Tuesday 22 September 2009
Introduction To A Ha
a Norwegian a-ha is new wave group that was most famous in the UK and the USA during the 1980s, but continued to be worldwide booming in the 1990s and 2000s. The trio, consists of lead vocalist Morten Harket, guitarist Pål Waaktaar-Savoy and keyboardist Magne Furuholmen, shaped in 1982 and left Norway for London in order to make a profession in the music industry.
Beginning of the name a-ha comes from the lyric of an early song. After checking dictionaries in many languages, they got that ‘a-ha’ was an worldwide way of showing thanks, with positive suggestion. It was short, a-ha was easy to say and somewhat strange.
The first song to break through into the normal culture was “Take On Me”, which was characteristic zed on the album Hunting High And Low; a main reason for its fame was the music video that came some time later after the song’s release.
“Take on Me” was the first song Morten Harket heard Magne Furuholmen and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy play. At that time the song was called “Lesson One.” Eventually the single “Take on Me” is estimated to have sold 7-9 million copies worldwide; it reached at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number two in the UK Singles Chart. Sales were aided in the U.S.
Beginning of the name a-ha comes from the lyric of an early song. After checking dictionaries in many languages, they got that ‘a-ha’ was an worldwide way of showing thanks, with positive suggestion. It was short, a-ha was easy to say and somewhat strange.
The first song to break through into the normal culture was “Take On Me”, which was characteristic zed on the album Hunting High And Low; a main reason for its fame was the music video that came some time later after the song’s release.
“Take on Me” was the first song Morten Harket heard Magne Furuholmen and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy play. At that time the song was called “Lesson One.” Eventually the single “Take on Me” is estimated to have sold 7-9 million copies worldwide; it reached at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number two in the UK Singles Chart. Sales were aided in the U.S.
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