Sounds Like a Melody (Special long version) (special long version)
~ 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 (special long version) | 7:42 | Alphaville | Sound Like a Melody (special long version) | Alphaville | Single |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 249 366-0 |
| 1.1 | Sounds Like a Melody | 7:42 | Alphaville | Sounds Like a Melody (special long version) | Alphaville | Single |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 249 366-0, 249 366-0 D |
| 1.3 | Sounds Like a Melody (special long version) | 7:43 | Alphaville | Forever Young/Big In Japan/Sounds Like A Melody | Alphaville | Single + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 246 985-2 |
| 2.5 | Sounds Like a Melody | 7:43 | Alphaville | Best of Pop & Wave: The 12″ Mixes | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 481491 2 |
| 2.2 | Sounds Like a Melody | 7:42 | Alphaville | Culture Dance, Volume 8 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Versailles (French label) | VER 481011 2 |
| 4.1 | Sounds Like a Melody (Special long version) | 7:43 | Alphaville | Back to the 80’s: De hits uit de jaren ’80: The Long Versions | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 504361 2 |
| 2.7 | Sounds Like a Melody | 7:43 | Alphaville | Media Markt Collection: The 80s Maxi‐Versionen | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing | 0927-44432-2 |
| 1.4 | Sounds Like a Melody (Special long version) | 7:41 | Alphaville | I Love Disco Crash 80’s, Vol. 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Blanco y Negro Music (Spanish label/company from the 80s, later renamed as Blanco y Negro) | MXCD 1854 CB |
| 2.4 | Sounds Like a Melody (special long version) | 7:42 | Alphaville | Blank & Jones Present So80s (SoEighties) 4 | Blank & Jones | Album + Compilation |
| Soundcolours | SC 0321 |
| 1.2 | Sounds Like a Melody (special long version) | 7:45 | Alphaville | So80s (SoEighties) Presents Alphaville | Alphaville curated by Blank & Jones | Album + Compilation |
| Soundcolours | SC0344 |
| 2.4 | Sounds Like a Melody (special long version) | 7:42 | Alphaville | So80s (Soeighties) 4 (Remastered) | Blank & Jones | Album + Compilation |
| Soundcolours | SC 0321 |
| 1.4 | Sounds Like a Melody | 7:41 | Alphaville | I Love Disco: The Collection 9 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Blanco y Negro Music (Spanish label/company from the 80s, later renamed as Blanco y Negro) | MXCD 3600 |
| 2.10 | Sounds Like a Melody (special long version) | 7:45 | Alphaville | Forever Young (super deluxe) | Alphaville | Album |
| Warner Music Germany | |
| 2.10 | Sounds Like a Melody (special long version) | 7:45 | Alphaville | Forever Young | Alphaville | Album |
| Rhino (reissue label), Warner Music Central Europe (valid for release label use, but is also a distributor) | 0190295509040 |
| 3.10 | Sounds Like a Melody (special long version) | 7:43 | Alphaville | Forever Young (super deluxe edition) | Alphaville | Album |
| Rhino (reissue label), Warner Music Central Europe (valid for release label use, but is also a distributor) | 0190295509033 |
| 1.3 | Sounds Like a Melody (Special Long Version) | 7:44 | Alphaville | Sounds Like a Melody (2019 Remaster) | Alphaville | Single |
| Warner Music Germany | |
| 1.2 | Sounds Like a Melody (special long version remastered) | 7:43 | Alphaville | Sounds Like a Melody (Grant & Kelly remix by Blank & Jones X Gold & Lloyd) | Alphaville | Single |
| Rhino (reissue label), Warner Music Central Europe (valid for release label use, but is also a distributor) | 5054197-0668-4-9 |
| 2.1 | Sounds Like A Melody (Special Long Version) | 7:45 | Alphaville | Forever! Best Of 40 Years | Alphaville | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Central Europe (valid for release label use, but is also a distributor) | 5021732418319 |
| 1.12 | Sounds Like a Melody (Special long version) [2019 remaster] | 7:45 | Alphaville | FOREVER! Best Of 40 Years | Alphaville | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Group Germany | |
| 1.3 | Sounds Like a Melody (special long version) | 7:42 | Alphaville | Forever Young | Alphaville | Single | |||
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 Orlando 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 (Orchestra of the German Opera 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 |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | WEA MUSIK GMBH (company, not a label) (from 1984 to present) |
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| produced for: | Budde Music (aka Budde Music) |
| 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 (from 1984-07 until 1984-08) |
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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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