verse structure, and then repeats for almost 1 minute to end the song.

Contents 1 Covers 2 Track listings 3 Chart 4 References

[edit] Covers

Parts of this song sometimes appear in dance music. In 1993 a eurodance duo Cappella made a club hit "U Got 2 Let the Music" by sampling this song.

DJ Doo's "The Beginning" is based on the riff which closes "Sounds Like a Melody."

[edit] Track listings

7"-Single

1. "Sounds Like a Melody" (4:29)
2. "The Nelson Highrise (Sector One : The Elevator)" (3:14)

12"-Maxi

1. "Sounds Like a Melody" (7:42)
2. "The Nelson Highrise (Sector One : The Elevator)" (4:12)

[edit] Chart

Chart (1984-1985)[1]	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart	3
French Singles Chart	10
Norwegian Singles Chart	5
Swedish Singles Chart	1
Swiss Singles Chart	4

Preceded by "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham!

Swedish number one single August 31, 1984

Succeeded by "I Just Called to Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder

[edit] References