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"Stay on These Roads" is a song by Norwegian band A-ha. It was their first single from the album of the same name and was released in early 1988. It achieved success in many European countries. The official music video was directed by Andy Morahan and was filmed in North Norfolk. The band are riding on the bikes and take a break in a petrol station.

The track went to number seven in Germany, number three in France and Iceland, and number two in Ireland.

In Norway, the song was the band's fourth number one single.

"Stay on These Roads" was A-ha's seventh and final top five showing in the United Kingdom, reaching number five on the chart edition of March 27, 1988.

It would prove band's last top ten hit in the country for almost two decades, as they did not score another UK top ten hit until eighteen years later in 2006.

A Roland D-50 was used on this song-the sound patch is called "Staccato Heaven"-the wind sound during the instrumental was made on either a Roland Juno 60 or Juno 106 synthesizer.

The song length is four minutes and forty-six seconds.

France, Silver certification with 250,000 sales.

Italian Singles Chart, peak position 4, 1988.

South African Singles Chart, peak position 4, 1988.

Dutch Top 40, reached Number 8, 1988.


Cast overview:
A-Ha A-Ha - Themselves
Morten Harket Morten Harket - Himself
Pål Waaktaar Pål Waaktaar - Himself
Magne Furuholmen Magne Furuholmen - Himself
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