LIVING A BOY'S ADVENTURE TALE
A-HA
SONGWRITER: PÅL
WAAKTAAR & MORTEN HARKET
COUNTRY: NORWAY
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.
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.
I've fixed my dwelling for the night
Lights in pairs come passing by where do I hide?
I need some time now on my own
Leave my loneliness alone
To lick my wounds
Night has found me just
in time to help me close my eyes here one more time
Living a boy's adventure tale
In so many ways
Living a boy's adventure tale
For so many days
I'm living a boy's adventure tale
Can't escape, if I wanted to
Living a boy's adventure tale
I may be dreaming but I feel awake
I've been lost in so
many places
Seeked love in so many faces
A change of weather,
the rain pours down
My head in hands, pressed to the ground
And where am I supposed to go now
Living a boy's
adventure tale
In so many ways
Living a boy's adventure tale (aah)
Living a boy's adventure tale
A voice I hear
Living a boy's adventure tale
Singing a lullaby fine for me
Living a boy's adventure tale
Because of you
Living a boy's adventure
Oh you know it's true
Living a boy's adventure tale
In so many ways (aah)
For so many days
I love you
I love you
So many ways
A ahaa!
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