TAKE ON ME
A-AH
SONGWRITERS:
Morten Harket; Magne Furuholmen & Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
COUNTRY: NORWAY
Álbum: HUNTING HIGH
AND LOW
LABEL:
UNIVERSAL
GENRE: Pop Rock
YEAR:2011
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 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.
Hunting High and Low is the debut studio
album by Norwegian new wave band A-ha. It was released on 28 October
1985 by Warner Bros. Records. The album
was a huge commercial success, reaching high positions on charts worldwide and
peaking at number 15 on the US Billboard
200, eventually selling more than 11 million units
worldwide. The album was recorded at Eel
Pie Studios in Twickenham,
London, and produced by Tony Mansfield,
John Ratcliff and Alan Tarney.
In
all, five singles from the album were released, though not all were released
internationally: "Take On Me", "Love
Is Reason", "The Sun Always Shines on T.V.",
"Train of Thought" and "Hunting High and Low". The
group was nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammy
Awards in 1986, making A-ha the first Norwegian band to be nominated for a
Grammy.
As part of a re-release of their first two
albums, Hunting High and Low was expanded and remastered in 2010.
We're talking away
I don't know what I'm to say
I'll say it anyway
Today's another day to find you
Shying away
I'll be coming for your love, ok?
Take on me (take on
me)
Take me on (take on me)
I'll be gone
In a day or two
So needless to say
I'm odds and ends
But I'll be stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is ok
Say after me
It's no better to be safe than sorry
Take on me (take on
me)
Take me on (take on me)
I'll be gone
In a day or two
Oh, things that you
say
Is it a life or just to play my worries away?
You're all the things I've got to remember
You're shying away
I'll be coming for you anyway
Take on me (take on me)
Take me on (take on me)
I'll be gone
In a two
Take on me (take on me)
Take me on (take on me)
I'll be gone
In a two.
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