Morten Harket

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Morten Harket (born September 14, 1959 in Kongsberg) is the lead singer of the Norwegian pop band A-ha, who have released eight studio albums and topped the charts in several countries after their breakthrough hit Take On Me in 1985.

The son of Henny and Reidar Harket, and brother to Kjetil and Håkon, Morten grew up in Asker. Early musical influences include Uriah Heep, Queen, Johnny Cash, David Bowie and Peter Gabriel. Before joining a-ha in 1982, Harket appeared on the Oslo club scene as the singer for blues outfit Souldier Blue.

After a-ha took a break in 1994, Morten pursued a solo career, and has so far released three albums. Two of those albums were sung in Norwegian, but his 1995 album, Wild Seed, became more of an International success because of its English lyrics. Morten worked with Håvard Rem, a Norwegian poet, to write most of the songs. A Kind of Christmas Card and Spanish Steps were the most successful numbers. The rest were either easy, simple songs, or more profound ones, like East Timor, and Brodsky Tune, which had messages in them.

Morten holds the record for the longest single note, for a man, in a song, having held a note for 20.2 seconds in a-ha’s 2000 song Summer Moved On. This overtook the previous record of 18 seconds held by Bill Withers on the song Lovely Day. The longest note held by a woman is 23 seconds by Barbra Streisand in her 1979 album “Barbra Streisand and Other Musical Instruments”, song, “I Never Has Seen Snow”.

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1	Darkspace	170
2	Movies	110
3	Send Me an Angel	86
4	Spanish Steps	76
5	Letter from Egypt	71
6	A Kind Of Christmas Card	70
7	There Are Many Ways To Die	69
7	A Name Is a Name	69
9	Anyone	60
10	Should The Rain Fall	57
11	Los Angeles	53
12	We'll Never Speak Again	51
13	Can't Take My Eyes Off you	47
14	The One You Are	46
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Rossinus wrote:
last month

с днем рожденьица!

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plakali_znaem wrote:
last month

лапулька ^ ^ ево голос чистый как небо...... моя любовь цвета A-ha

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Liunardu wrote:
last month

VOTE - TAKE ON ME! http://www.remembertheeighties.com/vote/ultimatesingle.php?action=vote

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feory wrote:
August 2008

роскошный голос! очень-очень его люблю

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karenwilson wrote:
August 2008

Love this album!

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arabrabekyd wrote:
August 2008

Love the new album 'Letter from Egypt'. Now all I hope is that Morten comes to the Netherlands to perform live!

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varhos wrote:
July 2008

Her zaman en iyisini vermeye çalışmış bir Norveçli!İkizler Burcu'ndan olması ise benim için bir ayrıcalık...

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XoRe3k wrote:
July 2008

I changed the pic :)

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byeol wrote:
July 2008

What a horrible picture, it's rather scary.

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julianosr wrote:
July 2008

nao conheço ainda as músicas do Morten. Mas vou começar a baixar... =)

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UniversalLove wrote:
July 2008

In fact, I can't see in what way this pic might be attractive for girls although I am one. 8-( I think this is a bad choice of pic altogether.

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Rossi3 wrote:
July 2008

this Morten's pic frighten away possibly new fans. This picture may be attractive for girls, but there're other better photos of him. [Sorry my bad english]

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kourinthellama wrote:
June 2008

The new album is... Sweet - the best word I can find for it. Beautiful, melodic pop. I like <3

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MaYjUnE wrote:
May 2008

You're with me with me with me you're with me you're with me wherever I come

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KrisPOLAND wrote:
May 2008

ALBUM LETTER FROM EGIPT IS SUPER!!! BEAUTIFUL SONGS: We'll Never Speak Again With You - With Me Anyone A Name Is A Name

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showgirl86 wrote:
May 2008

my favourite singer. His voice is so beautiful.

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nina712 wrote:
May 2008

Morten sings like an angel!!

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tangerman wrote:
December 2007

Ready to go Home in full version, to listen to here: http://mog.com/tangerman/blog_post/124086

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josecharts wrote:
December 2007

A Kind Of Christmas Card, is my fav fav

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Inertia666 wrote:
November 2007

Can't wait for the album! =DDD

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