I Call Your Name (A-ha song)

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"I Call Your Name"
A-ha I Call Your Name Single.jpg
Single by A-ha
from the album East of the Sun, West of the Moon
B-side
Released3 December 1990
Recorded1990
Genre Pop rock
Length4:54
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriters
Producers
A-ha singles chronology
"Crying in the Rain"
(1990)		"I Call Your Name"
(1990)		"Early Morning"
(1991)
Music video
"I Call Your Name" on YouTube

"I Call Your Name" is a song by Norwegian band A-ha, released on 3 December 1990 by Warner Bros. as the second single from their fourth studio album, East of the Sun, West of the Moon (1990). It was written by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy and Magne Furuholmen.

Contents

Music video

The accompanying music video for "I Call Your Name" was directed by Michael Burlingame and Lauren Savoy. It received heavy rotation on MTV Europe in January 1991. [1] Two versions of the video were produced, one in gray-scale and one in color.

Critical reception

Davydd Chong of Record Mirror described the song as "comfortable, inoffensive pop". [2]

Track listings

  1. "I Call Your Name" – 4:54
  2. "The Way We Talk" – 1:30
  1. "I Call Your Name" – 4:54
  2. "The Way We Talk" – 1:30
  3. "The Blood That Moves The Body" – 4:05
  1. "I Call Your Name" – 4:54
  2. "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." – 5:08
  3. "Hunting High And Low" – 3:44
  4. "The Blood That Moves The Body" – 4:05

Note: This 7-inch vinyl release is a "Limited Edition E.P."

  1. "I Call Your Name" – 4:54
  2. "The Way We Talk" – 1:30
  3. The Blood That Moves The Body" – 4:05

Charts

Chart performance for "I Call Your Name"
Chart (1990–1991)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [3] 155
Europe (European Airplay Top 50) [4] 29
Europe (European Hit Radio) [5] 9
France (SNEP) [6] 45
Germany (GfK) [7] 37
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [8] 38
Netherlands (Tipparade) [9] 3
UK Singles (OCC) [10] 44

References

  1. ↑ "Station Reports > TV > MTV/London" (PDF). Music & Media . 19 January 1991. p. 22. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  2. ↑ Chong, Davydd (8 December 1990). "Singles". Record Mirror . p. 13. ISSN   0144-5804.
  3. ↑ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 29 May 2015" . Retrieved 28 May 2021– via Imgur.
  4. ↑ "European Airplay Top 50" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 8, no. 3. 19 January 1991. p. 25. OCLC   29800226 – via World Radio History.
  5. ↑ "European Hit Radio" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 8, no. 3. 19 January 1991. p. 18. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "a-ha – I Call Your Name" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "a-ha – I Call Your Name" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "a-ha – I Call Your Name" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "A-Ha – I Call Your Name" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 . Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "a-ha: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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