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Latest a-ha album

Beginning with a bang, a-ha's debut album sold more than eight million copies worldwide and spawned three #1 hits. In the fall of 1986, "Take On Me" and "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." were nominated for 11 MTV Video Awards combined, and a-ha won eight of these.

In June 1986, a-ha began a world tour which carried on through August 1987. The band had never played a single concert when "Take On Me" shot to #1 in America; soon they could boast a 16-country, 113-city tour under their belt along with countless interviews and television appearances. With Hunting High and Low a-ha had arrived.

Magne: "It's a record from a band that wanted everything - all at once."

Tim DiGravina, AllMusic Guide: "It's a cohesive album with smart pace changeups, and it rarely fails to delight or satisfy a listener's need for a synth pop fix...One can't escape the feeling that Hunting High and Low  is a product of the 1980s, but with highs like "Take on Me" and "The Sun Always Shines on T.V.," and no lows in sight, a-ha's debut is a treat worth relishing."

Liner Notes

PRODUCED BY TONY MANSFIELD.

REMIXED BY JOHN RATCLIFF WITH A-HA EXCEPT "HUNTING HIGH AND LOW" AND "LIVING A BOY'S ADVENTURE TALE," REMIXED BY JOHN RATCLIFF.

"TAKE ON ME" AND "THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON T.V." PRODUCED BY ALAN TARNEY; "LOVE IS REASON" PRODUCED BY JOHN RATCLIFF WITH A-HA.

​'Hunting High and Low' Cover Image: Just Loomis

Disc 1 Hunting High And Low (1985)

• 1: Take On Me
• 2: Train Of Thought
• 3: Hunting High And Low
• 4: The Blue Sky
• 5: Living A Boy's Adventure Tale
• 6: The Sun Always Shines On TV
• 7: And You Tell Me
• 8: Love Is Reason
• 9: I Dream Myself Alive
• 10: Here I Stand And Face The Rain

Lyrics Take On Me

We're talking away I don't know what I'm to say I'll say it anyway Today's another day to find you Shying away I'll be coming for your love, OK?

Take on me Take me on I'll be gone In a day or two

So needless to say I'm odds and ends But that's me stumbling away Slowly learning that life is OK Say after me It's no better to be safe than sorry

Oh the things that you say Is it life or just to play my worries away You're all the things I've got to remember You're shying away I'll be coming for you anyway

Magne Furuholmen / Morten Harket / Paul Waaktaar-Savoy © 1985 Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

Lyrics Train of Thought

He likes to have the morning paper's Crossword solved Words go up words come down Forwards backwards twisted round He grabs a pile of letters from a small suitcase Disappears into an office It's another working day

And his thoughts are full of strangers Corridors of naked lights And his mind once full of reason Now there's more than meets the eye Oh, a stranger's face he carries with him

He likes a bit of reading on the subway home A distant radio whistling tunes that nobody knows At home a house awaits him, he unlocks the door Thinking once there was a sea here But there never was a door

And his thoughts are full of strangers And his eyes to numb to see And nothing that he knows of And nowhere where he's been Was ever quite like this And his thoughts

And at heart He's full of strangers Dodging on his train of thought Train of thought 

Paul Waaktaar-Savoy © 1985 Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

Lyrics Hunting High and Low

Here I am And within the reach of my hands She's sound asleep and she's sweeter now Than the wildest dream could have seen her And I catch her slipping away Though I know I'll be hunting high and low

High There's no end to the lengths I'll go to Hunting high and low High There's no end to lengths I'll go To find her again Upon this my dreams are depending Through the dark I sense the pounding of her heart

Next to mine She's the sweetest love I could find So I guess I'll be hunting high and low

High There's no end to the lengths I'll go to High and Low High Do you know what it means to love you

I'm hunting high and low And now she's telling me she's got to go away I'll always be hunting high and low Hungry for you Watch me tearing myself to pieces Hunting high and low

High There's no end to the lengths I'll go to Oh, for you I'll be hunting high and low

Lyrics The Blue Sky

I find it hard to breathe As life just eats away At the faces that surround me They look tired today The lady at my table Doesn't want me here I just want to talk to her

But would she laugh at my accent And make fun of me Oh, it doesn't seem like this Blue sky's here for me

There are no girls in here As far as I can see Only pin-up posters Looking down at me Watching papercups of coffee Growing cold before my eyes All the things I see That make me realize

I'm in this big world without you Nothing to my name Oh, I never knew that Blue sky meant such pain

I'm dying to be different In the coffee shop I've lived on borrowed strength Now my supplies are cut Though I'm older than my looks And older than my years I'm too young to take on My deepest fears

Oh, I used to be confused But now I just don't know Since you left I've been watching Blue skies come and go Since you left I've been watching Blue skies come and go

