The Norwegian group a-ha had it's international start
in 1985 with the worldwide single hit "Take On Me". After the first release
of "Take On Me" flopped it was rereleased later together with an award
winning music video (Have a look on pictures from the
video). The "Take On Me" video is still in the people's memory
as recent no. 1 position in a VH-1 chart for the 80ies best video showed.
Including the no. 1 single a-ha released their first album "Hunting High
And Low" which included several other successfull singles like "Hunting
High And Low" and "The Sun Always Shines On TV". The 1986 follow up album
"Scoundrel Days" was also a big success. It featured the singles "Cry Wolf"
and "I've Been Losing You".
In 1987 a-ha did titletrack to the Bond movie The Living
Daylights. The song was a composed by Pal Waaktaar
of a-ha and John Barry. It was also included on aha's 1988 album "Stay
On These Roads".
In 1990 a-ha released their fourth album "East Of The Sun
West Of The Moon". It included the song "Crying In The Rain" which was
very successfull in Europe. In 1991 the album "Headlines and Deadlines
- The Hits of a-ha" comprised the best songs of a-ha up to 1990 and also included
a new song called "Move To Memphis". In 1993 "Memorial Beach" album was
released before in 1994 "Shapes That Go Together" - a song for the Paraolymics
in Lillehammer - marked the split of a-ha.
In 1998 a-ha reunited and performed
2 songs including a new one at the Peace Nobel Price concert in Oslo. Both
songs ("Summer moved on" and "The Sun Always Shines On TV") have been available
as mp3 files by internet from several sources although this has been declared
to be illegal by a-ha's management. In 2000 a-ha went back into business with
their new album titled "Minor
Earth, Major Sky". It was released end of
april in most of Europe (except of GB which followed in June 2002).
The album was an impressive comeback hitting the top spot of the sale charts
in Germany and Norway and getting high top ten positions in Switzerland and
Austria. "Minor
Earth, Major Sky" was also released in Asia. In November 2000 a-ha started their "Minor
Earth, Major Sky" tour taking place in Japan and Germany (and some other
locations). At least at
some of the tour locations a-ha performed "The Living Daylights"
including a musical quote of the James Bond Theme.
In
April 2002 the next album titled "Lifelines" was released. It
directly hit the top chart position in Germany and went Gold within a few
weeks. On June 08, 2002 a-ha started their "Liflelines" world tour
in their home country Norway. It brings a-ha to Norway, Finland, Sweden,
Denmark, Holland, Belegium, France, Great Britain, Russia, Brasilia, Germany,
Switzerland, Spain and many more countries.
a-ha: "You are the
one" video
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