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Turn the Lights Down​a-ha

Released: April 2, 2002

Songwriter: Morten Harket Magne Furuholmen

Producer: Stephen Hague Martin Landquist

Turn the lights on, the night is too long
Keep yourself warm, I’m coming home
(I cannot help you, you yourself must see)
(Decide now what you want to be)
Turn the lights down, the lights are too strong

When you’re down and out just hold on
Realize that nothing lasts long
(We must believe the things we cannot see)
(Everything’s all right with me)
Turn the lights down, the lights are too strong
I’m coming home

I just want to sleep by your side
It makes me feel so alive
I just want to sleep for a while
Oh

Turn around, the night is still young
Keep your lights on, I’m coming home
(You must decide now where you want to be)
(You’re the one who said to me)
Realize that nothing lasts long
I’m coming home

I just want to sleep by your side
It makes me feel so alive

(So easy to love from a distance) I still care
(Hard to be near when you can) I feel
(Impossible now to get back to)
(Where we began)

I just want to sleep by your side
It makes me feel so alive
I just want to sleep by your side
I just want to sleep through the night
Oh

​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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