Scandinavian Skies Love." "Billboard" author Roman Kozak stated that "Scandinavian Skies" "could almost be Joel's 'Norwegian Wood'." Bielen also cites the backwards strings, the use of sound effects like the boarding announcements, string arrangements similar to those of Beatles' producer George Martin, and drumming similar to that of Ringo Starr as additional Beatle-esque elements in the song. "Scandinavian Skies" was not released as a single. However, it still reached #38 on "Billboard"s Mainstream Rock chart. It spent two weeks in the Top 40. Scandinavian Skies "Scandinavian Skies" is a song written by Billy Joel that was first released on his 1982 album
Photograph (Ringo Starr song) in August 2005. Featuring backing from the Roundheads – a band led by his latter-day producer Mark Hudson – these recordings were issued on Starr's releases "VH1 Storytellers" (1998) and "" (2007), respectively.<ref name="Erlewine/Soundstage"></ref> Further versions with his All-Starr Band have appeared on the albums "King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All-Starr Band" (2002), "Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006" (2008) and "Live at the Greek Theatre 2008" (2010), the latter with Gary Wright among the revised line-up. Starr re-recorded the song with the American band Vandaveer for his 2017 album "Give More Love".