Manhattan Skyline (song)

"Manhattan Skyline" is a song by the Norwegian pop band a-ha. It was the third single from their Scoundrel Days album, and reached #13 in the UK Singles Chart.

The song was co-written by keyboardist Magne Furuholmen and guitarist Paul Waaktaar-Savoy. The song starts with Furuholmen playing a Roland Juno-60 with Preset Number " 16 ", The Harpsichord - 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.^[1]

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

The Norwegian indie folk-pop duo Kings of Convenience released an acoustic cover version of "Manhattan Skyline" in 2001.

The single version omits the lyric "you see things in the depths of my eyes that my love's run dry" that is present twice on the album version during the song's main chorus.

Track listings

7"

"Manhattan Skyline" [Single Edit]
"We're Looking for the Whales" [Live, faded out]

12"

"Manhattan Skyline" [Extended Remix]
"We're Looking for the Whales" [Live, full length]
"Manhattan Skyline" [Album Version]

Chart positions

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Irish Singles Chart^[2]	3
German Singles Chart^[3]	28
Norwegian Singles Chart^[4]	4
UK Singles Chart^[5]	13

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Official Community of A-ha". www.A-ha.com. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
↑ "Irish Singles Chart". The Irish Chart. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
↑ "German Singles Chart". Charts-Surfer. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
↑ "Norwegian Singles Chart". VG-lista. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
↑ "British Single Chart". UK Top 40. Retrieved 2008-03-07.

External links

Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

v t e A-ha

Magne Furuholmen Morten Harket Paul Waaktaar-Savoy

Studio 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 Foot of the Mountain

Compilation albums	Headlines and Deadlines – The Hits of A-ha The Definitive Singles Collection 1984–2004 25

Live albums	A-ha Live at Vallhall – Homecoming How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head Ending on a High Note: The Final Concert

EPs	45 R.P.M. Club Twelve Inch Club Scoundrel Club Road Club

Box sets	Minor Earth Major Box

Tours	List of A-ha tours Ending on a High Note Tour

Related articles	Discography Awards Tours Savoy Apparatjik We Are Here Square Peg In A Round Hole

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v t e a-ha singles

Hunting High and Low	"Take on Me" "Love Is Reason" "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." "Train of Thought" "Hunting High and Low"

Scoundrel Days	"I've Been Losing You" "Cry Wolf" "Maybe, Maybe" "Manhattan Skyline"

Stay on These Roads	"The Living Daylights" "Stay on These Roads" "The Blood That Moves the Body" "Touchy!" "You Are the One" "There's Never a Forever Thing"

East of the Sun, West of the Moon	"Crying in the Rain" "I Call Your Name" "Early Morning" "Waiting For Her"

Headlines and Deadlines – The Hits of A-ha	"Move to Memphis" "The Blood That Moves the Body '92"

Memorial Beach	"Dark Is the Night" "Angel in the Snow" "Lie Down in Darkness"

Minor Earth Major Sky	"Summer Moved On" "Minor Earth Major Sky" "Velvet" "The Sun Never Shone That Day" "I Wish I Cared"

Lifelines	"Forever Not Yours" "Lifelines" "Did Anyone Approach You?"

How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head	"The Sun Always Shines on TV (Live)"

Analogue	"Celice" "Birthright" "Analogue (All I Want)" "Cosy Prisons"

Foot of the Mountain	"Foot of the Mountain" "Nothing Is Keeping You Here" "Shadowside"

25	"Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)"

Ending on a High Note	"Summer Moved On (Live)"

Non-album Singles	"Shapes That Go Together"

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