Forever Not Yours

"Forever Not Yours" is the first single from the A-ha album Lifelines. It was sent to radio stations in parts of Europe on 22 February 2002 (15 April in Belgium) and was released commercially on 2 April.

The cover of the commercial release features a closeup shot of the black front end of a 50's Cadillac standing on flatland. The A-ha logo in dark red is in the top right hand corner of the sleeve with the title in black letters underneath. The reverse of the sleeve features more flatland which has been fenced off with a small blue and white wooden panel. The sky is blue grey above with the A-ha logo in white letters at the top and track information in black underneath. The disc itself is a picture disc, showing the steering wheel and dash board photographed from inside the car. The A-ha logo is in silver at the bottom of the disc with title in white underneath. The photographs used on this single were taken by Andy Frank.

Words by Morten Harket and Ole Sverre Olsen
Music by Magne Furuholmen and Morten Harket
Produced by Stephen Hague and Martin Landquist
Additional arrangement by Keller, Schroeder
Recorded at Lydlab Studios, Oslo and Strongroom, London

Formats and track listing

CD: WEA. / 0927 44859-2 Europe

"Forever Not Yours" - (4:08)
"Differences" (Original Demo) - 2:49
"Hunting High And Low" (Live In Oslo) - 7:07
"Manhattan Skyline" (Live In Oslo) - 6:14

Forever Not Yours video

Director: Harald Zwart
The video was filmed on location in Cuba.
The theme of the video was based on the Biblical floods and Noah's Ark.
There are many famous faces entering the 'VIP entrance' in this video, including look-a-likes for Desmond Tutu, Madonna, Lenny Kravitz, and Elizabeth II.
In the final scene, A-ha once again makes fun of themselves: the VIP entrance turns out to be an entrance to a work hall for the crew.
Morten: " 'Forever Not Yours' is one of those songs that sums us up. Melancholy, and at the same time uplifting - soaring."

Chart positions

#1 (Norway)
#1 (Poland)^[1]
#1 (Latvia)
#1 (Lithuania)
#1 (Macedonia)
#1 (Romania)
#1 (Russia)
#3 (Estonia)
#4 (Denmark)
#4 (Moldova)
#7 (Singapore)
#7 (Slovakia)
#9 (Slovenia)
#12 (Canada)
#12 (Albania)
#15 (Hungary)
#16 (Portugal)
#18 (Germany)
#24 (Italy)
#26 (Switzerland)
#31 (Austria)
#33 (Canada Singles Top 40)
#46 (Sweden)
#47 (Spain)
#82 (Netherlands)
#82 (World)
#175 (UK)

References

↑ Poland Airplay Top 30

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

A-ha

Magne Furuholmen Morten Harket Paul Waaktaar-Savoy

Studio albums	Hunting High and Low Scoundrel Days Stay on These Roads East of the Sun, West of the Moon Memorial Beach Minor Earth Major Sky Lifelines Analogue Foot of the Mountain Cast in Steel

Compilation albums	Headlines and Deadlines: The Hits of a-ha The Definitive Singles Collection 1984–2004 25 Time and Again: The Ultimate a-ha

Live albums	A-ha Live at Vallhall – Homecoming Grimstad Benefit Concert How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head Ending on a High Note: The Final Concert

EPs	45 R.P.M. Club Twelve Inch Club Scoundrel Club Road Club

Box sets	Minor Earth Major Box

Tours	Ending on a High Note Tour

Related articles	Discography Awards Savoy List of tours Apparatjik

Book Category

A-ha singles

Hunting High and Low	"Take On Me" "Love Is Reason" "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." "Train of Thought" "Hunting High and Low"

Scoundrel Days	"I've Been Losing You" "Cry Wolf" "Maybe, Maybe" "Manhattan Skyline"

Stay on These Roads	"The Living Daylights" "Stay on These Roads" "The Blood That Moves the Body" "Touchy!" "You Are the One" "There's Never a Forever Thing"

East of the Sun, West of the Moon	"Crying in the Rain" "I Call Your Name" "Early Morning"

Headlines and Deadlines – The Hits of A-ha	"Move to Memphis" "The Blood That Moves the Body '92"

Memorial Beach	"Move to Memphis" "Dark Is the Night" "Angel in the Snow" "Lie Down in Darkness"

Minor Earth Major Sky	"Summer Moved On" "Minor Earth Major Sky" "Velvet" "The Sun Never Shone That Day" "I Wish I Cared"

Lifelines	"Forever Not Yours" "Lifelines" "Did Anyone Approach You?"

How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head	"The Sun Always Shines on TV (Live)"

Analogue	"Celice" "Birthright" "Analogue (All I Want)" "Cosy Prisons"

Foot of the Mountain	"Foot of the Mountain" "Nothing Is Keeping You Here" "Shadowside"

25	"Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)"

Ending on a High Note	"Summer Moved On (Live)"

Non-album Singles	"Shapes That Go Together"

Book Category

Noah's Ark media

Source	Genesis flood narrative in the Book of Genesis

Characters	Noah Shem Ham Japheth Wives aboard Noah's Ark

Television	Captain Noah and His Magical Ark (1967) Noah's Island (1997) Noah's Ark (1999) The Ark (2015)

Film	Noah's Ark (1928) Father Noah's Ark (1933) The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966) O Trapalhão na Arca de Noé (1983) La Biblia en pasta (1984) Genesis: The Creation and the Flood (1994) Noah (1998) Raining Cats and Frogs (2003) Noah's Ark (2007) Evan Almighty (2007) 40 Days and Nights (2012) Noah (2014) Ooops! Noah is Gone... (2015)

Stage	The Flowering Peach (1954 play) Two by Two (1970 musical)

Opera	Il diluvio universale (1830) Le Déluge (1875) Noé (1885) Noye's Fludde (1958)

Songs	Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo (1970) "The Prophet's Song" (1975) "Animals" (1980) "Forever Not Yours" (2002)

Games	Noah's Ark Noah's Ark (1992) Super 3D Noah's Ark (1994)

Literature	The Moon in the Cloud (1969) Noah's Ark (1977) Not Wanted on the Voyage (1984) Not the End of the World (2004)

Other cultures	Flood myth Sumerian creation myth Gilgamesh flood myth Ancient Greek flood myths Finnish flood myth Great Flood of China Mesoamerican flood myths Cessair Bergelmir Noah in Islam Noah in rabbinic literature

Science	Black Sea deluge hypothesis Flood geology Searches for Noah's Ark

Geography	In Search of Noah's Ark Mountains of Ararat Mount Judi Mosque of Ibn Tulun

Theories	Ararat anomaly Durupınar site

Story within a story	Angel's Egg Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake Fantasia 2000 "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass" "This Is the Way the World Ends"

Exclusions	"The Unicorn" Peluda

Related theology	Book of Noah Generations of Noah Gopher wood Noah's wine Seven Laws of Noah

Other	Noah's Brother List of replicas of Noah's Ark Boner's Ark Noah's Ark silver coins

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