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Love Is Reason

song written and composed by Pål Waaktaar and Magne Furuholmen, originally recorded by A-ha and released in 1985

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ11279080 ↗
Source-derived summary

"Love Is Reason" is a song by the Norwegian synth-pop band A-ha. It was released as a single in 1985 in Norway and the Philippines from their debut studio album Hunting High and Low. In the UK, it was released as the B-side of "Take On Me".

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Love Is Reason” as song written and composed by Pål Waaktaar and Magne Furuholmen, originally recorded by A-ha and released in 1985. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1985—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1985. The account is most persuasive where Love, Reason and song can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as song written and composed by Pål Waaktaar and Magne Furuholmen, originally recorded by A-ha and released in 1985. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q11279080. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1985.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  2. Expand the search: follow Love Is Reason primary sources, Love Is Reason archive and Love research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Love Is Reason” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.