a-ha

With their chiseled Scandinavian good looks and a few pop hooks, a-ha is a Norwegian electropop answer to Duran Duran, as mid-'80s teen idols of the music-video age. It might be argued that Steve Barron, who directed the video for the trio's "Take On Me," and Michael Patterson and Candace Reckinger, who animated the clip, were as important to a-ha's American success as the band members themselves....