Released: September 18, 2015

Songwriter: Pål Waaktaar-Savoy

(Når den ta-ka-ta-ka-ta er borte?)

I’m dying for a cigarette in the coffee lounge
Should I ask the lady here to give me one
The only risk I’m running is a runny nose
She’s got such a bad bad cold
Oh-oh

There are no girls in here as far as I can see
Only pin-up posters sort of looking at me
Now I picture you before me here
The sound of your voice
Fondling the keys to my room

Is my accent funny?
Would you laugh at me?
Everything's uncanny so to speak
Here at the blue sky

I’m dying to be different in the coffee shop
I’ve lived on borrowed strength now my supplies are cut
I watch the television set watching me
It's asking only reading questions
On an off and in and out and down I go
I used to be confused but now I just don't know
Paper cups of coffee growing cold before my eyes
I'm somewhere in this world without a cigarette to my name

Is my accent funny?
Would you laugh at me?
Everything's uncanny so to speak
Here at the blue blue sky

Wo-ohhhh

Oohhhhh-ohhh

​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.