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East of the Sun​a-ha

Released: October 27, 1990

Songwriter: Pål Waaktaar-Savoy

Producer: Ian Stanley

Half of a letter
Tells half a story
The way I see it
It's half the worry
Where I came from
I forgot too soon
East of the sun
And west of the moon

Money talks
And, hey, I'm listening
I've lived without it
Enough to miss it
Where I'm going
I'll get there soon
East of the sun
And west of the moon

Oh, never going to get there later
You know I want to get there soon
Never going to get there, baby
On a desert road to home

East of the sun and west of the moon

Another day leaves me aching
I try to wake up but something's breaking

Here inside me
Deep and hollow
A sound that no other
Sound could follow
I know the pain
Before the wound
East of the sun
And west of the moon

Oh, never going to get there later
You know I want to get there soon
Never going to get there, baby
On a desert road to home

Oh, never going to get there later
You know I want to get there soon
Never going to get there, baby
On a desert road to home
On a desert road to home

East of the sun and west of the moon
East of the sun and west of the moon
On a desert road to home

​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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