A-ha discography

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[edit] Studio Albums

Album information
Hunting High and Low
Scoundrel Days
  • Released: 31st May 1986
  • Chart positions: #2 UK; #74 US; #1 NORWAY; #11 ITALY;;#3 SPAIN;#7 FRANCE;#8 CANADA;#1 JAPAN;#5 GERMANY;#5 HOLLAND;#11 SWEDEN
  • Singles: "I've Been Losing You", "Cry Wolf", "Manhattan Skyline"
  • World Sales:6.600.000
Stay on These Roads
  • Released: 3rd May 1988
  • Chart positions: #2 UK; #148 US; #1 NORWAY; #2 ITALY;;#5 SPAIN;#3 FRANCE;#67 CANADA;#1 JAPAN;#3 GERMANY;#8 HOLLAND;#10 SWEDEN
  • Singles: "The Living Daylights", "Stay On These Roads", "The Blood That Moves The Body", "Touchy", "You Are The One"
  • World Sales:4.200.000
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
  • Released: 22nd October 1990
  • Chart positions: #12 UK; #1 NORWAY; #1 Adult Billboard US; #15 FRANCE; #15 ITALY; #15 JAPAN; #12 GERMANY; #20 HOLLAND; #35 SWEDEN
  • Singles: "Crying In The Rain", "I Call Your Name", "Early Morning", "Waiting For Her" (Japan Only)
  • World Sales:3.200.000
Memorial Beach
  • Released: 14th June 1993
  • Chart positions: #17 UK; #1 NORWAY;#25 FRANCE;#15 JAPAN;#25 GERMANY;#39 SWEDEN
  • Singles: "Move To Memphis", "Dark Is The Night", "Angel", "Lie Down In Darkness" (US Only)
  • World Sales:1.200.000
Minor Earth Major Sky
Lifelines
Analogue
  • Total Studio Albums Sales: 30.950.000

