A-ha discography

The discography of A-ha, a Norwegian synthpop/rock band, consists of eleven studio albums, eight compilation albums, six box sets, ten extended plays, and fifty singles. This list does not include solo material or other projects recorded by A-ha band members.

A-ha discography
Studio albums	11
EPs	10
Live albums	5
Compilation albums	8
Singles	50
Video albums	7
Music videos	44
Promotional singles	6
Box sets	6
Reissues	9
Audiobooks	1

A-ha was formed in 1982 by vocalist Morten Harket, guitarist Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, and keyboardist Magne Furuholmen. The band moved to London and eventually signed with Warner Bros. Records. They released their debut album Hunting High and Low in 1985, which remains their biggest success and contained their international break-through hit song "Take On Me". The band has scored two top twenty US hits in their career, but has had several hit singles in many countries in Europe, South America and their native Norway. By 1993, the band had released five studio albums before going on hiatus the following year.

After a performance at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in 1998, the band returned to the studio and recorded a new album, Minor Earth Major Sky, which was released in 2000. Their next album, Lifelines, was released in 2002, but would be their final album for Warner Bros. After signing to Polydor (part of Universal Music), further new albums were released in 2005 and 2009, after which the band decided to break up. However, they reformed for yet another new album, Cast in Steel, which was released in 2015. In 2022 they signed a one album deal with RCA/Sony Music and released the True North album in 2022.^[1] Harket, Furuholmen and Waaktaar-Savoy have been awarded Spellemannprisen 8 times.^[2] Through 2009 A-ha had sold over 100 million records worldwide.^[3] The band has released eleven studio albums, five compilations and four live albums.^[3]

