| "Cry Wolf" | ||||
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| Single by A-ha | ||||
| from the album Scoundrel Days | ||||
| B-side | Maybe, Maybe | |||
| Released | 24th November 1986 | |||
| Format | 7", 12" | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Synthpop New Wave Alternative rock |
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| Length | 4:06 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros | |||
| Writer(s) | Pål Waaktaar & Mags | |||
| Producer | Alan Tarney | |||
| Certification | UK Silver | |||
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"Cry Wolf" is a song by Norwegian band A-ha. It was the second single from their 1986 Scoundrel Days album.
The lyrics "Night I left the city I dreamt of a Wolf..." are credited to Lauren Savoy whom Pål later married.
It was the most successful single from the Scoundrel Days album in the U.S., where it peaked at #14 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts and went to #50 on the Hot 100. While it would be their last entry on that chart, the band would continue to have major pop hits from each album release throughout the rest of the world through to 2010. The single went Top 40 nearly everywhere else it was released, including Top 5 chartings in the UK, Poland and Ireland, going to #2 in Norway and to the top spot in Japan. It was certified a Silver single in the UK on 1 January 1987.[1]
Contents |
7"
12"
Music by Magne Furuholmen Words by Pål Waaktaar & Magne Furuholmen Produced by Alan Tarney Engineered by Gerry Kitchingham Mixed by John Hudson & Alan Tarney Drums by Øyestein Jevanord
Cry Wolf
Director: Steve Barron
This song was released as the second single from Scoundrel Days. The theme of the video was taken from the story of the boy who cried wolf, which was also the inspiration for the song. Paul: "'Cry Wolf' has my first decent word-picture: ‘He came from where the winds are cold and truth is seen through key-holes…' Otherwise lots of bass, riffs and pure youthful force… Not so much substance, perhaps". "Cry Wolf" was filmed in Couches, Burgundy, France.
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| Year | Chart | Peak |
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| 1986 | US Billboard Hot 100 | 50 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 2 | |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 27 | |
| British Singles Chart | 5 | |
| Irish Singles Chart | 4 | |
| French Singles Chart | 35 | |
| German Singles Chart | 20 |
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