Artist · chart history

a-ha

Band Oslo Norway Formed 1983 Norwegian synth‐pop band

a-ha formed in 1983 in Oslo, Norway. a-ha has 40 chart appearances on 35 radio countdowns from 13 stations on RockLists, spanning 1985–2020. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Take On Me”, which appears on 33 lists with a best position of #7. The station that charted a-ha most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 11 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1985.

40appearances

35countdowns

5songs charted

13stations

0#1 finishes

1985–2020years

Songs by a-ha on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Take On Me#452 of all time	2,041	33	#7	–	1985
2	The Sun Always Shines On Tv	78	2	#63	–	1985
3	I've Been Losing You	45	1	#60	–	1986
4	Dark Is The Night	42	3	#1722	–	–
5	Living Daylights	14	1	#92	–	1987

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

85 86 87

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2020	1157	Take On Me	WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time
2018	233	Take On Me	The Current's 893 Essential Songs
2007	1618	Take On Me	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2006	100	Take On Me	Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)
2006	195	Take On Me	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006)
2005	695	Take On Me	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	348	Take On Me	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004	694	Take On Me	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	694	Take On Me	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	903	Take On Me	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002	694	Take On Me	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	396	Take On Me	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001	694	Take On Me	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	1722	Dark Is The Night	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000	693	Take On Me	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	1722	Dark Is The Night	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999	240	Take On Me	Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	269	Take On Me	The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	693	Take On Me	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	1722	Dark Is The Night	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	233	Take On Me	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1999	643	The Sun Always Shines On Tv	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1999	7	Take On Me	Channel 104.9 Top 101 Songs of the '80s (February 1999)
1998	167	Take On Me	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998)
1996	373	Take On Me	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996)
1996	245	Take On Me	Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996)
1995	419	Take On Me	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995)
1995	150	Take On Me	Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995)
1994	58	Take On Me	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994)
1994	204	Take On Me	Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994)
1992	61	Take On Me	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992)
1991	835	Take On Me	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition)
1989	148	Take On Me	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989)
1988	190	Take On Me	Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988)
1987	92	Living Daylights	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987
1986	60	I've Been Losing You	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986
1985	7	Take On Me	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1985
1985	63	The Sun Always Shines On Tv	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1985
1985	38	Take On Me	91X Top 91 Songs of 1985
1985	11	Take On Me	Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1985