In their native Norway, eight of the band's studio albums and eight of their singles have reached number one.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions											Certifications
		NOR [4]	AUS [5]	AUT [6]	FRA [7]	GER [8]	JPN [9]	NL [10]	SWE [11]	SWI [12]	UK [13]	US [14]
Hunting High and Low	Released: 1 June 1985 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, LP, MC	1	15	1	7	10	8	11	1	10	2	15	NOR: 2× Platinum[15] AUS: Gold[16] GER: 3× Gold[17] NL: Gold[18] UK: 3× Platinum[19] US: Platinum[20]
Scoundrel Days	Released: 6 October 1986 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, LP, MC	1	17	9	7	4	6	6	11	6	2	74	NOR: 2× Platinum[21] GER: Platinum[17] SWI: Platinum[22] UK: 2× Platinum[23]
Stay on These Roads	Released: 3 May 1988 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, LP, MC	1	55	9	3	4	5	5	10	6	2	148	GER: Gold[17] NL: Gold[18] SWI: Gold[22] UK: Gold[24]
East of the Sun, West of the Moon	Released: 22 October 1990 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, LP, MC	1	122	23	15	6	20	20	35	16	12	—	GER: Gold[17] SWI: Gold[22] UK: Silver[25]
Memorial Beach	Released: 14 June 1993 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, LP, MC	1	132	36	25	17	27	64	39	39	17	—
Minor Earth Major Sky	Released: 17 July 2000 Label: WEA Formats: CD, MC	1	169	4	41	1	53	55	36	3	27	—	GER: Platinum[17] SWI: Gold[22]
Lifelines	Released: 24 April 2002 Label: WEA Formats: CD, MC	1	—	2	30	1	99	92	21	6	67	—	GER: Gold[17]
Analogue	Released: 4 November 2005 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, MC, digital download	1	—	18	60	6	—	50	—	21	24	—	UK: Silver[26]
Foot of the Mountain	Released: 19 June 2009 Label: We Love Music/Polydor/Universal Formats: CD, digital download	2	—	11	—	1	134	83	45	12	5	—	GER: Platinum[17]
Cast in Steel	Released: 4 September 2015 Label: We Love Music/Polydor/Universal Formats: CD, 2xCD, LP, digital download	2	—	13	84	4	—	5	—	9	8	—
True North	Released: 21 October 2022[27] Label: RCA Formats: CD, LP, digital download	3	—	8	38	4	39	11	6	5	12	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		NOR [4]	AUT [6]	FRA [7]	GER [8]	NL [10]	SPA [28]	SWI [12]	UK [13]
Live at Vallhall: Homecoming	Released: 5 November 2001 Label: Self-released Formats: DVD+CD, VHS+CD CD only available as a bonus with the video album from the band's website	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head	Released: 24 March 2003 Label: WEA Formats: CD, 2xCD, MC	4	73	88	8	—	—	36	—
Live at Vallhall – Sight & Sound series CD & DVD set	Released: 28 July 2008 Label: Warner Music Formats: CD+DVD Reissue of 2001 album with full live CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ending on a High Note: The Final Concert	Released: 1 April 2011 Label: We Love Music/Universal Formats: CD, DVD, Blu-ray	3	61	163	3	72	92	52	43
MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice	Released: 6 October 2017 Label: We Love Music/Polydor/Universal Formats: 2xCD, 3xLP, DVD, Blu-ray, digital download	14	14	100	3	98	76	20	6
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		NOR [4]	AUS [5]	AUT [6]	GER [8]	IRE [29][30]	JPN [9]	NL [10]	SWE [11]	SWI [12]	UK [13]
On Tour in Brazil	Released: 1989 Label: WEA Formats: CD, LP, MC Brazil-only release	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Best in Brazil (a.k.a. a-ha en Argentina)	Released: 1991 Label: WEA Formats: CD, LP, MC Brazil and Argentina-only release	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Headlines and Deadlines: The Hits of A-ha	Released: 4 November 1991 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, LP, MC	9	162	32	26	18	16	28	47	40	12	GER: Platinum[17] JPN: Gold[31] UK: Platinum[32]
The Very Best of a-ha	Released: 13 May 1992 Label: Music Design/Afidno Formats: CD, LP, MC South Korea-only release	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
The Singles: 1984–2004	Released: 11 April 2005 Label: Warner Music Formats: CD, digital download Released in the UK as The Definitive Singles Collection 1984–2004	4	—	—	49	44	—	—	8	—	14	GER: Gold[17] UK: Gold[33]
25	Released: 19 July 2010 Label: Warner Bros./Rhino Formats: 2xCD, digital download	6	—	9	2	28	203	73	—	6	10	NOR: 2× Platinum[34] GER: Platinum[17] UK: Silver[35]
Time and Again: The Ultimate a-ha	Released: 18 March 2016 Label: Warner Bros./Rhino Formats: 2xCD, digital download	—	439	—	22	—	—	—	—	38	75
Greatest Hits – Japanese Singles Collection [jp]	Released: 26 February 2020 Label: Warner Music Japan/Rhino Formats: CD+DVD Japan-only release	—	—	—	—	—	44	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

Title	Album details
Minor Earth Major Box	Released: 26 February 2001 Label: WEA Formats: 4xCDS
3 for One	Released: 2 October 2001 Label: Warner Music Formats: 3xCD Australia-only release
Trilogy: Three Classic Albums	Released: 5 December 2005 Label: Warner Bros./Rhino Formats: 3xCD
Original Album Series	Released: 13 June 2011 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: 5xCD
2 for 1: Foot of the Mountain/Analogue	Released: 28 October 2011 Label: Universal Music Formats: 2xCD
The Triple Album Collection	Released: 5 October 2012 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: 3xCD