[edit] Singles

Single information
"Take on Me"
  • Released: April 1985 (Europe Only) (1st Release)
  • Chart positions: #3 NORWAY; #137 UK
  • Taken from the album: Hunting High and Low
  • World Sales:3.000
"Love Is Reason"
"Take on Me"
"Take on Me"
  • Released: 16th September 1985 (3rd Release)
  • Chart positions: #1 NORWAY; #1 US; #1 ITALY; #1 SPAIN; #1 SWEDEN; #1 JAPAN; #1 GERMANY; #1 POLAND;
    #1 THE NETHERLANDS; #2 UK; #5 FRANCE; #7 CANADA
  • Taken from the album: Hunting High and Low
  • World Sales:9.000.000
"The Sun Always Shines on T.V."
  • Released: 16th December 1985
  • Chart positions: #1 UK; #20 US; #2 NORWAY; #10 FRANCE; #11 ITALY;#2 SPAIN;#1 SWEDEN;#1 JAPAN;#6 CANADA;#5 GERMANY;#1 POLAND
  • Taken from the album: Hunting High and Low
  • World Sales:5.000.000
"Train of Thought"
"Hunting High and Low"
  • Released: 2nd June 1986
  • Chart positions: #5 UK; #10 NORWAY; #4 FRANCE; #10 ITALY;#10 SPAIN;#11 GERMANY;#1 POLAND;#1 JAPAN
  • Taken from the album: Hunting High and Low
  • World Sales:2.500.000
"I've Been Losing You"
  • Released: 22nd September 1986
  • Chart positions: #8 UK;;#1 NORWAY; #14 FRANCE; #11 ITALY;#1 SPAIN;#3 SWEDEN;#2 JAPAN;#15 GERMANY;#5 POLAND
  • Taken from the album: Scoundrel Days
  • World Sales:2.100.000
"Cry Wolf"
  • Released: 24th November 1986
  • Chart positions: #5 UK; #50 US; #2 NORWAY; #35 FRANCE;#6 SPAIN;#9 SWEDEN;#20 GERMANY;#4 POLAND;#1 JAPAN
  • Taken from the album: Scoundrel Days
  • World Sales:2.400.000
"Maybe, Maybe" (No known cover available)
"Manhattan Skyline"
  • Released: 16th February 1987
  • Chart positions: #13 UK; #4 NORWAY;;#7 SWEDEN;#4 CANADA;#28 GERMANY;#1 POLAND;#2 JAPAN
  • Taken from the album: Scoundrel Days
  • World Sales:500.000
"The Living Daylights"
  • Released: 22nd June 1987
  • Chart positions: #5 UK; #1 NORWAY; #21 FRANCE; #3 ITALY;#1 SPAIN;#3 SWEDEN;#1 JAPAN;#35 CANADA;#8 GERMANY;#3 POLAND
  • Taken from the album: Stay on These Roads
  • World Sales:2.500.000
"Stay on These Roads"
  • Released: 14th February 1988
  • Chart positions: #1 NORWAY (x6 weeks); #1 ITALY; #1 SPAIN; #1 JAPAN; #1 POLAND; #3 FRANCE; #5 UK; #7 SWEDEN; #7 GERMANY; #15 CANADA;
  • Taken from the album: Stay on These Roads
  • World Sales:4.000.000
"The Blood That Moves The Body"
  • Released: 6th June 1988
  • Chart positions: #5 POLAND; #11 NORWAY; #13 JAPAN; #23 GERMANY; #25 UK
  • Taken from the album: Stay on These Roads
  • World Sales:400.000
"Touchy!"
  • Released: 15th August 1988
  • Chart positions: #11 UK; #5 FRANCE; #8 NORWAY;#5 SPAIN;#11 SWEDEN;#2 JAPAN;#11 GERMANY;#1 POLAND
  • Taken from the album: Stay on These Roads
  • World Sales:2.000.000
"You Are the One"
  • Released: 21st November 1988
  • Chart positions: #13 UK; #21 FRANCE; #5 NORWAY;#1 SPAIN;#17 SWEDEN;#3 JAPAN;#34 GERMANY;#6 POLAND
  • Taken from the album: Stay on These Roads
  • World Sales:750.000
"There's Never a Forever Thing"
"Crying in the Rain"
"I Call Your Name"
"Early Morning"
"Waiting for Her"
"Move to Memphis"
"The Blood That Moves the Body '92"
  • Released: 30th March 1992
  • Chart positions: #47 UK; #2 NORWAY
  • Taken from the album: n/a
  • World Sales:80.000
"Dark Is the Night"
  • Released: 24th May 1993
  • Chart positions: #19 UK; #4 NORWAY;#10 JAPAN;#46 GERMANY;#12 POLAND
  • Taken from the album: Memorial Beach
  • World Sales:450.000
"Angel"
"Lie Down in Darkness"
"Shapes That Go Together"
  • Released: 14th March 1994
  • Chart positions: #27 UK;#5 NORWAY;#15 JAPAN;#57 GERMANY;#28 POLAND
  • Taken from the album: n/a
  • World Sales:275.000
"Summer Moved On"
  • Released: 22nd May 2000
  • Chart positions: #33 UK; #1 NORWAY; #8 GERMANY; #11 LATVIA;#10 SPAIN;#12 SWEDEN;#1 JAPAN;#12 CANADA;#8 GERMANY
  • Taken from the album: Minor Earth Major Sky
  • World Sales:2.000.000
"Minor Earth Major Sky"
"Velvet"
"The Sun Never Shone That Day"
"Minor Earth Major Box"
  • Released: 26th February 2001 (4 CD single Box set of last 4 singles)
  • Taken from the album: n/a
"Forever Not Yours"
  • Released: 2nd April 2002
  • Chart positions: #1 NORWAY; #1 RUSSIA; #1 LATVIA; #18 GERMANY; #34 AUSTRIA;#12 CANADA;#18 GERMANY;#1 JAPAN
  • Taken from the album: Lifelines
  • World Sales:500.000
"Lifelines"
  • Released: 8th July 2002
  • Chart positions: #78 UK; #18 NORWAY; #1 RUSSIA; #4 LATVIA; #32 GERMANY;#46 SWEDEN;#32 GERMANY
  • Taken from the album: Lifelines
  • World Sales:300.000
"Did Anyone Approach You?"
  • Released: 30th September 2002
  • Chart positions: #7 LATVIA; #67 GERMANY; #5 NORWAY;#67 GERMANY
  • Taken from the album: Lifelines
  • World Sales:60.000
"The Sun Always Shines On T.V. a-ha Live"
"Celice"
  • Released: 4th October 2005
  • Chart positions: #1 NORWAY; #21 GERMANY; #1 BIELORUSIA; #2 RUSSIA; #29 LATVIA; #41 AUSTRIA; #36 ITALY; #38 SWITZERLAND
  • Taken from the album: Analogue
  • World Sales:300.000
"Birthright"
"Analogue (All I Want)"
  • Released: 23rd January 2006
  • Chart positions: #10 UK; #10 NORWAY; #33 GERMANY
  • Taken from the album: Analogue
  • World Sales:200.000
"Cosy Prisons"
  • Total Singles Sales:38.986.300

