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Driftwood​a-ha

Released: December 16, 1985

Songwriter: Pål Waaktaar-Savoy

Producer: ​a-ha

Oh, come pity me, a poor mad sailor
Stranded on this love
Here I lie like driftwood, honey
Is this what I've become?

I go high over
Down under
At a lady's will
Under you

At a lady's will
I'm drifting still
I'm drifting still

So I ask in fading innocence
And all my youthful rage
Will your hands still touch me
When my face has fallen in with age?

And I go high over
Down under
At a lady's will
Under you

High over
Down under
At a lady's will
Under you

At a lady's will
I'm drifting still
I'm drifting still

High over
Down under
At a lady's will

High over
Down under
At a lady's will

​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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