Out of My Hands (Morten Harket album)

Out of My Hands
Studio album by Morten Harket
Released	April 13, 2012 (2012-04-13)
Recorded	Norway (Ljunggren Studio, Snowdrop Studios) England (Real World Studios) Sweden (Studio Brun, Quant Studios)
Genre	Synthpop, pop rock
Length	37:44
Label	Universal, Island, We Love Music
Producer	Morten Harket, Lars Hustoft, Peter Kvint, Erik Ljunggren, Steve Osborne, Jonas Quant
Morten Harket chronology
Letter from Egypt (2008) Out of My Hands (2012) Brother (2014)
Singles from Out of My Hands
"Lightning" Released: 9 March 2012 "Scared of Heights" Released: 27 March 2012 "I'm the One" Released: 23 November 2012

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Scared of Heights"	Espen Lind	Lind	Erik Ljunggren	3:22
2.	"Keep the Sun Away"	David Sneddon, James Bauer-Mein, Julian Peake	Sneddon, Bauer-Mein, Peake	Steve Osborne, Ljunggren	3:19
3.	"Lightning"	Joakim Berg, Martin Sköld, Morten Harket	Berg, Sköld, Harket	Osborne, Erik Ljunggren	3:52
4.	"I'm the One"	Ole Sverre Olsen, Harket	Harket, Peter Kvint	Ljunggren, Kvint	3:22
5.	"Quiet"	Olsen, Harket	Harket, Kvint	Kvint, Harket	4:19
6.	"Burn Money Burn"	Berg, Harket [a]	Berg	Ljunggren, Osborne	3:52
7.	"When I Reached the Moon"	Håvard Rem	Harket, Kvint	Osborne	3:50
8.	"Listening"	Neil Tennant	Tennant, Chris Lowe	Osborne	4:53
9.	"Just Believe It"	Olsen, Berg, Harket	Berg, Jonas Quant	Jonas Quant	3:28
10.	"Out of My Hands"	Harket, Olsen	Harket, Lars K. Hustoft	Hustoft, Harket, Kvint	3:37

German, France and UK bonus track ^{[13] [14] [15]}

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Undecided"	Hågen Rørmark, Christian Engebretsen, Tor Einar Krogtoft-Jensen	3:33

Notes

• ^{^[a]} Original Swedish lyrics by Joakim Berg, English lyrics by Morten Harket.

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Austrian Albums Chart [16]	30
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) [17]	90
Dutch Albums Chart [18]	77
French Albums Chart	29
German Albums Chart [19]	3
Norwegian Albums Chart [20]	1
Russian Albums Chart	18
Swiss Albums Chart [21]	23
UK Albums Chart [22]	37

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label
Austria [23]	April 13, 2012	CD, digital download	Universal Music Group, Island Records, We Love Music
Belgium [23]
France [23]
Germany [23]
Netherlands [23]
Switzerland [23]
United Kingdom [24]	May 14, 2012		Wrasse Records

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