[edit] EPs

Album information
45 R.P.M. Club
  • Released: 1985 (Japan Only)
  • Tracks Include: The Sun Always Shines On T.V. (Extended Version); Driftwood; Take On Me (Extended Version); The Sun Always Shines On T.V. (Instrumental)
  • Japan Sales:120.000
Twelve Inch Club
  • Released: 1985 (Japan Only)
  • Tracks Include: Train Of Thought (Steve Thompson Mix); And You Tell Me (Demo Version); The Sun Always Shines On T.V. (Steve Thompson Mix); Train Of Thought (Dub Version)
  • Japan Sales:80.000
Scoundrel Club
  • Released: 1987 (Japan Only)
  • Tracks Include on CD: Cry Wolf (Extended Version); We're Looking For The Whales (Live Version); I've Been Losing You (Dub); Manhattan Skyline (Extended Remix); Hunting High And Low (Extended Remix)
  • Japan Sales:100.000
Road Club
  • Released: 1988 (Japan Only)
  • Tracks Include: The Blood That Moves The Body (Extended Version); Take On Me (Extended Version); Stay On These Roads (Extended Version); Hunting High And Low (Extended Remix); Soft Rains Of April (Original Mix)
  • Japan Sales:100.000
  • Total EPs Sales:400.000

[edit] Compilations

Album information
On Tour In Brazil
  • Released: 1989 (Brazil Only, Despite its title not a live recording)
  • Tracks: You Are The One; Cry Wolf; I've Been Losing You; Train Of Thought; Maybe Maybe; Hunting High And Low; Scoundrel Days; Take On Me; The Sun Always Shines On TV; October.

