I'VE BEEN LOSING YOU
A-HA
SONGWRITER: PAL WAAKTAAR
COUNTRY: NORWAY
ALBUM: SCOUNDREL DAYS
LABEL: WARNER RECORDS
GENRE: SYNTH-POP
YEAR: 1986
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
and 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. The 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
for 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 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 reunite; 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 the Rock in Rio festival. Their exact sales 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.
Scoundrel Days is the second studio album by
Norwegian new wave band A-ha. It was released on 6 October 1986
by Warner Bros.
Records. A remastered edition with additional tracks was released in
2010.
It wasn't the rain
that washed away...
Rinsed out the colours of your eyes
Putting the gun down on the bedside table
I must have realized
It wasn't the rain
That made no difference
And I could have sworn it wasn't me
Yet I did it all so coldly
Almost slowly
Plain for all to see
Oh c'mon please now
Talk to me
Tell me things I could find helpful
How can I stop now
Is there nothing I can do
I have lost my way
I've been losing you
I can still hear our
screams competing
You're hissing your s's like a snake
Now in the mirror stands
Half a man
I thought no one could break
It wasn't the rain
That made no difference
Nervously drumming on:Run away
But I want the guilt to get me
Thoughts to wreck me
Preying on my mind
So, please now
Talk to me
Tell me things I could find helpful
For how can I stop now
Is there nothing I can do
I have lost my way
I've been losing you.
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