A-ha – Stay on These Roads (1988)
In my opinion, A-ha’s best song, and given that the likes of Take On Me are among its rivals that is quite a feat. While Stay on These Roads didn’t trouble the top of the UK charts like previous hits it still nestled in the Top 10 and remains a classic to this day. Every time I see the music video I want to get a motorbike and head out on the road. This song would undoubtedly be one of my theme tunes.
Sung beautifully by Morten Harket, Stay on These Roads isn’t the easiest of songs to decipher. The mention of an old man feeling the cold and waiting to meet the one he loves on the road may suggest the end of life but it’s hard to be certain. The sight of lead singer Harket may have melted many hearts during the band’s heyday but he was part of a trio of very talented musicians that produced some of the best songs of the eighties.
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