The band’s first album, 1985’s Hunting High and Low , became a worldwide bestseller, spending most of October and November in the top 20 of Billboard ‘s Top 200 album chart. The album and its four hit singles garnered international recognition for A-ha. Hunting High and Low earned triple platinum…
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The band moved to Capitol Records and their first album for the label was simply titled Heart (1985).
Although the song ” Notorious ” was a US and UK top ten hit, the album was a relative failure globally, reaching number 16 in the UK and spending one week in the top 50 album chart. The band found they had lost much of the momentum and hysteria they…
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When originally released in 1985, the singles “What About Love” and “Never” did not chart, while “These Dreams” and “Nothin’ at All” only charted at 68 and 76 respectively.
Finally, the song was re-released in 1985 with a new, groundbreaking video; this time, the song peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and at number two on the UK Singles Chart .
Released in 1985, Low-Life refined and sometimes mixed the two styles, guitar-based and electronic, and included ” The Perfect Kiss ” – the video for which was filmed by Jonathan Demme – and ” Sub-culture “.
Beyond this European success, the song also reached No. 13 on the US charts in mid-1985, the first appearance of a DM single on the Billboard Hot 100 , and was a Top 20 hit in Canada.
In September 1984, Some Great Reward was released. Melody Maker claimed that the album made one “sit up and take notice of what is happening here, right under your nose.” In contrast to the political and environmental subjects addressed on the previous album, the songs on Some Great Reward were…
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This changed in March 1984, when they released the single ” People Are People “. The song became a hit, reaching No. 2 in Ireland and Poland, No. 4 in the UK and Switzerland, and No. 1 in West Germany – the first time a DM single topped a country’s…
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The band embarked on a global tour that continued throughout the first four months of 1984 including their first major stadium dates in America. A film crew led by director Russell Mulcahy followed the band closely, leading to the documentary film Sing Blue Silver and the accompanying concert film Arena…
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