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Holy Ground​a-ha

Released: November 4, 2005

Songwriter: Ole Sverre-Olsen Nick Whitecross Morten Harket

Producer: Kjetil Bjerkestrand Martin Terefe

Take your pride and lift it high
I have come to say goodbye
You’ve got your life and I’ve got mine
Sometimes hard to draw that line

I like to walk and my way is my own
You taught me how, don’t you know

And there must be some place to meet
I'll take off my shoes, I’ll walk barefoot when I do
Standing there in front of you
Want to be honest, I want to be true

I like to walk and my way is my own
You taught me how, don’t you know what we found

Brother maybe
We’re on holy ground
(Brother, take your pride and lift it high)
Take your pride and lift it high
(There must be some place somewhere some time)

I must leave without you, good advice
I grow stronger where the mountains rise
Standing there in front of you
I want to be honest, I want to be true
In front of you

(Brother, take your pride and lift it high)
And I praise you
(There must be some place somewhere some time)
We’re on holy ground
(Brother, take your pride and lift it high)
Take your pride and lift it high
(There must be some place somewhere some time)

And I praise you
Take your pride and lift it high
I am here to say goodbye

​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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