a-ha Break Up - Stereogum

October 16, 2009

a-ha Break Up • Surprising on multiple levels. The Literal Version crossovers will go out in style with a 2010 farewell tour. Details at a-ha.com.

Posted at 11:23 AM
Tags: a-ha

« Previous Post: New Arctic Monkeys Video - "Cornerstone"

Next Post: New Little Girls - "Growing" »

7 Comments

I'm sure I am speaking for a countless number of people when I say, "they were still together?"

Posted by: steve at 10/16/09 11:51 AM | Reply
Score = 0

Steve - They were still together... and they were awesome. Never got enough credit in the US.

Posted by: Patrick at 10/16/09 1:44 PM | Reply
Score = 1

That's cool... I will check out some of their recent stuff.

Posted by: steve in reply to Patrick's comment at 10/16/09 2:12 PM | Reply
Score = 1

It annoys me when they are incorrectly classified as a "one-hit wonder" on those American VH1 and MTV shows ("The Sun Always Shines On TV" was a top-20 in America and outsold "Take On Me" in England). They had an impressive career in Europe and South America, where they played what is probably still the largest concert ever -- almost 200,000 in Brazil in the early 90s. They also put on a hell of a show, as I hazily recall from my sordid European youth.

Posted by: Bender Bending Rodriguez at 10/16/09 2:30 PM | Reply
Score = 1

Im a huge aha fan, have been from the start..aha is a band that has grown since the 80s with out any hype and hoop-la ..credits hype that U2 is the biggest and badess band in the world,but if anyone has a clue they know that aha clearly tops then on all levels......so to my 3 guys , I say take a bow, it been a great ride. Your the best, I will always stay on ur roads. you will be deeply miissed ROBERT RILEY-aha forever

Posted by: navyrob69 at 10/16/09 4:11 PM | Reply
Score = 1

I'm glad this comments section isn't just full of people talking about "Take on Me". I had the privelege to live in eastern Europe for a few years not too long ago, and I was really surprised at how big they were over there. It's funny how something so huge in Europe can still be completely invisible in the US.

I will also take this as a chance to repeat yet again that "Manhattan Skyline" is one of the awesomest songs of all time. Of All Time! And the music video for it is, in my opinion, even better than the iconic video for "Take On Me".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YCEdeelW0M

Posted by: Zayin_451