a-ha

Released: June 14, 1993

Songwriter: Pål Waaktaar-Savoy

Producer: Pål Waaktaar-Savoy Morten Harket Magne Furuholmen David Z.

It's time we said goodbye
Time now to decide
Oh, don't you feel so small
Dark is the night for all

It's time we moved out west
This time will be the best
And when your evenings fall
Dark is the night for all

It's time, yeah, to break free
It's time to pull away for you and me

Come on now, to break free

It's time, yeah, to break free
We need to celebrate the mystery

It's time we said goodbye
Time now to decide
Oh, don't you feel so small
Dark is the night for all

Time
Time

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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