I've Been Losing You

Infobox Single
Name = I've Been Losing You

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Artist = a-ha
from Album = Scoundrel Days
B-side = "This Alone Is Love"
Released = 22 September 1986
Format = 7", 12"
Recorded = 1986
Genre = Synthpop
New Wave
Length = 4:24
Label = WEA
Writer = Pål Waaktaar
Producer = Pål Waaktaar & Mags
Certification =
Chart position = * #8 (UK Singles Chart)
* #1 (Norway)
* #14 (France)
* #11 (Italy)
* #21 (Australia)
Last single = Hunting High and Low
(1986)
This single = I've Been Losing You
(1986)
Next single = Cry Wolf
(1986)

"I've Been Losing You" is a song by Norwegian band a-ha. It was the first single from their 1986 "Scoundrel Days" album. It reached #1 in Norway, and #8 in the UK.

"This Alone Is Love" was the B-side, in an earlier, rawer form than the one that was re-recorded for "Stay on These Roads." It is derived from a song by Waaktaar and Furuholmen's previous band Bridges. World Sales: 2.100.000 copies.

Track listing

All tracks produced by Pål Waaktaar & Mags.

7": Warner / W8594 (UK)

# "I've Been Losing You" (edit)
# "This Alone Is Love" (1986 version)

Track 1 is shorter than the album version, as it does not include the coda after the last chorus.

12": Warner / W8594T (UK)

# "I've Been Losing You" (extended) - 6:58
# "I've Been Losing You" (dub) - 4:25
# "This Alone Is Love" (1986 version) - 4:30

* Tracks 1 and 2 remixed by Jellybean Benitez.

Chart positions

[cite web
url=http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=A-ha
title=Norwegian Singles Chart
publisher=VG-lista
accessdate=2008-03-07] [cite web
url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=344&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Bubbling+Under+Hot+100+Singles&ci=3014843&cdi=6733544&cid=07%2F24%2F1993
title=American Single Charts
publisher=Billboard
accessdate=2008-05-07] [cite web
url=http://www.everyhit.com/
title=British Single Chart
publisher=UK Top 40
accessdate=2008-03-07] [cite web
url=http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=A-ha&cat=s
title=Swedish Singles Chart
publisher=Hitlista
accessdate=2008-03-07] [cite web
url=http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=A-ha&cat=s
title=French Singles Chart
publisher=Palmares
accessdate=2008-03-07] [cite web
url=http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=A-ha&cat=s
title=Austrian Singles Chart
publisher=Austria Top 40
accessdate=2008-03-07] [cite web
url=http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=A-ha&cat=s
title=Swiss Singles Chart
publisher=Schweizer Hitparade
accessdate=2008-03-07] [cite web
url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/
title=Irish Singles Chart
publisher=The Irish Chart
accessdate=2008-03-07] [cite web
url=http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php
title=German Singles Chart
publisher=Charts-Surfer
accessdate=2008-06-07] [cite web
url=http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yends/hpe1986.htm
title=Italian Singles Chart
publisher=hitparadeitalia
accessdate=2008-06-07]

References