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Don’t Do Me Any Favours​a-ha

Released: November 4, 2005

Songwriter: Magne Furuholmen

Producer: Martin Terefe

You offer your assistance
But you won't accept my help
You draw your own conclusions
And there's room for little else

Your own participation's
Based on how much you can lose
I cannot help but feel
That this won't be of any use

Don't offer me your credit
'Cause I do not want the blame
Don't do me any favours
I don't want to play that game

I do not want to see myself
As someone that you saved
I'd rather be your adversary
Than to be your slave

'Cause every friendly gesture
Turns my stomach inside out
Don't do me any favours
I am better off without

Don't offer me your credit
'Cause I do not want the blame
Don't do me any favours
I don't want to know your name

But it's all right
Yes, it's all right
Yes, it's all right
Yes, it's all right
Yes, it's all right

Don't give me your credit
'Cause I do not want the blame
Don't do me any favours
I don't want to know your name

Don't do me any favours
Don't do me any favours
Don't do me any favours

But it's all right
Yes, it's all right
It's all right
Yes, it's all right
It's all right
Yes, it's all right

​a-ha

A-ha is a Norweigian synth pop group formed in 1982. All ten of their studio albums have either reached #1 or #2 in Norway – the first three also reaching the top 10 in several countries across Europe – with a total of over 35 million sold worldwide. They became a ‘teen pin-up band’ and were followed by screaming, enthusiastic fans. In 2012, all three members were appointed to knighthood in Norway for their contributions to music.

Frontman Morten Harket was lured away from the blues/soul group Soldier Blue in 1982 by keyboardist Magne Furuholmen to join his band with guitarist Paul Waaktaar. When Harket saw a song in Waaktaar’s notebook that was going to be titled either “a-ha” or “A-hem”, he suggested naming the band “a-ha”.

A year later, the band released their debut single “Take On Me” in 1984 to huge success in Norway. However, when the song was re-recorded and re-released alongside their debut album Hunting High And Low in the summer of 1985 it achieved massive international success, reaching #1 in eleven countries. Its success was definitely aided by its groundbreaking, award-winning music video of pencil-sketch animation combined with live-action shots.

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