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Nothing Is Keeping You Here

"Nothing Is Keeping You Here"
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Single by A-ha
from the album Foot of the Mountain
Released 20 September 2009
Format
Recorded 2009
Genre
Length 3:04 (single mix)
3:21 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s) Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
Producer(s) Roland Spremberg
A-ha singles chronology
"Foot of the Mountain"
(2009)
"Nothing Is Keeping You Here"
(2009)
"Shadowside"
(2009)

"Nothing Is Keeping You Here" is a song by the Norwegian band a-ha taken from their ninth studio album Foot of the Mountain (2009). It was written by band member Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, produced by Roland Spremberg and it contains elements produced by Mark Saunders. It was released as the second single from the album in the United Kingdom on September 20, 2009, (whereas in mainland Europe "Shadowside" was used as the second single) and as the third single in Europe on 20 November 2009. In an interview in Norway, Waaktaar-Savoy stated that the track was the first song to be written for the album while on tour,

A pop song, "Nothing Is Keeping You Here" received a more electronic approach to it when it was released as a single. Its instrumentation consists in guitar, bass, drums and piano backbone. Lyrically, "Nothing Is Keeping You Here" has themes of and . It appeared on the soundtrack for the German feature film Zweiohrküken (2009) and its "original version" was included on the deluxe edition of the band's tenth studio album Cast in Steel (2015). The song received generally positive reviews from music critics, who went on to praise Morten Harket's vocal range on the track. It charted on German Singles Chart for four weeks, reaching number 65. Its accompanying music video was directed by German music director Uwe Flade.


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