The son of Henny and Reidar Harket, and brother to Ingunn, Gunvald, Kjetil and Håkon, Morten grew up in Asker. Early musical influences include Uriah Heep, Queen, Johnny Cash, David Bowie and Peter Gabriel. Before joining a-ha in 1982, Harket appeared on the Oslo club scene as the singer for blues outfit Souldier Blue.
After a-ha took a break in 1994, Morten pursued a solo career, and has so far released four albums. Two of those albums were sung in Norwegian, but his 1995 album, Wild Seed, became more of an International success because of its English lyrics. Morten worked with Håvard Rem, a Norwegian poet, to write most of the songs. A Kind of Christmas Card and Spanish Steps were the most successful numbers. The rest were either easy, simple songs, or more profound ones, like East Timor, and Brodsky Tune, which had messages in them. His latest solo album is called Letter from Egypt and was released in 2008.
Morten holds the record for the longest single note, for a man, in a song, having held a note for 20.2 seconds in a-ha's 2000 song Summer Moved On. This overtook the previous record of 18 seconds held by Bill Withers on the song Lovely Day. The longest note held by a woman is 23 seconds by Barbra Streisand in her 1979 album "Barbra Streisand and Other Musical Instruments", song, "I Never Has Seen Snow".
Morten's new solo album "Out Of My Hands" is released. Morten's also touring in 2012 in South America, United Kingdom and parts of Europe.
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Can't Take My Eyes Off you
Morten Harket Lyrics
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I can't take my eyes off you
You'd be like heaven to touch
I wanna hold you so much
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you
Pardon the way that I stare
There's nothing else to compare
The sight of you leaves me weak
There are no words left to speak
But if you feel like I feel
Please let me know that is real
You're just too good to be true
I can't take my eyes off you
I need you baby
And if it's quite all right
I need you baby
And if its quite alright
I need you baby
To warm the lonely nights
I love you baby
Trust in me when I say its okay
Oh pretty baby
Don't bring me down I pray
Oh pretty baby
Now that I've found you stay
And let me love you, baby
Let me love you
You're just too good to be true
I can't take my eyes off you
You'd be like heaven to touch
I wanna hold you so much
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off You
I need you baby
And if it's quite all right
I need you baby
To warm the lonely nights
I love you baby
Now trust in me when I say its okay
Oh pretty baby
Don't bring me down I pray
Oh pretty baby
Now that I've found you stay
And let me love you, baby
Let me love you
The song "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by Morten Harket is an emotional love song that expresses the intense feelings of someone who has found true love. The beginning of the first verse, "You're just too good to be true," implies that the singer has found someone whom they believe is perfect and they cannot believe their good fortune. They want to hold this person close, as they would be like heaven to touch. The second verse explains further how the sight of this person leaves the singer weak and speechless. However, they also express their vulnerability in wishing that the other person feels the same way they do. The chorus repeats the idea that the person they have found is too good to be true, and that they cannot take their eyes off them.
The bridge, "I need you baby," is the most emotional point of the song. The repetition of this line expresses urgency and a desperate need for the other person's love, while "trust in me when I say it's okay" reassures the other person that they can rely on the singer's love. The final verse, with "now that I've found you stay, and let me love you, baby, let me love you," rounds out the song with a tender plea for the other person to accept their love.
Line by Line Meaning
You're just too good to be true
You are outstandingly amazing to the extent that it seems too good to be true
I can't take my eyes off you
Being around you is so captivating that my eyes can't help but constantly watch you
You'd be like heaven to touch
If I could touch you, it would feel like I'm touching the heavens themselves
I wanna hold you so much
The desire to hold you and be close to you is overwhelming
At long last love has arrived
After a long time of waiting, love has finally arrived, and it feels like a dream come true
And I thank God I'm alive
Feeling grateful just to be alive and able to experience this love
Pardon the way that I stare
Please excuse me for staring, but I just can't help it
There's nothing else to compare
There's nothing and no one else that can compare to you
The sight of you leaves me weak
Seeing you makes me feel weak because of how overwhelming your beauty is
There are no words left to speak
I am speechless in your presence because you leave me in awe
But if you feel like I feel
If you feel the same way about me as I do about you
Please let me know that it's real
Please assure me that what I feel is not just a dream or illusion but a reality
I need you baby
I depend on you and cannot do without you
And if it's quite all right
If it's okay with you
To warm the lonely nights
To help me overcome my loneliness
Trust in me when I say it's okay
Believe me when I tell you that things will be okay
Oh pretty baby
Beautiful love of my life
Don't bring me down I pray
Please don't disappoint me or break my heart
Now that I've found you stay
Now that I've found you, please don't leave me
And let me love you, baby
Allow me to love you deeply and passionately
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Broma 16
Written by: Bob Crewe, Robert Gaudio
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you
You'd be like heaven to touch
I wanna hold you so much
At long last love has arrived
I thank God I'm alive
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you
Pardon the way that I stare
There's nothing else to compare
The sight of you leaves me weak
There are no words left to speak
But if you feel like I feel
Please let me know that it's real
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you
I love you baby,
And if it's quite all right,
I need you baby
To warm the lonely night
I love you baby
Trust in me when I say
Oh pretty baby,
Don't bring me down, I pray
Oh pretty baby,
Now that I found you Stay
And let me love you, baby
Let me love you
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you
You'd be like heaven to touch
I wanna hold you so much
At long last love has arrived
I thank God I'm alive
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you
I love you baby,
And if it's quite all right,
I need you baby
To warm the lonely night
I love you baby
Trust in me when I say
Oh pretty baby,
Don't bring me down, I pray
Oh pretty baby,
Now that I found you Stay
Oh, pretty baby
trust in me when I say
I need you baby
When will you come my way
Oh, pretty baby
Now that I found you, stay
Oh, let me love you baby
Let me love you
@asheradson2568
Finally, someone gets it right...
@shedontknowbutsheknows6225
Asher Adson Someone even thought it was Frank Sinatra! Ok their voice quite similiar but Sinatra won't sing this genre lol.
@johankaruyan5536
So frankie valli is fake ?
@_aaxell_
Yessss
@athitsun3459
❤️❤️❤️I got it
@hansmacocruz8997
@@johankaruyan5536 frakie valli is the original singer
@monty609
Morten deserves more recognition, his cover is constantly mistaken for Frankie Valli and Frank Sinatra and its pretty disheartening. Worse is when you try to tell people its actually Morten, they throw a hissy fit
@godric4678
No one cared when i told them the fact in the comment section. Everyone thought it was Frankie Valli.
@numbandnotvibingrn6641
He really deserves so much more
@colorblue7018
Exactly. As a bigtime Sinatra fan, it hurts like hell and really bugs me.