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Shadow Endeavors​a-ha

Released: September 4, 2015

Songwriter: Pål Waaktaar-Savoy

Producer: John O’Mahony Alan Tarney Pål Waaktaar-Savoy

[Verse 1]
Why breathe a word
When no one needs to know
Why say a thing
To another living soul

[Verse 2]
Let us pay no mind
To a world that seems unkind
For here is something to shelter
Now more than ever

[Chorus]
Shadow endeavours
Our shadow endeavours
Shadow endeavours
Shadow endeavours
Shadow endeavours
Shadow endeavours

[Verse 3]
Why leave us open
And naked to the sun
Why draw their fire
That they’ll surely reign upon us

[Verse 4]
Let us pay no mind
To their words and bitter lines
For here’s something to shelter
And now more than ever

[Chorus]
Shadow endeavours
These shadow endeavours
Shadow endeavours
Shadow endeavours
Shadow endeavours
More than ever
Shadow endeavours

[Outro] [x2]
Only ever happened to me once
It doesn’t come again
I think somebody left me here
Afraid and lonely
A long time ago

​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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