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White Dwarf​a-ha

Released: November 4, 2005

Songwriter: Pål Waaktaar-Savoy

Producer: Pål Waaktaar-Savoy Martin Terefe

There's a big black picture
And it's hanging on your wall
With stars and all the planets
The milky way and all

And in the left hand corner
Perhaps a small white dwarf
Ready to explode, implode
I really can't recall

But it's out there
And I'm down here
And so far from it all

Everything's expanding
In a constant state of change
Everything's demanding
In a constant state of pain

You radiate away
Your last remaining heat
Your atmosphere has blown away
When you admit defeat

But it's out there (don't know where we are)
And I'm down here (don't know why we are)
And so far from it all

Your time
Your grace
Your story in place
Your life-span erased

There's a big black picture
And it's hanging off your wall
With stars and all the planets
The milky way and all

And in the left hand corner
Perhaps a small white dwarf
Ready to explode, implode
I really can't recall

But it's out there (don't know where we are)
And I'm down here (don't know why we are)
And so far from it all

And I'm out here (don't know where we are)
Down where (don't know why we are)
I'm so far from it all

​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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