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Locust​a-ha

Released: June 14, 1993

Songwriter: Pål Waaktaar-Savoy

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

Don't be afraid
It's a harmless moon
All we can do
Is to assume

Our lives must change
A change is due
I hear you say
What are we going to do

I don't know, make it
I don't know, shake it
I don't know, break it down
What are you want to do
I don't know, make it
I don't know, shake it
I don't know, break it down

Oh, weeping night
Oh, grieving sky
Oh, rabbit wind
You just flew by

Grant me this
Some small reward
Don't announce
The time of the final call

I don't know, make it
I don't know, shake it
I don't know, break it down
What are you want to do
I don't know, make it
I don't know, shake it
I don't know, break it down

My dream was this
Across the sky
A slate-grey cloud
That filled the eye
A slate-grey cloud
Comes through the dust
Locust

I don't know, make it
I don't know, shake it
I don't know, break it down
What are you want to do
I don't know, make it
I don't know, shake it
I don't know, break it down

Don't be afraid
It's a harmless moon
Don't be afraid
It's a harmless moon

​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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