a-ha is a Norwegian pop music band. The trio, composed of Morten Harket, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, and Magne Furuholmen formed in 1983, and left Norway for London in order to make a career in the music business. "Take on Me", their debut single, was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1985 . Sales were aided in the US by an innovative video on MTV which utilized a sketchy animation/live action combination that tells a fantasy thriller story to the song. In spite of the single's greater popularity in the US, the album, Hunting High and Low , sold better in the UK. Critics at the time mostly dismissed the band as bubblegum pop.
a-ha's second album was Scoundrel Days ( 1986), and represented a move towards alternative rock. In 1987, they provided the title song for the James Bond film The Living DaylightsThe Living Daylights is a short story written by Ian Fleming featuring British spy James Bond. The story was first published in the first ever colour magazine supplement of the Sunday Times on February 4 1962, and was later reprinted under the title "Berl. Stay on These RoadsStay on These Roads is a-ha's third album, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music). Track 6's " The Living Daylights" was the theme song to the 1987 James Bond film of the same name. Track listing # "Stay On These Roads" # "The Blood That Moves The Body" # " ( 1988See also 1987 in music, other events of 1988, 1989 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events January Broadcast of the Cinemax television special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night, recorded on September 30, 1987 at the) received more mixed reviews than the previous albums. In spite of a drastic decline in sales in the next few years, a-ha continued to record two more albums, East of the Sun, West of the Moon ( 1990See also 1989 in music, other events of 1990, 1991 in music, 1990s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events January 21 MTV's Unplugged premieres on cable television with musical guest, Squeeze February 6 Billy Idol is involved in a serious motorcy) and Memorial Beach ( 1993See also 1992 in music, other events of 1993, 1994 in music, 1990s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events January 8 The U. Postal service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February of 1992. January 12 The original members).
a-ha split up in 1993, their members focusing on solo activities, but not after coming together in 1994 to perform for the Winter Olympics in LillehammerThe town and municipality Lillehammer in the county of Oppland, Norway, has 24,796 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. Lillehammer was the site of the Lillehammer affair when members of the Israeli Mossad were convicted of the murder of an innocent waiter., Norway, including their song composed for the Winter Para-Olympics , "Shapes That Go Together". After a very well-received one-off performance of "The Sun Always Shines on TV" and a new song, "Summer Moved On", at the Nobel Peace PrizeThe Nobel Peace Prize (where Nobel is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable) is one of five Nobel Prizes bequested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. While the Physics, Chemistry, Medicine and Literature Prizes are awarded concert in 1998, the threesome returned to the studio and recorded 2000's Minor Earth Major Sky , which resulted in a new tour, and a videocast performance of a-ha (with Briskeby) opening the new Vallhall stadium in Oslo. This album and 2002's Lifelines were both proof of the fact that their fanbase was still there and they were also able to attract new audiences, especially in Central Europe and Scandinavia, where the albums sold extremely well. They appeared again at the Nobel Peace Prize concert, in 2001. A live album (from their 2002 tour) with the title How Can I Sleep With Your Voice in My Head was released in March of 2003, preceded by a live single of the 1986 classic "The Sun Always Shines On TV".
