Song · a-ha
“Dark Is The Night” by a-ha
“Dark Is The Night” by a-ha appears on 3 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2001. Its best result is #1722 on the CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,616 alternative song of all time.
"Dark Is the Night" was a-ha's opening shot from Memorial Beach, their fifth album, released by Warner Bros. on 24 May 1993 (on the album it runs under the longer title "Dark Is the Night for All"). Pål Waaktaar wrote it, and the band produced it with David Z at Prince's Paisley Park Studios, where the whole album was recorded.
It's a brooding piece, and the video went even further into the dark. Erick Ifergan directed two versions: the first was banned for its disturbing images, Morten Harket's face tearing out through the skin of his stomach among them, and the replacement leaned more on footage of the band. Across the video, people are held in all kinds of bondage, a mirror of the rough stretch a-ha were living through. It also turned out to be the last a-ha single ever released in the United States.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1722 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1722 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1722 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
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