Alphaville - Sounds Like A Melody (Wetten, dass..? 1984)

Marian Gold interview, 5. Februar 2020: “For me, "Sounds Like A Melody" for a long time used to be the ugly little sister of "Big in Japan" and "Forever Young". That was because after the enormous success of "Big In Japan", we were asked by our record company just to write another "hit" and so we did. Hence "Sounds Like A Melody" became the perfect spitting image of a manufactured pop song to me. How much I actually was mistaken was first revealed when Martin Lister, who was Alphaville's musical director all through the 90s, convinced me to play the ditty on our concerts. It developed into a true pearl in our setlist and it became perfectly clear that at the time we wrote it, we couldn't go wrong, ingenious little bastards we were."
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German:
Marian Gold im Interview, 5. Februar 2020: „Für mich war ‚Sounds Like A Melody‘ lange Zeit die hässliche kleine Schwester von ‚Big in Japan‘ und ‚Forever Young‘. Das lag daran, daß wir nach dem enormen Erfolg von „Big In Japan“ von unserer Plattenfirma gebeten wurden, mal schnell einen weiteren „Hit“ zu schreiben, was wir taten. So wurde „Sounds Like A Melody“ für mich zum perfekten Ebenbild eines "fabrizierten" Popsongs. Wie sehr ich mich tatsächlich geirrt hatte, zeigte sich erst, als Martin Lister, der in den 90er Jahren der musikalische Leiter von Alphaville war, mich überredete, das Liedchen auf unseren Konzerten zu spielen. Es entwickelte sich zu einer wahren Perle auf unserer Setlist und mir wurde klar, dass wir zu der Zeit, als wir es schrieben, nichts falsch machen konnten, geniale kleine Bastarde, die wir waren.“

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[JoshuaCriswell-vgze]

I love this song and 80s forever who agrees with me?❤❤❤

[Nicoco]

Music from Alphaville was clearly coming from another dimension...

[mariaassuntaboi]

Quanto sei bravo e bello Marian!!! 😊 ❤

[jonbirchartist]

This was my favourite album of the 80s and still gets played now because the songs are strong and it still sounds great! 🙂

[Ana-beatrizlua]

Sounds like a Melody ❤❤❤ ✌️ já era fan de Alphaville agora sou mais 😍🥰🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 primeira brasileira ✌️🥹🇧🇷

[Karenemm]

Beautiful - Thank You So Much For Your Music

[dorinamihalache]

🎊Happy birthday Marian! ✨🎁🥂🎂💖🤗✨🌹🌹🌹Be happy every day of your life, surrounded by your loved ones!!!
Alphaville forever 💯🍀💎
Forever Young 🌹💖Marian 💪😊👍🎤🎶🎊

[dorinamihalache]

✨🎉40 years old and still EXCEPTIONAL! 💯💎
One of the best in the history of World Music 🌟
Happy Anniversary 🎉🌹
Sounds like a Melody 🌟
1984 💯🌟🍀-2024 💯🏆💎

[l.b.]

Love, love ❤ this song, it brings me back to the 80s….i was so in love with Marian…that smile, those eyes!❤❤❤ lol! Now I’m 58 years old and still in love! Thank you.🙏

[alawide]

❤, yes, It Is fantastic song ❤, I like it, Thank you very much dear my friend Mr .Marian Gold ❤👋👋👋👋👏👏👏👏👏👏

[fabiane]

In 1984 I was 10 years old and it was my favourite album. My son is 25 now and also loves Alphaville ❤

[alnash]

💥🎵💥🎵💥
Genius determines time!!!💗
And again, complete delight!!!👏👏👏🥰

[claudecrosatto]

40 ans déjas, ouah ça fou un coup j adore Alphaville merci pour la vidéo

[Elena_Oraevsky]

Thank you!!! Thanks to you, I briefly returned to the days of my youth. It is wonderful. Thank you for these happy memories.❤❤❤

[svetlanan.]

Everything about this video is great! Thank you, Alphaville! Happy anniversary, "Sounds like a melody"! ❤

[juanfran]

I remember when my Dad and I used to listen this song ❤❤❤

[anjazimmermann]

Sounds Like a Melody 😃😍🎵🎼👍🏻
Ich war 12 j. Schöne Erinnerung und immer noch
Alphaville Fan 😘

[Ana-beatrizlua]

Alphaville atravessar gerações 🥰✌️🥹🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🥹 uma fan de 21 anos no Brasil Alphaville ♥️♥️🥹

[edsonavelino]

Alphaville sem dúvidas uma das melhores banda com certeza eu ainda tenho muita vontade de ver um show ao vivo dessa banda de séria top sem dúvidas

[dorinamihalache]

🎉✨Having an eighties moment
What a great band 💯💎...
And l love 💖🎶this track!!!