A-ha officially calls it quits... who knew?

[Papa Deuce]

I saw yesterday where A-ha ( Take On Me ) has officially retired. In all honesty, I thought they had been retired for like 15+ years. Other than "Take On Me", I couldn't name another song by them....

Anyway, I decided to do a wikipedia search, and I can no longer think of them as just another One Hit Wonder band...

Some A - ha facts:

Sold 36 MILLION albums....

Once headlined a concert of 198,000 people.

Also headlined a show in Norway for 120,000 people in 2005... the largest concert ever in Norway.

Who wouldda thunkit?

 

[JessicaR]

Who wouldda thunkit?

Not I! I thought they were history many years ago, interesting. Take On Me is about all I can come up with. So were they a one hit wonder here in the states?

 

[Imzadi]

Well, now they can come back for their "Comeback" tour.

 

[freckles and boo]

It is easy to forget that there is a big old world outside the US.

 

[JessicaR]

Well, now they can come back for their "Comeback" tour.

 

[Papa Deuce]

It is easy to forget that there is a big old world outside the US.

I thought about that too, but was really thinking "How could they sell 36 MILLION albums and hardly anybody in the US even know anything but one song"?

 

[maelstrom]

The rest of the world has very different musical tastes than the United States. I didn't know A-ha was still around (well, I guess not anymore, but), but it doesn't surprise me.

 

[Aisling]

Take On Me is one of my all-time favorite songs, so as far as i'm concerned, they did their bit and have my permission to retire.

 

[nmmom95]

That was such a cool video, too! I have to say, I think it's more surprising that they were still together than that they retired! I learned some pretty interesting things on the DIS today, including what a "tramp stamp" is. And I joined just to learn about Disney!

 

[suejai]

I used to love A-Ha. I had three of their albums. However, I had also assumed that they were retired by now. I did know that they carried on into 2000 but didn't really follow much after that 3rd album. I don't think they were ever given their full credit in N. America. Maybe they were just too European.

 

[alamode]

They played last year at the Tokyo game show for the new LIPS game, a karaoke game for Xbox 360.

AS for 80's bands, I saw ABC a couple years ago. Depeche Mode are still doing a world tour selling out 20,000 seat venues, so there are still some oldies around.