Lifelines (song)

"Lifelines"
Single by A-ha
from the album Lifelines
Released 8 July 2002
Format CD
Recorded 2002
Genre Synthpop, New Wave
Length 3:57 (Single version)
4:17 (Album version)
Label WEA
Writer(s) Magne Furuholmen
Producer Martin Landquist, Stephen Hague
A-ha singles chronology
"Forever Not Yours"
(2002)		 "Lifelines"
(2002)		 "Did Anyone Approach You?"
(2002)

"Lifelines" was the second single and the title track from A-ha's 2002 album, Lifelines.

Contents

Music video

This video is based on the Norwegian short film A Year Along the Abandoned Road, directed by Morten Skallerud in 1991. Time lapse photography was used to make the video, at 50,000 times the normal speed; the original film was 12 minutes long and was filmed over 105 days, and edited to fit the song length and the scenes with the band members.

The subject of the short film was Børfjord, a semi-deserted fisherman's village in northern Norway, near Hammerfest.

The opening sequence features a poem written by King Olav V of Norway:

“

When I look back
I see the landscapes
That I have walked through
But it is different

All the great trees are gone
It seems there are
Remnants of them

But it is the afterglow
Inside of you

Of all those you met
Who meant something in your life

 ”

—Olav Rex, August 1977

Track listings

Europe: CD Maxi, WEA / 0927 47037-2
No. Title Length
1. "Lifelines" (Album Version Edit) 3:58
2. "Lifelines" (Boogieman Remix) 4:52
3. "Lifelines" (Console Remix) 4:28
4. "Lifelines" (Palace of Pleasure Remix) 4:44
5. "Lifelines" (Millenia Nova Remix) 5:41
Europe: CD Maxi, WEA / 0927 47038-2
No. Title Length
1. "Lifelines" (Album Version Edit) 4:01
2. "Solace" (Tore Johansson Version) 5:08
3. "Dragonfly" (Magne Furuholmen Solo Version) 3:39
4. "Turn the Light Down" (Langer & Winstanley Version) 4:48
5. "Lifelines" (Demo) 5:18
6. "You Wanted More" (Stephen Hague Version) 3:40
Europe: Enhanced CD, WEA / 0927 48483-2
No. Title Length
1. "Lifelines" (Radio Edit) 3:57
2. "Hunting High and Low" (recorded live at Valhall, Oslo, 24 March 2001) 7:07
3. "Manhattan Skyline" (recorded live at Valhall, Oslo, 24 March 2001) 6:13
4. "Lifelines" (music video on enhanced section)  
Europe: promo, WEA / PR 03215
No. Title Length
1. "Lifelines" (Radio Edit) 3:59
Germany: promo, WEA / PR 03382
No. Title Length
1. "Lifelines" (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix) 6:22
Russia: CD Maxi, WEA, WWW / 5050466225429, НН-138CD/02
No. Title Length
1. "Lifelines" (Palace of Pleasure Rmx) 4:46
2. "Summer Moved On" (Remix) 6:02
3. "Minor Earth - Major Sky" (Ian Pooley's Deep Mix) 6:14
4. "Solace" (Tore Johansson Version) 5:09
5. "Velvet" (Millenia Nova Mix) 3:58
6. "Lifelines" (Millenia Nova Rmx) 5:41
7. "Dragonfly" (Magne Furuholmen Solo Version) 3:36

Chart performance

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Norwegian Singles Chart[1] 18
German Singles Chart 32
Russian Singles Chart 1
UK Singles Chart[2] 78
Portogual Singles Chart 20
Latvian Singles Chart 4
Hungarian Singles Chart 19

References

  1. ^ "norwegiancharts.com - A-ha - Lifelines". http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=a%2Dha&titel=Lifelines&cat=s. Retrieved 30 January 2010 (2010-01-30). 
  2. ^ "Chart Stats - A-ha - Lifelines". http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=14130. Retrieved 30 January 2010 (2010-01-30). 
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