Reissues

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		NOR [4]	GER [8]	NL [10]	JPN [9]	UK [13]
Hunting High and Low (Deluxe Edition)	Released: 5 July 2010 Label: Warner Bros./Rhino Formats: 2xCD, digital download	32	39	—	160	165
Scoundrel Days (Deluxe Edition)	Released: 5 July 2010 Label: Warner Bros./Rhino Formats: 2xCD, digital download	27	52	—	190	190
Hunting High and Low Super Deluxe 30th Anniversary Edition	Released: 18 September 2015 Label: Warner Bros./Rhino Formats: 4xCD+DVD, CD, LP, digital download	25	30	79	—	83
Stay on These Roads (Deluxe Edition)	Released: 23 October 2015 Label: Warner Bros./Rhino Formats: 2xCD, digital download	—	—	—	—	145
East of the Sun, West of the Moon (Deluxe Edition)	Released: 23 October 2015 Label: Warner Bros./Rhino Formats: 2xCD+DVD, digital download	—	—	—	—	186
Memorial Beach (Deluxe Edition)	Released: 23 October 2015 Label: Warner Bros./Rhino Formats: 2xCD, digital download	—	—	—	—	184
Minor Earth Major Sky (Deluxe Edition)	Released: 27 September 2019 Label: Warner Music/Rhino Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP, digital download	—	—	—	—	—
Lifelines (Deluxe Edition)	Released: 27 September 2019 Label: Warner Music/Rhino Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP, digital download	—	—	—	—	—
Hunting High and Low (Expanded Edition)	Released: 15 November 2019 Label: Warner Bros./Rhino Formats: 4xCD, digital download	—	—	—	240	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

EPs

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions
		JPN [9]
45 R.P.M. Club	Released: 25 June 1986 Label: Warner Bros./Reprise Formats: 12", CD, MC Japan-only release	6
Twelve Inch Club	Released: 25 August 1986 Label: Warner Bros./Reprise Formats: 12", CD, MC Japan-only release	21
a-ha	Released: 1986 Label: Amiga Formats: 7" East Germany-only release	—
Scoundrel Club	Released: 25 May 1987 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: 12", CD, MC Japan-only release	27
Road Club	Released: 25 August 1988 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD Japan-only release	42
Hits E.P.	Released: 1 October 1990 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: 7" UK-only release	—
Hits E.P. – Number Two	Released: December 1990 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: 7" UK-only release	—
Singles Remixies	Released: 8 November 2000 Label: WEA Formats: CD Japan-only release	—
Rhino Hi-Five	Released: 19 July 2005 Label: Rhino Formats: digital download	—
Hits South America	Released: 16 April 2016 Label: Warner Bros./Rhino Formats: 12"	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions											Certifications	Album
		NOR [4]	AUS [5]	AUT [6]	CAN	FRA [7]	GER [8]	IRE [36]	NL [10]	SWI [12]	UK [13]	US [37]
"Take On Me" (original version) [A]	1984	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
"Love Is Reason"	1985	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Hunting High and Low
"Take On Me"		1	1	1	2	3	1	2	1	1	2	1	FRA: Gold[38] GER: Gold[17] UK: 4× Platinum[39]
"The Sun Always Shines on T.V."		2	19	8	11	10	5	1	4	7	1	20	UK: Silver[40]
"Train of Thought"	1986	—	47	—	—	—	14	5	—	—	8	—
"Hunting High and Low"		10	33	24	—	4	11	4	9	—	5	—
"I've Been Losing You"		1	21	20	—	14	15	3	11	16	8	—		Scoundrel Days
"Cry Wolf"		2	45	—	—	35	20	4	12	27	5	50	UK: Silver[41]
"Maybe Maybe" (Bolivia-only release)		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Manhattan Skyline"	1987	4	—	—	—	—	28	3	53	—	13	—
"The Living Daylights" [B]		1	29	18	48	21	8	3	9	8	5	—		The Living Daylights (soundtrack)
"Stay on These Roads"	1988	1	56	11	—	3	7	2	10	10	5	—		Stay on These Roads
"The Blood That Moves the Body"		—	—	—	—	—	23	11	24	29	25	—
"Touchy!"		—	—	—	—	5	13	6	13	18	11	—
"You Are the One"		—	—	—	—	21	30	12	56	—	13	—
"Crying in the Rain"	1990	1	131	17	34	11	6	8	10	21	13	—		East of the Sun, West of the Moon
"I Call Your Name"		—	155	—	—	45	37	—	38	—	44	—
"Early Morning"	1991	—	—	—	—	—	52	29	—	—	78	—
"Waiting for Her" (Japan-only release)		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Move to Memphis" [C]		2	171	—	—	—	39	29	61	—	47	—		Headlines and Deadlines – The Hits of a-ha
"The Blood That Moves the Body '92" [D]	1992	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
"Dark Is the Night for All"	1993	4	165	—	70	—	46	28	—	—	19	—[E]		Memorial Beach
"Angel"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	41	—
"Lie Down in Darkness" (US-only release)		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Shapes That Go Together"	1994	—	—	—	—	—	57	—	—	—	27	—		Non-album single
"Summer Moved On"	2000	1	—	10	—	—	8	—	74	14	33	—		Minor Earth Major Sky
"Minor Earth Major Sky"		23	—	—	—	—	73	—	—	73	—	—
"Velvet"		29	—	—	—	—	48	—	—	92	—	—
"The Sun Never Shone That Day"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Forever Not Yours"	2002	1	—	31	—	—	18	—	82	26	175	—		Lifelines
"Lifelines"		18	—	—	—	—	32	—	—	—	78	—
"Did Anyone Approach You?"		—	—	—	—	—	67	—	—	—	—	—
"The Sun Always Shines on T.V." (live)	2003	—	—	—	—	—	53	—	—	—	181	—		How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head
"Celice"	2005	1	—	41	—	—	21	—	—	38	—	—		Analogue
"Birthright"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Analogue (All I Want)"	2006	10	—	—	—	—	33	24	—	—	10	—
"Cosy Prisons"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	39	—
"Foot of the Mountain"	2009	8	—	28	—	—	3	—	—	33	66	—	GER: Gold[17]	Foot of the Mountain
"Nothing Is Keeping You Here"		—	—	—	—	—	65	—	—	—	—	—
"Shadowside"		—	—	73	—	—	22	—	—	—	—	—
"Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)"	2010	13	—	—	—	—	22	—	—	—	98	—		25
"Summer Moved On" (live)	2011	—	—	—	—	—	90	—	—	—	—	—		Ending on a High Note: The Final Concert
"Under the Makeup"	2015	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Cast in Steel
"Cast in Steel" (Steve Osborne Version)	2016	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Objects in the Mirror" (Steve Osborne Version)		—	—	—	—	179	—	—	—	—	—	—
"This Is Our Home"	2017	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		MTV Unplugged
"The Sun Always Shines on TV"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"The Living Daylights"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Take On Me"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"I'm In"[27]	2022	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		True North
"You Have What It Takes"[43]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

