Released: July 7, 2010

Songwriter: Pål Waaktaar-Savoy

Producer: ​a-ha

What's that you're doing to yourself in the pouring rain?
What's all the notches? Would you care to explain?
You're soaking so you're making makeup is coming down
What's that you're doing to yourself in the rain?

What's that you're saying to yourself in the pouring rain?
Speak up please, I really can't hear a word you're saying
Looks to me that you've been thrown in at the deep end
I'd lend a hand but I hate getting wet

Still you're all in one wet piece
Blame it all on some coincidence
Now you put your face to bed
Down comes life and knocks your head

Still you're all in one wet piece
Blame it all on some coincidence
The rain has put your face to bed
Down comes life and knocks you dead

​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.