Manhattan Skyline (song)
1987 single by A-ha / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Manhattan Skyline" is a song by Norwegian synth-pop band A-ha, released in February 1987 as the third single from their second studio album, Scoundrel Days (1986). It reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Manhattan Skyline" | ||||
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Single by A-ha | ||||
from the album Scoundrel Days | ||||
B-side | "We're Looking for the Whales" (Live in Croydon) | |||
Released | 16 February 1987[1] | |||
Recorded | 1986 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 4:52 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Alan Tarney | |||
A-ha singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Manhattan Skyline" on YouTube | ||||
The song was co-written by keyboardist Magne Furuholmen and guitarist Paul Waaktaar-Savoy. The song starts with Furuholmen playing a Harpsichord synthesizer sound 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 1985–2010 by Jan Omdahl, Furuholmen said: "Manhattan Skyline" 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. I thought I was doing a classic when I worked on the opening riff. Well, okay, it is a classic, actually."[2]
The B-side, "We're Looking for the Whales", was recorded at a concert at Fairfield Halls, Croydon in London on 19 January 1987.
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.