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White Canvas​a-ha

Released: April 2, 2002

Songwriter: Magne Furuholmen

Producer: Martin Landquist

Stories are painted
In lines on your face
Misunderstandings
And little mistakes
A chance to start over
Is all that it takes
You know if you do
Your life is a canvas
The colours are you

Follow me out
Follow me round
Let’s make the road up as we go along
Just as we planned
You want to believe it
You know that it’s true
Your life is a canvas
The colours are you

You cannot erase them
The words that were said
Just paint them over
Inside of your head
All that is needed
You know you must make
One leap of faith
Everything else will fall into place

Follow me out
Follow me round
Let’s make it up and go back
To where we began
All that is needed
Is one leap of faith
Everything else will
Fall into place

Anywhere you’ll ever go
Everyone you’ll ever know
You may never find it
Everyone you’ll ever see
Anyone you choose to be
How you look will decide
Yeah, how you look will decide
What you see

Follow the moon
Follow the sun
Let’s make a deal this time
To stay with the plan
All that is needed
Is one leap of faith
Everything else will
Fall into place
Everything else will
Fall into place

Stories are painted
In the lines of your face

​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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