Released: October 29, 2019

Songwriter: Pål Waaktaar-Savoy

You give a word, I send a word
Now we are friends
I do my bit, I resubmit
Time and again
Down the Digital river we will flow
Climb the Virtual mountain don’t you know
And to mythical places away
What a wonderful way to spend a day
You send a line, I send you mine
Auto spell
Back we go, to and through
Brain carousel
On the Digital river we will drift
In an alien world that don’t exist
A nonsensical pest is what I mean
Burning your eyes out on that screen
As we drift so far downstream
Nowhere is a place we’ve been
Down the Digital river we will go
Climb the virtual mountain don’t you know
Thеre’s a magical world if you insist
Filling all of the blanks your life has missed
I’ve lived…
I’ve been…
Down the Digital river
Down the Digital river
Down the Digital river
Down the Digital river

​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.