THE SUN ALAWAYS SHINE ON TV
A-HA
SONGWRITHER: PAUL
WAAKTAAR-SAVOY
COUNTRY: NORWEGIAN
ALBUM: HUNTING HIGH AND LOW
LABEL: WARNER BROS
GENRE: NEW WAVE
YEAR: 1985
A-ha (usually stylised as a-ha; Norwegian
pronunciation: [ɑˈhɑː]) is a Norwegian synth-pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. Founded by Paul
Waaktaar-Savoy (guitars), Magne Furuholmen (keyboards, guitars), and Morten
Harket (vocals), the band rose to fame
during the mid-1980s.
A-ha achieved their biggest success with
their debut álbum Hunting
High and Low in 1985. That album peaked at number
one in their native country Norway, number 2 in the UK, and number 15 on the US
Billboard album chart; yielded two international number-one singles: "Take On Me"
and "The Sun Always Shines on T.V.";
and earned the band a Grammy Award nomination as Best New Artist. In the UK, Hunting High and Low continued
its chart success into the following year, becoming one of the best-selling
albums of 1986. The band released studio albums in 1986, 1988, and 1990, with
single hits including "Hunting High and Low", "The Living Daylights", "Stay on These Roads", and "Crying
in the Rain". In 1994, after their
fifth studio album, Memorial Beach (1993), failed to achieve the commercial success of their previous
albums, the band went on hiatus.
Following a performance at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in 1998, A-ha
recorded their sixth album, 2000's Minor
Earth Major Sky, which was another number-one
album in Norway and Germany. This album was followed by Lifelines (2002); Analogue (2005), which was certified Silver in the UK; and Foot
of the Mountain (2009), which was certified
Silver in the UK and reached the Top Five 5 in many European countries.
On 15 October 2009, the band announced they
would split after the 2010 worldwide Ending on a High Note Tour. Thousands
of fans from at least 40 different countries on six continents congregated to
see A-ha for the last leg of the tour.
On 4 December 2014, A-ha officially announced
its participation at Rock in Rio 2015,
which celebrated 30 years for both the band and the event. In 2015, it was
announced that A-ha would re-unite and their tenth studio album, Cast in Steel,
was released on 4 September 2015, and the band toured in support of the album.
The band has released ten studio albums,
several compilations and four live albums. In less than a year, during 2010,
the band earned an estimated 500 million Norwegian kroner from concert tickets,
merchandise and the release of a greatest hits album, making them one of the
40–50 highest-grossing bands in the world. The band were listed in the Guinness
World Records book for having the biggest-paying
rock concert attendance; they drew an audience of 198,000 at Maracanã
Stadium during Rock in Rio festival. Their exact sale figures are somewhat controversial;
according to their label, Rhino
Entertainment, they have sold 55 million
records, but other sources assert that they have sold more than 100 million
units, albums and singles combined.
"The Sun Always Shines on T.V." is
a song by Norwegian pop rock band A-ha. The
song was written by guitarist Pål
Waaktaar. It was released as the third single from
their debut studio álbum Hunting
High and Low (1985). In some commercial markets
the single was not as popular as their previous (debut) single "Take On Me",
which had achieved #1 in the United States and several other countries around
the world, but in the United Kingdom, and Ireland, it improved upon the #2
charting of "Take On Me", reaching #1 on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in January 1986, having been released there on 16
December 1985. Its success secured for the band the prestige of having achieved
#1 single status in both the primary Anglo-American popular music charts on
either side of the Atlantic.
The
song was re-released by the band as a live version in 2003 with some minor
success in Eastern Europe. It has sold over 5 million copies worldwide.
Touch me
How can it be
Believe me
The Sun always shines on TV
Hold me
Close to your heart
Touch me
And give all your love to me
To me
I Reached inside myself
And found nothing there
To ease the pressure off
My ever worried mind
All my powers waste away
I fear the crazed and lonely looks
The mirror's sending me
These Days
Touch me
How can it be
Believe me
The Sun always shines on TV
Hold me
Close to your heart
Touch me
And give all your love to me
Please don't ask me
to defend
The shamefull lowlands
Of the way I'm drifting
Gloomily through time
(Touch me)
I reached inside myself today
(Give all your love)
Thinking there's got to be some way
To keep my troubles distant
Touch me
How can it be
Believe me
The Sun always shines on TV
Hold me
Close to your heart
Touch me
And give all your love to me
Hold me
Close to your heart
Touch me
And give all your love to
me, to me.
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