Title	Year	Album
"Living a Boy's Adventure Tale" (Philippines-only release)	1986	Hunting High and Low
"There's Never a Forever Thing" (Brazil-only release)	1989	Stay on These Roads
"Birthright"	2005	Analogue
"The Wake"	2015	Cast in Steel
"Forest Fire"
"Cry Wolf" (Jellybean Mix)	2016	Time and Again: The Ultimate a-ha

Videos

Video albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		AUT [44][45]	NL [46][47]	SWE [48][49]	SWI [50]	UK [51]
Headlines and Deadlines – The Hits of a-ha	Released: November 1991 Label: Warner Music Vision Formats: VHS, LD	—	—	—	—	—
Live in South America	Released: June 1993 Label: Warner Music Vision Formats: VHS, LD	—	—	—	—	—
Live at Vallhall: Homecoming	Released: 5 November 2001 Label: Warner Music Vision Formats: DVD, VHS	—	—	—	—	13
2-DVD Collection	Released: 27 November 2006 Label: Warner Music Vision Formats: 2xDVD	—	—	—	—	—
25	Released: 19 July 2010 Label: Warner Bros./Rhino Formats: 2xCD+DVD	—	—	—	—	—
Ending on a High Note: The Final Concert	Released: 1 April 2011 Label: We Love Music/Universal Formats: DVD, Blu-ray	1	11	1	4	—
MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice	Released: 6 October 2017 Label: We Love Music/Polydor/Universal Formats: DVD, Blu-ray	5	8	11		—
A-ha – The Movie (documentary)[52][53]	Released: 3 September 2021 Label: Motlys Film- og TV-produksjon Formats: DVD, Blu-ray

