Hunting High and Low (song)
| Hunting high and low | |
|---|---|
| Aha | |
| publication | June 2, 1986 |
| length | 3:45 |
| Genre (s) | Synth pop |
| Author (s) | Paul Waaktaar-Savoy |
| Publisher (s) | Warner bros. |
| album | Hunting high and low |
| Cover versions | |
| 2015 | Silje Nergaard |
| 2015 | Ane Brun |
Hunting High and Low is a song released as a single in 1986 by the Norwegian pop rock band a-ha . It was the fourth and final single from a-ha's debut album Hunting High and Low . The song was written by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy .
The song title is derived from a story by the Norwegian writer Alf Prøysen . In the English translation of Prøysen's story Teskjekjerringa , Waaktaar-Savoy found the phrase “the husband was searching high and low”.
Charts
| year | single | A. | CH | D. | GB | NO | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Hunting high and low | 24 | - | 11 | 5 | 10 | - |
Music video
The music video was directed by Steve Barron . The English TV show Blue Peter showed a making-of of the video to demonstrate the morphing effects - Morten Harket transforms into different animals.
Cover versions
The band Coldplay occasionally plays this song at their concerts. She indirectly thanks a-ha for the inspiration of her own music. Other cover versions were recorded by the Norwegian jazz singer Silje Nergaard and the Norwegian songwriter Ane Brun .
Web links
- Lyrics on a-ha.com with links to the video and the audio file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jan Omdahl: a-ha - The whole story . 1st edition. Hannibal-Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-85445-331-4 , p. 211 .
- ^ Hunting High and Low . charts-surfer.de, July 18, 2008
- ^ Hunting High and Low . austriancharts.at, July 18, 2008
- ↑ a b c information. ( Memento of December 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Official website of a-ha