Songlines is a video released by the German band Alphaville in 1990, created during the production of Alphaville's 1989 album The Breathtaking Blue. Nine acclaimed directors (or directing teams) were given a different track from The Breathtaking Blue and asked to make a short movie inspired by the song (the tenth track, "Anyway", is played over the closing credits).

Christoph & Wolfgang Lauenstein's video for "Middle of the Riddle" was later retitled Balance and won the 1989 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (albeit with different music).

Track listing

1. "For a Million" - 9:21 (directed by Alexander Kaidanovsky, U.S.S.R.)
2. "Romeos" - 4:58 (directed by Ian Pringle, Australia)
3. "Middle of the Riddle" - 5:00 (directed by Christoph & Wolfgang Lauenstein, F.R.G.)
4. "Heaven or Hell" - 3:38 (directed by Slobodan Pesic, Yugoslavia)
5. "Ariana" - 3:49 (directed by Ricky Echolette & Olaf Bessenbacher, West Berlin)
6. "She Fades Away" - 5:02 (directed by Mao Kawaguchi, Japan)
7. "Summer Rain" - 4:14 (directed by Susanne Bier, Denmark)
8. "Mysteries of Love" - 5:02 (directed by Alex Proyas, Australia)
9. "Patricia's Park" - 4:19 (directed by Godfrey Reggio, U.S.A)
10. "Anyway" - 2:56

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