Lyrics Living A Boy's Adventure Tale

I've fixed my dwelling for the night Lights in pairs come passing by where 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 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 Living a boy's adventure tale A voice I hear Living a boy's adventure tale Singing a lullaby 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 For so many days I love you, I love you So many ways

Lyrics The Sun Always Shines On TV

Touch me How can it be Believe me The sun always shines on TV Hold me Close to your heart Touch me And give all your love to me To me

I reached inside myself And found nothing there To ease the pressure of My ever worrying mind All my powers waste away I fear the crazed and lonely looks The mirror's sending me these days Please don't ask me to defend The shameful lowlands Of the way I'm drifting gloomily through time

I reached inside myself today Thinking there's got to be some way To keep my troubles distant

Touch me How can it be Believe me The sun always shines on TV Hold me Close to your heart Touch me And give all your love to me 

Lyrics And You Tell Me

Please don't hurt me I have told you All my love is all I've got And tomorrow is the day When I for your sake I'm coming back

And you tell me That I don't love you

I'm trying hard to make you jealous Trying harder to make you stay Days are longer Night are crazy It's so strange when you're away

And you tell me That I don't love you Please let me come to you And stay this time

And you tell me That I don't love you Oh you know That it's just not true

Lyrics Love Is Reason

My breath was coming fast And as I make a start You turn to go Oh, oh I'll do what you want me to I'll cry at the thought of the loss of a heart

Love is reason Love is reason Love is reason Love is reason enough

My morals are changing fast I told you it wouldn't last You turn and go Oh, oh I'll be what you want me to be I'd die at the thought of the loss of your heart

Love is reason Love is reason Love is reason Love is reason enough 

Magne Furuholmen © 1985 Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

Lyrics Dream Myself Alive

Dream myself alive I dream myself alive You can't deny There's something dark Against the light All I can say It doesn't have to be this way

We'll be chasing our tails madly See days pass like wildfire Right from the start I knew this world would break my heart

I dream myself alive Dream myself alive I dream myself alive Break my heart And dream myself alive What can it mean

Can it be I'm drawing pictures of the sea Right from the start I knew this girl would break my heart

Dream myself alive Dream myself alive I dream myself alive Dream myself alive Dream myself alive I dream myself alive

Magne Furuholmen/Paul Waaktaar-Savoy © 1985 Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

Lyrics Here I Stand And Face The Rain

Help me, I need your love Don't walk away The dark scares me so We're nothing apart Let's stay friends forever Forever

Here I stand and face the rain I know that nothing's gonna be the same again I fear for what tomorrow brings

Trust me for who I am Place all your faith Into these hands I got nothing to say But let's stay friends forever Forever

Here I stand and face the rain Knowing nothing's gonna be the same again Here I stand and face the rain Knowing nothing's gonna be the same again 

More Albums

Hunting High and Low Six Disc Super Deluxe Vinyl Boxset (2023)

True North (2022)

Lifelines Deluxe Edition (2019)

Minor Earth Major Sky Deluxe Edition (2019)

MTV Unplugged - Summer Solstice (2017)

a-ha Hits South America (2016)

Time and Again: The Ultimate A-Ha (2016)

'Memorial Beach' Deluxe Edition (2015)

East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon Deluxe Edition (2015)

Stay On These Roads Deluxe Edition (2015)

Hunting High And Low Super Deluxe 30th Anniversary Edition (2015)

Cast In Steel (2015)

Ending on a High Note (2011)

Scoundrel Days Deluxe Edition (2010)

Hunting High and Low Deluxe Edition (2010)

Foot Of The Mountain (2009)

Analogue (2005)

The Demo Tapes (2004)

The Singles 1984-2004 (2004)

How Can I Sleep With Your Voice In My Head (2003)

Lifelines (2002)

Minor Earth Major Sky (2000)

Memorial Beach (1993)

Headlines And Deadlines (1991)

East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon (1990)

Stay On These Roads (1988)

Scoundrel Days (1986)

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• Train of Thought Play Video
• Love Is Reason Play Video
• Living a Boy's Adventure Tale Play Video
• Cry Wolf Play Video
• The Blue Sky Play Video
• Manhattan Skyline Play Video
• The Sun Always Shines on T.V. Play Video
• Driftwood Play Video
• Here I Stand and Face the Rain Play Video
• We're Looking for the Whales Play Video
• And You Tell Me Play Video
• Hunting High and Low Play Video
• I Dream Myself Alive Play Video
• Scoundrel Days Play Video
• Take On Me Play Video

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Songs on Albums

• And You Tell Me
• Here I Stand and Face the Rain
• Hunting High and Low
• I Dream Myself Alive
• Living a Boy's Adventure Tale
• Love Is Reason
• The Blue Sky
• The Sun Always Shines on T.V.
• Train of Thought
• Manhattan Skyline
• Scoundrel Days
• We're Looking for the Whales

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