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Lie Down in Darkness​a-ha

Released: June 14, 1993

Songwriter: Pål Waaktaar-Savoy

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

With all your goals and destinations
Everything must be this way
Vague are hopes that try our patience
Listen now to what I say

Oh, lie down in darkness
I want you next to me
Oh, lie down in darkness
Here with me

With all our trials and tribulations
Will it ever make much sense
All these years, they disappear
They leave me here without defence

Oh, lie down in darkness
I want you next to me
Oh, lie down in darkness
Here with me

Next to me
I want you next to me

Oh, lie down in darkness
I want you next to me
Oh, lie down in darkness
Here with me

Oh, lie down in darkness
I want you next to me
Oh, lie down in darkness
Next to me

Oh, lie down in darkness
Next to me
With me
With me

​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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