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Keeper of the Flame​a-ha

Released: November 4, 2005

Songwriter: Pål Waaktaar-Savoy

Producer: Pål Waaktaar-Savoy Martin Terefe

Give it up for rock and roll
Give it up for rock
Give it up for how it made you feel
Give it up for vinyl days
Kicking back from school
Turn it up to make it real sweet

Give it up for rock and roll
Give it up for Bob
Give it up for how it made you see
Give it up for Silvertone
Give it up for gold
Adolescent daydreams

Incidental incidents
Instrumental instruments
The plan you hold is too grand to entertain
Monumental monuments
Sentimental sentiments
You could have been the keeper of the flame

You could have been the keeper of the flame one day

Incidental incidents
Instrumental instruments
Swallowed by the place from which you came
Monumental monuments
Sentimental sentiments
You should have been the keeper of the flame

Give it up for summer days
Laying in the grass
Everything is happening in your head
You raise your fist up in the air
Clench your teeth and say
Four more years and I am out of here

Four more years and I am out of here

​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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