"Manhattan Skyline" is a song by Norwegian synth-pop band A-ha, released in February 1987 as the third single from their second studio album, Scoundrel Days (1986).
The song starts with Furuholmen playing a Harpsichord synthesizer sound in F major, before kicking into a hard rock-style chorus with a guitar riff in D minor.
In the official A-ha biography, The Swing of Things 1985–2010 by Jan Omdahl, Furuholmen said: "Manhattan Skyline" was perhaps one of the most inspired cut and paste projects that Paul and I did.
The music video was directed by Steve Barron and was inspired by newsprint, featuring a connect-the-dots animation of the band, a crossword puzzle, a printing press, and articles from newspapers from around the world.
7-inch: Warner Bros. / W 8405 United Kingdom (1987) 12-inch: Warner Bros. / W 8405TW United Kingdom (1987) The song is featured in Limmy's Show,[10] the scene in which it's featured spawning the popular "Benny Harvey" joke, started by Limmy at the end of the scene.