Cry Wolf (song)

"Cry Wolf"
Single by A-ha
from the album Scoundrel Days
B-side	Maybe, Maybe
Released	24th November 1986
Format	7", 12"
Recorded	1986
Genre	Synthpop New Wave Alternative rock
Length	4:06
Label	Warner Bros
Writer(s)	Pål Waaktaar & Mags
Producer	Alan Tarney
Certification	UK Silver
A-ha singles chronology
I've Been Losing You (1986) Cry Wolf (1986) Maybe, Maybe (1986)

"Cry Wolf" is a song by Norwegian band A-ha. It was the second single from their 1986 Scoundrel Days album.

The lyrics "Night I left the city I dreamt of a Wolf..." are credited to Lauren Savoy whom Pål later married.

It was the most successful single from the Scoundrel Days album in the U.S., where it peaked at #14 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts and went to #50 on the Hot 100. While it would be their last entry on that chart, the band would continue to have major pop hits from each album release throughout the rest of the world through to 2010. The single went Top 40 nearly everywhere else it was released, including Top 5 chartings in the UK, Poland and Ireland, going to #2 in Norway and to the top spot in Japan. It was certified a Silver single in the UK on 1 January 1987.^[1]

Tracklisting

7"

1. Cry Wolf
2. Maybe, Maybe

12"

1. Cry Wolf (Extended Version)
2. Cry Wolf (Album Version)
3. Maybe, Maybe

Music by Magne Furuholmen Words by Pål Waaktaar & Magne Furuholmen Produced by Alan Tarney Engineered by Gerry Kitchingham Mixed by John Hudson & Alan Tarney Drums by Øyestein Jevanord

Video

Cry Wolf

Director: Steve Barron

This song was released as the second single from Scoundrel Days. The theme of the video was taken from the story of the boy who cried wolf, which was also the inspiration for the song. Paul: "'Cry Wolf' has my first decent word-picture: ‘He came from where the winds are cold and truth is seen through key-holes…' Otherwise lots of bass, riffs and pure youthful force… Not so much substance, perhaps". "Cry Wolf" was filmed in Couches, Burgundy, France.

Chart positions

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Year	Chart	Peak
1986	US Billboard Hot 100	50
	Norwegian Singles Chart	2
	Swiss Singles Chart	27
	British Singles Chart	5
	Irish Singles Chart	4
	French Singles Chart	35
	German Singles Chart	20

References

1. ^ The Bpi
2. ^ "Norwegian Singles Chart". VG-lista. http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=A-ha. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
3. ^ "American Single Charts". VG-lista. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=3914&model.vnuAlbumId=749648. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
4. ^ "American Single Charts". Billboard. 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. Retrieved 2008-05-07. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "British Single Chart". UK Top 40. http://www.everyhit.com/. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
6. ^ "Swedish Singles Chart". Hitlista. http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=A-ha&cat=s. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
7. ^ "French Singles Chart". Palmares. http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=A-ha&cat=s. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
8. ^ "Austrian Singles Chart". Austria Top 40. http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=A-ha&cat=s. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
9. ^ "Swiss Singles Chart". Schweizer Hitparade. http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=A-ha&cat=s. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
10. ^ "Irish Singles Chart". The Irish Chart. http://www.irishcharts.ie/. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
11. ^ "German Singles Chart". Charts-Surfer. http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php. Retrieved 2008-06-07. ^{[dead link]}