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"I've Been Losing You"
Single by A-ha
from the album Scoundrel Days
B-side	"This Alone Is Love"
Released	22 September 1986
Recorded	1986
Genre	Pop rock synth-pop
Length	4:28
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Pål Waaktaar
Producer(s)	Pål Waaktaar Magne Furuholmen
A-ha singles chronology
"Hunting High and Low" (1986) "I've Been Losing You" (1986) "Cry Wolf" (1986)
Music video
"I've Been Losing You" on YouTube

"I've Been Losing You" is a song by Norwegian band A-ha, released as the lead single from their second studio album, Scoundrel Days (1986). It reached number one in Denmark and Norway, and number eight in the United Kingdom. It achieved worldwide sales of over 1.1 million copies.

The music video was shot in a wide arena in Los Angeles.

B-side

"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. Both versions can be easily differentiated by their duration and the use of certain instruments. The earlier version is notable for its organ solo that sets in at 3:36 until the end of the song. The ] version is notable for its guitar solo. The chorus ("It will make my last breath pass out at dawn / It will make my body dissolve out in the blue") is derived from the song "May the Last Danse Be Mine" by Waaktaar and Furuholmen's previous band, Bridges.

Track listings

7-inch single: Warner Bros. / W8594 (United Kingdom)

1. "I've Been Losing You" (Single Version) - 4:25
2. "This Alone Is Love" (Previously unreleased) - 4:33

12-inch single: Warner Bros. / W8594T United Kingdom)

1. "I've Been Losing You" (Extended Mix) - 6:58
2. "I've Been Losing You" (Dub Mix) - 4:25
3. "This Alone Is Love" (Previously unreleased) - 4:33

• Tracks 1 and 2 remixed by Jellybean Benitez.

7-inch single: Warner Bros. / 7-28594 (United States)

1. "I've Been Losing You" (Single Version) - 4:25
2. "This Alone Is Love" (Previously unreleased) - 4:33

12-inch single: Warner Bros. / 9 20557-0 (United States)

1. "I've Been Losing You" (Extended Mix) - 6:58
2. "I've Been Losing You" (Dub Mix) - 4:25
3. "This Alone Is Love" (Previously unreleased) - 4:33

• Tracks 1 and 2 remixed by Jellybean Benitez.

7-inch single: Warner Bros. / 92-85947 Canada

1. "I've Been Losing You" (Edit) - 3:36
2. "This Alone Is Love" (Previously unreleased) - 4:33

Charts

Certifications

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 "I've Been Losing You" (featuring Lissie).

References

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23. Hoftun Gjestad, Robert (23 June 2017). "Etter 30 år med "tension" fant a-ha tonen igjen i kampen mot en felles fiende" [After 30 years of "tension", A-ha found their sound again, in their fight against a common enemy]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian Bokmål).
24. "MTV Unplugged - Summer Solstice (2017)". a-ha. October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

• 1986 singles
• 1986 songs
• A-ha songs
• Number-one singles in Denmark
• Number-one singles in Norway
• Songs written by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
• Warner Music Group singles