a-ha

Released: May 3, 1988

Songwriter: Pål Waaktaar-Savoy

Producer: Alan Tarney

Father, my wings are clipped
See the steps that made me trip
Now I'm so lonely
Mother, time's frozen flame
Seem to linger in the rain
Holding me only

Like a river I'm flowing
And there's no way of knowing
If I'm coming or going
I need something to chain me down

Don't matter
My eyes have seen
For better
Out of blue comes green

Mother, I have gone wrong
Work my fingers to the bone
All I've been doing
Father, proud that I am
To be born into such hands
Your love so renewing

And I know I can lose it
Part of life, you can't choose it
As I touched the horizon
It just felt like I'd die soon

Don't matter
My eyes have seen
For better
Out of blue comes green

And like a river I'm flowing
I need something to chain me down

Don't matter
And now I've seen
For better
Out of, out of blue comes green
Don't matter
Out of blue comes green

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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