"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors

Title	Year	Director
"Take On Me" (original version)	1984	Stevie Price[54]
"Take On Me"	1985	Steve Barron[55]
"The Sun Always Shines on T.V."
"Train of Thought"		Candice Reckinger & Michael Patterson[55]
Hunting High and Low"	1986	Steve Barron[55]
"I've Been Losing You"
"Cry Wolf"
"Manhattan Skyline"	1987
"The Living Daylights"
"Stay on These Roads"	1988	Andy Morahan[55]
"The Blood That Moves the Body"
"Touchy!"		Kevin Moloney[55]
"You Are the One"		Damon Heath[56]
"There's Never a Forever Thing"		Lauren Savoy[57]
"Crying in the Rain"	1990	Steve Barron[55]
"I Call Your Name"		Michael Burlingame[55]
"Early Morning"	1991
"I've Been Losing You" (live)		Odd Arvid Strømstad
"Sycamore Leaves" (live)
"Move to Memphis"		Erick Ifergan[55]
"Dark Is the Night for All"	1993
"Angel in the Snow"		Howard Greenhalgh[58]
"Shapes That Go Together"	1994	Barry Maguire[59]
"Summer Moved On"	2000	Adam Berg[55]
"Minor Earth Major Sky"		Philipp Stölzl[60]
"I Wish I Cared"		Henrik Haugen
"Velvet"		Harald Zwart[55]
"The Sun Never Shone That Day"		Trond Kvernstrøm, John Sullivan, Per Sundnes and Odd Syse[61]
"Forever Not Yours"	2002	Harald Zwart[55]
"Lifelines"		Morten Skallerud[55]
"Did Anyone Approach You?"	2003	Lauren Savoy[57]
"The Sun Always Shines on T.V." (live)
"Celice"	2005	Jörn Heitmann[62]
"Analogue (All I Want)"	2006	Howard Greenhalgh[55]
"Cosy Prisons"		Paul Gore[63]
"Foot of the Mountain"	2009	Olaf Heine[64]
"Shadowside"		Uwe Flade[65]
"Nothing Is Keeping You Here"
"Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)"	2010	Steve Barron
"Summer Moved On" (live)	2011	N/A
"Under the Makeup"	2015	Bode Brodmüller
"Cast in Steel"	2016
"Objects in the Mirror"		Jonas Bjerre
"I'm In"	2022	Stian Andersen
"You Have What It Takes"
"As If"
"True North"
"Hunter in the Hills"
"Between the Halo and the Horn"[66]	2023

Audiobooks

Title	Album details
The Swing of Things / The Demo Tapes	Released: 21 October 2004 Label: Forlaget Press Formats: CD

Notes

1. The original 1984 single version of "Take On Me" would later appear on the Deluxe Edition of the album Hunting High and Low.
2. "The Living Daylights" was the theme song for the 1987 James Bond film The Living Daylights. A re-recorded version of the song would appear on A-ha's 1988 studio album Stay on These Roads.
3. "Move to Memphis" was released as a single from the 1991 compilation Headlines and Deadlines – The Hits of A-ha. A new version of the song would appear on A-ha's 1993 studio album Memorial Beach.
4. "The Blood That Moves the Body (The Gun Mix)" was a new remixed version of the song released as a single to promote the compilation Headlines and Deadlines – The Hits of A-ha, though it wasn't included on the album. The B-side of this single, the 'Two-Time Gun Mix', appeared on the 2010 compilation album 25.
5. "Dark Is the Night for All" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 11 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.^[42]