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Released
  
6 June 1988

Recorded
  
1987

Format
  
7"12"CD-single

Genre
  
New waveSynthpop

B-side
  
"There's Never a Forever Thing"

Length
  
4:06 (Album Version)5:25 (Extended Version)

"The Blood That Moves the Body" is a song by the Norwegian band A-ha, and was originally released in 1988 as the second single from the band's third album Stay on These Roads.

Contents

This song was re-released on March 30, 1992 (1992-03-30) with the remixes by Alan Tarney. The video remained unchanged.

The dark, enigmatic lyrics of this song have been attributed to many things, including teen suicides in Japan and literary references to Eyes of a Blue Dog.

The "Two-Time Gun Remix" was later included on A-ha's 2010 compilation album, 25.

7": Warner Bros. / W 7840 United Kingdom (1988)

  1. "The Blood That Moves the Body" (Album Version) - 4:06
  2. "There's Never a Forever Thing" - 2:50

12": Warner Bros. / W 7840 TW United Kingdom (1988)

  1. "The Blood That Moves the Body" (Extended Version) – 5:25
  2. "The Blood That Moves the Body" (Album Version) – 4:06
  3. "There's Never a Forever Thing" – 2:49
  • Track 1 is also known as "Extended Remix" or "Extended Mix".
  • Also released as a 12" picture disc (W 7840 TP)

    • CD: Warner Bros. / W 7840CD United Kingdom (1988)

    1. "The Blood That Moves the Body" – 4:07
    2. "There's Never a Forever Thing" – 2:51
    3. "The Blood That Moves the Body" (Extended Version) – 5:25
    4. "The Living Daylights" (James Bond Version) – 4:11

    7": Warner Bros. / W 0089 United Kingdom (1992)

    1. "The Blood That Moves the Body" (The Gun Mix)" – 4:15
    2. "The Blood That Moves the Body"n (Two-Time Gun Mix) – 4:17
  • Remixes by Alan Tarney.

    • 12": Warner Bros. / W 0089T United Kingdom (1992)

    1. "The Blood That Moves the Body" (The Gun Mix)" – 4:15
    2. "The Blood That Moves the Body" (Two-Time Gun Mix) – 4:17
    3. "The Blood That Moves The Body" (The Second Gun Around Mix) - 5:56
  • Remixes by Alan Tarney.

    • CD: Warner Bros. / W 0089CD United Kingdom (1992)

    1. "The Blood That Moves the Body" (The Gun Mix)" – 4:15
    2. "The Blood That Moves the Body" (Two-Time Gun Mix) – 4:17
    3. "The Blood That Moves The Body" (The Second Gun Around Mix) - 5:56
  • Remixes by Alan Tarney.

    • Music video

    The official music video was directed by Andy Morahan and was filmed in Paris, France.

    References

    The Blood That Moves the Body Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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