a-ha

Released: June 1, 1985

Songwriter: Pål Waaktaar-Savoy

Producer: Tony Mansfield

Help me
I need your love
Don't walk away
The dark scares me so
We're nothing apart
Let's stay friends forever
Forever

[Chorus]
Here I stand and face the rain
I know that nothing's going to be the same again
I fear for what tomorrow brings

Trust me
For whom I am
Place all your faith
Into these hands
I got nothing to say
But let's stay friends forever
Forever

[Chorus]
Here I stand and face the rain
I know that nothing's going to be the same again
I fear for what tomorrow brings

Here I stand and face the rain
Knowing nothing's going to be the same again
I fear for what tomorrow brings

Here I stand and face the rain
Knowing nothing's going to be the same again

Here I stand and face the rain
Knowing nothing's going to be the same again

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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Hunting High and Low

From the album

Hunting High and Low (1985)

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