Brasil Sales:750.000

Best In Brazil
  • Released: 1989 (Brazil Only)
  • Chart positions: #1 BRAZIL
  • Tracks: Stay On These Roads; Touchy!; Hunting High And Low; Scoundrel Days; You'll End Up Crying; Crying In The Rain; You Are The One; The Blood That Moves The Body; There's Never A Forever Thing; Manhattan Skyline.
  • Brasil Sales:642.000
a-ha en Argentina
  • Released: 1989 (Argentina Only)
  • Chart positions: #1 ARGENTINA
  • Tracks: Stay On These Roads; Touchy!; Hunting High And Low; Scoundrel Days; You'll End Up Crying; Crying In The Rain; You Are The One; The Blood That Moves The Body; There's Never A Forever Thing; Manhattan Skyline.
  • Argentina Sales:640.000
Headlines and Deadlines - The Hits of a-ha
  • Released: 1991
  • Chart positions: #12 UK; #9 NORWAY;#5 ITALY;#8 JAPAN;#36 GERMANY;#2 HOLLAND;#47 SWEDEN
  • Tracks (CD): Take On Me; Cry Wolf; Touchy!; You Are The One (remix); Manhattan Skyline; The Blood That Moves The Body; Early Morning; Hunting High And Low (remix); Move To Memphis; I've Been Losing You; The Living Daylights; Crying In The Rain; I Call Your Name; Stay On These Roads; Train Of Thought (remix); The Sun Always Shines On T.V.
  • World Sales:5.000.000
The Selections '85-'93
  • Released: 1993 (Japan Promo Only)
  • Tracks: Dark Is The Night; Move To Memphis; Cold As Stone; How Sweet It Was; Take On Me; Train Of Thought; Hunting High And Low; The Sun Always Shines On TV; I've Been Losing You; Manhattan Skyline; Cry Wolf; Stay On These Roads; Touchy!; The Living Daylights; Crying In The Rain.
Single Remixies (Including spelling error!)
  • Released: 8th November 2000 (Japan Only)
  • Tracks: Summer Moved On (Remix); Minor Earth Major Sky (Niven's Radio Edit); Minor Earth Major Sky (Millennia Nova Remix); Minor Earth Major Sky (Early Version); Velvet (De Phazz Mix); Velvet (Millennia Nova Remix); Velvet (New York City Mix); Shapes That Go Together.
a-ha Tour Brasil - Agosto 2002
  • Released: 2002 (Brazilian promo only)
  • Tracklist: Features album tracks Forever Not Yours; Take On Me; You are The One; Crying In The Rain; plus a live version of "Hunting High And Low" recorded in Oslo in 2000.
The Singles: 1984-2004
  • Released: 29th November 2004
  • Chart positions: #4 NORWAY
  • Tracks: Take On Me; The Sun Always Shine On TV; Train Of Thought (Remix); Hunting High And Low (Remix); I've Been Losing You; Cry Wolf; Manhattan Skyline (Single Edit); The Living Daylights (7" Version); Stay On These Roads; Touchy! (Single Mix/Edit); Crying In The Rain; Move To Memphis; Dark Is The Night For All; Shapes That Go Together; Summer Moved On (Radio Edit); Minor Earth Major Sky (Niven’s Radio Edit); Velvet (Radio Version); Forever Not Yours; Lifelines (Album Version Edit).
  • World Sales:600.000
The Definitive Singles Collection 1984-2004
  • Released: 5th April 2005
  • Chart positions: #14 UK
  • Tracks: Take On Me; Sun Always Shines On TV; Train Of Thought; Hunting High And Low; I've Been Losing You; Cry Wolf; Manhattan Skyline; Living Daylights; Stay On These Roads; Touchy!; You Are The One; Crying In The Rain; Dark Is The Night; Shapes That Go Together; Summer Moved On; Lifelines; Velvet; Take On Me (video).
  • World Sales:600.000
a-ha Trilogy: Three Classic Albums (Box set)
  • Total Compilations Sales:8.742.000

[edit] Live albums

Album information
Days Night
  • Released: 1986 Wolf Production PROMO 2LP 12" Live at Hammersmith Odeon London (non-commercial release)
  • Tracklist : Train Of Thought; Love Is Reason; Living A Boy's Adventure Tale; Cry Wolf; The Blue Sky; The Sun Always Shines On T.V.; Driftwood; Here I Stand And Face The Rain; We're Looking For The Whales; And You Tell Me; Hunting High And Low; I've Been Losing You; Scoundrel Days; Take On Me.
The Living Daylights (2 LP 12" Live in Osaka)
a-ha Live at Vallhall - Homecoming Grimstad Benefit Concert
  • Released: 2001 (A live acoustic CD with 6 songs. The CD was included with the first batch of the concert DVD "a-ha Live at Vallhall - Homecoming" and was only in limited numbers.)
How Can I Sleep With Your Voice In My Head
  • Released: 2003
  • Chart positions: #8 GERMANY; #4 NORWAY
  • Singles: "The Sun Always Shines On T.V. - Live"
  • World Sales:600.000
  • Total a-ha World Sales:79.575.300


