Song · Alphaville
“Sounds Like A Melody” by Alphaville
From the album Forever Young (1984)
“Sounds Like A Melody” by Alphaville appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1991. It was first released in 1984 on the album Forever Young. Its best result is #56 on the CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,214 alternative song of all time.
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Alphaville never wanted "Sounds Like a Melody". The plan was to follow "Big in Japan" with "Forever Young", but the record company demanded another single in between, so the German synth-pop band wrote and arranged this one in just two days, and it came out on May 14, 1984, the second single pulled from their first album, Forever Young. Marian Gold, who sings it and wrote the words, with Bernhard Lloyd and Frank Mertens sharing the music, felt the whole affair insulted their hippie ideals, and the band kept it out of their live shows for more than ten years.
Their grudge didn't slow it down. It went top 10 across continental Europe and in South Africa, topped the charts in Italy and Sweden and went gold in Germany, with Lloyd and Mertens on keyboards and strings from the Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 56 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
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