Sounds Like a Melody
~ Recording by Alphaville
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Sounds Like a Melody | 4:29 | Alphaville | Sounds Like a Melody | Alphaville | Single |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 249 366-7, 249 366-7-N |
| 1.8 | Sounds Like a Melody | 4:26 | Alphaville | Hot and New | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 240 467-2 |
| 1.1 | Sounds Like a Melody | 4:28 | Alphaville | Ettor på Trackslistan 1984-1985 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Ariola (company mostly named as distributor) | 74321 20811 2 |
| 1.2 | Sounds Like a Melody | 4:30 | Alphaville | First Harvest 1984-92 | Alphaville | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 9031-76454-2 |
| 1.2 | Sounds Like a Melody | 4:30 | Alphaville | First Harvest 1984-92 | Alphaville | Album + Compilation |
| WEA Records (imprint of Warner Records International: lower-case “wea” with “records” below) | WICD 5141 |
| 2.5 | Sounds Like a Melody | 4:28 | Alphaville | Pop & Wave, Volume 3: Lots More Hits of the 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 473862 2 |
| 1.6 | Sounds Like a Melody | 4:28 | Alphaville | The Best of 1980–1990, Volume 9 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Electrola | 7243 8 28914 2 0 |
| 1.2 | Sounds Like a Melody | 4:30 | Alphaville | First Harvest 1984-92 | Alphaville | Album + Compilation |
| WEA Records (imprint of Warner Records International: lower-case “wea” with “records” below) | 9031-76454-2 |
| 1.15 | Sounds Like a Melody | 4:27 | Alphaville | Pop & Wave, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM 473862 9 |
| 1.1 | Sounds Like a Melody | 4:25 | Alphaville | Greatest Hits '99 | Alphaville | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.2 | Sounds Like a Melody | 4:30 | Alphaville | Nachtschicht, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Austria | 7243 528712 2 3 |
| 1.1 | Sounds Like a Melody | 4:27 | Alphaville | Pop & Wave: The Hits of the 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products | SSP 987874 2 |
| 1.2 | Sounds Like a Melody | 4:23 | Alphaville | 18 Legendary Hits | Alphaville | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | |
| 1.2 | Sounds Like a Melody | 4:29 | Alphaville | First Harvest 1984-92 | Alphaville | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it), Warner Music Russia | 82564623357 |
| 1.2 | Sounds Like a Melody | 4:30 | Alphaville | First Harvest 1984-92 | Alphaville | Album + Compilation | wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 9031-76454-2 | |
| 1.2 | Sounds Like a Melody | 4:32 | Alphaville | The Best of Alphaville | Alphaville | Album + Compilation | |||
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 16.13 | Sounds Like a Melody | 4:31 | Alphaville | 80’s Giga Hits Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| recording engineer and mixer: | Wolfgang Loos (from 1984-07 until 1984-08) |
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| assistant programming: | Boris Balin Thomas Beck (technical assistant, likely German) |
| programming: | Wolfgang Loos |
| producer: | Andreas Budde Wolfgang Loos Colin Pearson (producer and violinist) |
| additional keyboard: | Wolfgang Loos (from 1984-07 until 1984-08) |
| drum machine: | Bernhard Lloyd (from 1984-07 until 1984-08) |
| keyboard: | Bernhard Lloyd (from 1984-07 until 1984-08) Frank Mertens (German synthpop keyboardist Frank Sorgatz) (from 1984-07 until 1984-08) |
| strings: | Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (from 1984-07 until 1984-08) |
| lead vocals: | Marian Gold (from 1984-07 until 1984-08) |
| arranger: | Alphaville (German synth pop band) Wolfgang Loos |
| recorded at and mixed at: | Studio 54 (Berlin recording studio) in Germany (from 1984-07 until 1984-08) |
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| recording of: | Sounds Like a Melody |
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Related works
Sounds Like a Melody
| lyricist: | Marian Gold |
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| composer: | Marian Gold Bernhard Lloyd Frank Mertens (German synthpop keyboardist Frank Sorgatz) |
| publisher: | Rolf Budde Musikverlag (aka Budde Music) |
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| later versions: | U Got 2 Let the Music |
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