[edit] Video

Information
Headlines And Deadlines - The Hits of a-ha
  • Released: 1991
  • Format : VHS, DVD
  • Tracklist: Take On Me; Cry Wolf; Touchy!; You Are The One (Remix); Manhattan Skyine; The Blood That Moves The Body; There's Never A Forever Thing; Early Morning; Hunting High And Low; I've Been Losing You*; Crying In The Rain; I Call Your Name; Stay On These Roads; Sycamore Leaves*; Train Of Thought; The Sun Always Shines On TV (All tracks are the regular videos used to promote the singles except * which are live recordings from the NRK TV special)
a-ha - The Videos
  • Released: 1991 (Only In Spain)
  • Format : DVD
  • Tracklist : Forever Not Yours; Minor Earth Major Sky; Manhattan Skyline; I've Been Loosing You; Crying In The Rain; The Sun Always Shines On TV (Live); Did Anyone Approach You?; Lifelines; Stay On These Roads; Hunting High And Low; Take On Me; The Living Daylights; Summer Moved On
a-ha - Live in South America
  • Released: 1993
  • Format : VHS, Laser Disc (the digital version only in Japan)
  • Tracklist: The Sun Always Shines On TV; Cry Wolf; I Call Your Name; Slender Frame; Touchy!; Scoundrel Days; Rolling Thunder; I've Been Losing You; Early Morning; Take On Me
a-ha Live at Vallhall - Homecoming
  • Released: 2001
  • Format : VHS, DVD
  • Tracklist :Minor Earth Major Sky; The Sun Never Shone That Day; Little Black Heart; I've Been Losing You; Manhattan Skyline; Thought That It Was You; I Wish I Cared; Cry Wolf; Mary Ellen Makes The Moment Count; Stay On These Roads; Early Morning; You'll Never Get Over Me; Velvet; The Sun Always Shines On TV; The Living Daylights; Hunting High And Low; Summer Moved On; Crying In The Rain; Take On Me.
Live 8 concert, Berlin

[edit] Demos

  • The Love Goodbye
  • Go To Sleep
  • Nothing To It
  • Dot The I
  • Stop! And Make Your Mind Up
  • Lesson One

[edit] Other Releases

Information
The Swing Of Things / The Demo Tapes
  • Released:
  • Format : Book, CD
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Discography
Albums: Hunting High and Low | Scoundrel Days | Stay on These Roads | East of the Sun, West of the Moon | Memorial Beach | Minor Earth Major Sky | Lifelines | Analogue
Live albums and compilations: Headlines And Deadlines - The Hits of a-ha | How Can I Sleep With Your Voice In My Head a-ha Live | The Singles: 1984-2004 | The Definitive Singles Collection 1984-2004
Singles: "Take on Me (1st rel)" | "Love Is Reason" | "Take on Me (2nd rel)" | "Take on Me (3rd rel)" | "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." | "Train of Thought" | "Hunting High and Low" | "I've Been Losing You" | "Cry Wolf" | "Maybe Maybe" | "Manhattan Skyline" | "The Living Daylights" | "Stay on These Roads" | "The Blood That Moves The Body" | "Touchy!" | "You Are the One" | "There's Never a Forever Thing (promo)" | "Crying in the Rain" | "I Call Your Name" | "Early Morning" | "Waiting for Her" | "Move to Memphis" | "The Blood That Moves The Body (Remix)" | "Dark Is the Night" | "Angel" | "Lie Down In Darkness" | "Shapes That Go Together" | "Summer Moved On" | "Minor Earth Major Sky" | "Velvet" | "The Sun Never Shone That Day" | "Minor Earth Major Box (4 CD Box set)" | "Forever Not Yours" | "Lifelines" | "Did Anyone Approach You?" | "The Sun Always Shines On T.V. a-ha Live" | "Celice" | "Birthright (promo)" | "Analogue (All I Want)" | "Cosy Prisons"