Lifelines (song)
{{About|the song by A-ha|the song by Rodney Atkins|Take a Back Road|other uses|Lifeline (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Lifelines
| cover = Cover-lifelines-sgl-big.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = A-ha
| album = Lifelines
| released = 8 July 2002
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop rock
| length =
- 3:57 (single version)
- 4:17 (album version)
| label = WEA
| writer = Magne Furuholmen
| producer =
| prev_title = Forever Not Yours
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = Did Anyone Approach You?
| next_year = 2002
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|DCkbfyk6XGc|"Lifelines"}}}}
}}
"Lifelines" was the second single and the title track from A-ha's 2002 album of the same name.
Music video
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, Hasvik Municipality.
The opening sequence features a poem written by King Olav V of Norway:
{{cquote|
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
}}
''MTV Unplugged'' appearance
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".{{cite news |last=Hoftun Gjestad |first=Robert |date=23 June 2017 |work=Aftenposten |language=Norwegian Bokmål |title=Etter 30 år med "tension" fant a-ha tonen igjen i kampen mot en felles fiende |trans-title=After 30 years of "tension", A-ha found their sound again, in their fight against a common enemy |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/GVyxq/etter-30-aar-med-tension-fant-a-ha-tonen-igjen-i-kampen-mot-en-felles |url-access=subscription}}
Track listings
{{Track listing
| headline = Europe: CD maxi, WEA / 0927 47037-2
| title1 = Lifelines
| note1 = album version edit
| length1 = 4:01
| title2 = Lifelines
| note2 = Boogieman remix
| length2 = 4:55
| title3 = Lifelines
| note3 = Console remix
| length3 = 4:30
| title4 = Lifelines
| note4 = Palace of Pleasure remix
| length4 = 4:45
| title5 = Lifelines
| note5 = Millenia Nova remix
| length5 = 5:41
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Europe: CD maxi, WEA / 0927 47038-2
| title1 = Lifelines
| note1 = album version edit
| length1 = 4:01
| title2 = Solace
| note2 = Tore Johansson version
| length2 = 5:08
| title3 = Dragonfly
| note3 = Magne Furuholmen solo version
| length3 = 3:39
| title4 = Turn the Light Down
| note4 = Langer & Winstanley version
| length4 = 4:48
| title5 = Lifelines
| note5 = demo
| length5 = 5:18
| title6 = You Wanted More
| note6 = Stephen Hague version
| length6 = 3:40
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Europe: enhanced CD, WEA / 0927 48483-2
| title1 = Lifelines
| note1 = radio edit
| length1 = 3:57
| title2 = Hunting High and Low
| note2 = recorded live at Vallhall, Oslo, 24 March 2001
| length2 = 7:07
| title3 = Manhattan Skyline
| note3 = recorded live at Vallhall, Oslo, 24 March 2001
| length3 = 6:13
| title4 = Lifelines
| note4 = music video on enhanced section
| length4 =
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Europe: promo, WEA / PR 03215
| title1 = Lifelines
| note1 = radio edit
| length1 = 3:59
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Germany: promo, WEA / PR 03382
| title1 = Lifelines
| note1 = Apoptygma Berzerk remix
| length1 = 6:22
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Russia: CD Maxi, WEA, WWW / 5050466225429, НН-138CD/02
| title1 = Lifelines
| note1 = Palace of Pleasure rmx
| length1 = 4:46
| title2 = Summer Moved On
| note2 = remix
| length2 = 6:02
| title3 = Minor Earth Major Sky
| note3 = Ian Pooley's Deep mix
| length3 = 6:14
| title4 = Solace
| note4 = Tore Johansson version
| length4 = 5:09
| title5 = Velvet
| note5 = Millenia Nova mix
| length5 = 3:58
| title6 = Lifelines
| note6 = Millenia Nova rmx
| length6 = 5:41
| title7 = Dragonfly
| note7 = Magne Furuholmen solo version
| length7 = 3:36
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for "Lifelines" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2002)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{single chart|Germany|32|songid=6526|artist=a-ha|song=Lifelines|rowheader=true|access-date=17 June 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Hungarytop10|19|year=2002|week=31|rowheader=true|access-date=17 June 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Norway|18|artist=a-ha|song=Lifelines|rowheader=true|access-date=17 June 2021}} |
| scope="row"| Poland (Music & Media){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2002/MM-2002-08-31.pdf|title=Major Market Airplay – Week 36/2002|magazine=Music & Media|volume=20|issue=36|page=21|date=31 August 2002|access-date=17 February 2023}}
| 1 |
| {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|78|artist=a-ha|artistid=26315|rowheader=true|access-date=17 June 2021}} |