Released: April 2, 2002

Songwriter: Pål Waaktaar-Savoy

Producer: Ian Caple

And it will take a little bit of extra time
To make it shine, to make it shine
And it will take a little bit of extra care
To bring it where you think it's there

And there's no one else around
This is what I've found

Anyone you see
Anyone you meet
Someone at your feet
Anyone could be that one
Anyone you know
Anywhere you go
Someone at a show
Could be that one

And it will take a little bit of all you've got
To get a shot, to get a shot
And it will take a little bit of extra care
To bring it where you think it's there

And there's nowhere else to go
This is what I know

Anyone you see
Anyone you meet
Maybe down the street
Anyone could be that one
Everywhere you look
Pages of a book
All the years it took
Everything that got you down

And it will take a little while to get back home
The road is long, the road is long
And it will take a little work to get it back
To mend the cracks, to bridge the gaps

Anyone you see
Could be the one
Anyone you meet
Could be that one
Someone at your feet
Could feel the same
Maybe you'd complete
Could share your name

Anywhere you look
Pages of a book
Everything she took
Never let it keep you down
You're holding out for news
All broken up and bruised
A loser born to lose
Oh

Anywhere you go
Anyone you know
You think it doesn’t show
But everybody knows
Anyone you see
Maybe down the street
Someone at your feet
Could be that one

​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.