Summer Moved On

"Summer Moved On" is a song by A-ha which became their first single in more than six years. The album Minor Earth Major Sky was released in the UK on 22 May 2000, having been released in much of Europe on 27 March. The song was originally hastily written after A-ha agreed to a one-time reunion at the Nobel Peace Prize concert in 1998. There had been a lot of bad feelings between the band members, and each was hesitant to reunite. The thunderous success at the concert in performing only two songs inspired the band to reunite after a four-year hiatus to record their sixth album for release in 2000. This song became a #1 radio hit in much of Europe, and the band has continued to record and perform together to significant international success, though that success has not extended to the U.S., where their recent work has gone unreleased. The song sold 2,500,000 copies worldwide.

Formats and track listing

CD: WEA. / 8573 82331-2 Europe

"Summer Moved On" (Album Edit) - 4:36
"Barely Hanging On" (Album Version) - 3:51

It states that it features the "album version" of "Barely Hanging On", but this song has actually been remixed for the album.

CD: WEA. / 3984 29692-2 Europe

"Summer Moved On" (Radio Edit) - 4:06
"Summer Moved On" (Album Edit) - 4:36
"Barely Hanging On" - 3:51
"Summer Moved On" (Remix) - 6:00

It states that it features the "album version" of "Barely Hanging On", but this song has actually been remixed for the album.

CD: WEA. / CDWP009 Promo Brazil

"Summer Moved On" (Radio Version) - 4:06
"Summer Moved On" (Album Version) - 4:36
"Summer Moved On" (Remix) - 6:00
"Summer Moved On" (Remix Edit) - [unknown]

Track 1 is the same version as the "Radio Edit".
Track 2 is the same version as the "Album Edit".

CD: We Love Music. / 0602527682198 Germany

"Summer Moved On" (Live) - 4:58
"Scoundrel Days" (Live) - 4:20

Both tracks taken From The Farewell Show And Upcoming Live DVD "Ending On A High Note - The Final Concert"

Record Breaker

Morten Harket holds the European record for the longest note held in a Top 40 pop song. During the song "Summer Moved On" Harket sustains an chest voice note for 20.2 seconds (8 measures).^[1]

Video

The video, directed by Adam Berg, was shot in Cadiz, Spain over the course of one very cold day in April 2000.

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Chart positions

Year	Chart	Peak
2000	Argentinian Singles Chart	19
	Austrian Singles Chart	10
	Belgian Singles Chart	26(Fr)-16(Nl)
	Canadian Singles Chart	18
	Czech Singles Chart	14
	Dutch Singles Chart	74
	Finnish Singles Chart	3
	German Singles Chart^[1]	8
	Greece Singles Chart	13
	Hungarian Singles Chart	6
	Israeli Singles Chart	3
	Irish Singles Chart^[2]	46
	Norwegian singles Chart	1
	Polish Singles Chart	1
	Portugal top 25 Singles Chart	1
	Spain Cadena top 100 Singles Chart	19
	Switzerland Singles Chart	14
	UK Singles Chart^[3]	33
2011	German Singles Chart (live)	90

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
German Singles Chart	83
Switzerland Singles Chart	100

A-ha

Magne Furuholmen Morten Harket Paul Waaktaar-Savoy

Studio albums	Hunting High and Low Scoundrel Days Stay on These Roads East of the Sun, West of the Moon Memorial Beach Minor Earth Major Sky Lifelines Analogue Foot of the Mountain Cast in Steel

Compilation albums	Headlines and Deadlines: The Hits of a-ha The Definitive Singles Collection 1984–2004 25 Time and Again: The Ultimate a-ha

Live albums	A-ha Live at Vallhall – Homecoming Grimstad Benefit Concert How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head Ending on a High Note: The Final Concert

EPs	45 R.P.M. Club Twelve Inch Club Scoundrel Club Road Club

Box sets	Minor Earth Major Box

Tours	Ending on a High Note Tour

Related articles	Discography Awards Savoy List of tours Apparatjik

Book Category

A-ha singles

Hunting High and Low	"Take On Me" "Love Is Reason" "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." "Train of Thought" "Hunting High and Low"

Scoundrel Days	"I've Been Losing You" "Cry Wolf" "Maybe, Maybe" "Manhattan Skyline"

Stay on These Roads	"The Living Daylights" "Stay on These Roads" "The Blood That Moves the Body" "Touchy!" "You Are the One" "There's Never a Forever Thing"

East of the Sun, West of the Moon	"Crying in the Rain" "I Call Your Name" "Early Morning"

Headlines and Deadlines – The Hits of A-ha	"Move to Memphis" "The Blood That Moves the Body '92"

Memorial Beach	"Move to Memphis" "Dark Is the Night" "Angel in the Snow" "Lie Down in Darkness"

Minor Earth Major Sky	"Summer Moved On" "Minor Earth Major Sky" "Velvet" "The Sun Never Shone That Day" "I Wish I Cared"

Lifelines	"Forever Not Yours" "Lifelines" "Did Anyone Approach You?"

How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head	"The Sun Always Shines on TV (Live)"

Analogue	"Celice" "Birthright" "Analogue (All I Want)" "Cosy Prisons"

Foot of the Mountain	"Foot of the Mountain" "Nothing Is Keeping You Here" "Shadowside"

25	"Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)"

Ending on a High Note	"Summer Moved On (Live)"

Non-album Singles	"Shapes That Go Together"

Book Category

↑ "German Singles Chart". Charts-Surfer. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
↑ "Irish Singles Chart". The Irish Chart. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
↑ "British Single Chart". UK Top 40. Retrieved 2008-03-07.

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