Released: June 2, 1986

Songwriter: Pål Waaktaar-Savoy

Producer: Alan Tarney Tony Mansfield

Blue sky (blue sky…)
Blue sky (blue sky…)
Blue sky (blue sky…)
Ahhhhhh

I’m dying for a cigarette in the coffee lounge
Should I ask the lady here to give me one?
The only risk I’m running is a runny nose
She’s got such a bad bad cold
But would she laugh at my accent
And make fun of me?
Oh it doesn’t seem like this
Blue sky’s here for me

Heh

Ahhhhhh

There are no girls in here as far as I can see
Only pin-up posters sort of looking at me
Watching paper cups of coffee growing cold before my eyes
What else can I do when I’m here somewhere
In this big world without a cigarette to my name
Oh I never knew that
Blue skies meant such pain

Blue sky (blue sky…)
Blue sky (blue sky…)
Blue sky (blue sky…)

Ahhhhhh

I’m dying to be different in the coffee shop
I’ve lived on borrowed strength now my supplies are cut
Although I’m older than my looks and older than my years
I’m too young to take on my deepest fears
Oh I used to be confused but now I just don’t know
Since you left I’ve been watching blue skies come and go

Oh since you left I’ve been watching blue skies come
And go

Yeah!

Blue sky (blue sky…)
Blue skies come and go
Blue sky (blue sky…)
I’m watching blue skies just come and go
Blue sky (blue sky…)
Hey ah
Blue sky (blue sky…)
Do-do-do-do-do
Blue sky (blue sky…)
Do-do-do-do-do
Blue sky (blue sky…)
Do-do-do-do-do
Blue sky (blue sky…)
Do-do-do-do-do
Blue sky (blue sky…)
Do-do-do-do-do

​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.