Band
Holds writing credit on 125 of 126 tracks
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, mostly. He is credited on 89 of the 126 album tracks across eleven albums and writes 61 of them alone. Magne Furuholmen has 51 credits and 27 solo ones. Morten Harket, who sings almost all of it, has 13 and has never written an album track by himself.
Across all 126 tracks: how many A-ha wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.
Share of all 126 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.
Percentage of all 126 tracks, across every album, where each member holds a credit - split by role.
| Member | Period | Lyrics | Music | Production | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morten Harket | 1982-present | 10% |
13% |
6% |
0% |
| Magne Furuholmen | 1982-present | 40% |
45% |
21% |
0% |
| Paul Waaktaar-Savoy | 1982-present | 71% |
71% |
24% |
0% |
A-ha's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.
Where A-ha sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.
Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.
None of the signature songs above fall in this category.
All eleven studio albums. The live records, soundtrack work and hits collections sit outside this catalogue.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
WEA
WEA
Polydor
We Love Music / Polydor
We Love Music / Polydor
RCA / Sony Music
No albums from this decade.
A-ha126 tracksBubble size = tracks worked on together. AT Alan Tarney · RS Roland Spremberg · MT Martin Terefe · KB Kjetil Bjerkestrand · B Boogieman · EL Erik Ljunggren
Data Insight
Waaktaar-Savoy writes 89 of the 126 tracks and keeps 61 of them entirely to himself. Magne Furuholmen has 51, alone on 27, and his share climbs through the reunion albums until True North splits six and six. Morten Harket sings almost everything and is credited on 13, never once on his own. Only one track in the catalogue has none of them on it, a cover of "Crying in the Rain".
Quick Facts
Creative Fingerprint
One writer with the guitar, a second gaining ground, and the famous voice barely on the credit sheet.
The Story
The guitarist writes the songs. Paul Waaktaar-Savoy is on 89 of the 126 album tracks and 61 of those are his alone, while the singer everyone remembers has 13 credits in forty years.