Lifelines (song)

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"Lifelines"
Single by A-ha
from the album Lifelines
Released8 July 2002
Recorded2002
GenrePop rock
Length3:57 (Single version)
4:17 (Album version)
LabelWEA
Songwriter(s)Magne Furuholmen
Producer(s)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 of the same name.

Music video[edit]

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[edit]

Europe: CD Maxi, WEA / 0927 47037-2
No.TitleLength
1."Lifelines" (Album Version Edit)4:01
2."Lifelines" (Boogieman Remix)4:55
3."Lifelines" (Console Remix)4:30
4."Lifelines" (Palace of Pleasure Remix)4:45
5."Lifelines" (Millenia Nova Remix)5:41
Europe: CD Maxi, WEA / 0927 47038-2
No.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
1."Lifelines" (Radio Edit)3:57
2."Hunting High and Low" (recorded live at Vallhall, Oslo, 24 March 2001)7:07
3."Manhattan Skyline" (recorded live at Vallhall, Oslo, 24 March 2001)6:13
4."Lifelines" (music video on enhanced section) 
Europe: promo, WEA / PR 03215
No.TitleLength
1."Lifelines" (Radio Edit)3:59
Germany: promo, WEA / PR 03382
No.TitleLength
1."Lifelines" (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix)6:22
Russia: CD Maxi, WEA, WWW / 5050466225429, НН-138CD/02
No.TitleLength
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

Charts[edit]

Chart performance for "Lifelines"
Chart (2002) Peak
position
Germany (Official German Charts)[1] 32
Hungary (Single Top 40)[2] 19
Norway (VG-lista)[3] 18
Poland (Music & Media)[4] 1
UK Singles (OCC)[5] 78

MTV Unplugged appearance[edit]

In 2017, A-ha appeared on the television series MTV Unplugged and played and recorded acoustic versions of many of their popular songs for the album MTV Unplugged – Summer Solstice in Giske, Norway, including "Lifelines".[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "a-ha – Lifelines" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  3. ^ "a-ha – Lifelines". VG-lista. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Major Market Airplay – Week 36/2002" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 20, no. 36. 31 August 2002. p. 21. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  5. ^ "a-ha: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  6. ^ Hoftun Gjestad, Robert (23 June 2017). "Etter 30 år med "tension" fant a-ha tonen igjen i kampen mot en felles fiende" [After 30 years of "tension", A-ha found their sound again, in their fight against a common enemy]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian Bokmål).
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