"Sounds Like a Melody" is a song by German band Alphaville, released on May 14, 1984 as the second single from their debut album Forever Young.

[1] Originally, Alphaville had planned to release "Forever Young" as their second single, to follow the success of "Big in Japan".

However, record studio executives requested that Alphaville release an additional song between the two singles, and as a result "Sounds Like a Melody" was written and arranged in just two days.

Of the experience, singer Marian Gold said "the whole affair felt like an insult to our naive hippie instincts.

On the other hand, did this not open up possibilities for wonderful games to play in the brave new world of pop music?".