# Love Is Reason

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{{Infobox song
| name          = Love Is Reason
| cover         = A-ha Love Is Reason Single.jpg
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [A-ha](/source/A-ha)
| album         = [Hunting High and Low](/source/Hunting_High_and_Low)
| B-side        = {{plainlist|
* "I Dream Myself Alive" (Norway)
* "Take On Me" (Philippines)
}}
| A-side        = 
| released      = 1 April 1985 (Norway)
| recorded      = 1985
| studio        = 
| venue         = 
| genre         = {{flatlist|
* [New wave](/source/New_wave_music)
* [synth-pop](/source/synth-pop)
}}
| length        = {{plainlist|
* 3:04 {{small|(album version)}}
}}
| label         = [Warner Bros.](/source/Warner_Bros._Records)
| writer        = {{flatlist|
* [Pål Waaktaar](/source/Paul_Waaktaar-Savoy)
* [Magne Furuholmen](/source/Magne_Furuholmen)
}}
| producer      = [John Ratcliff](/source/John_Ratcliff_(producer))
| prev_title    = [Take On Me](/source/Take_On_Me)
| prev_year     = 1984
| next_title    = [The Sun Always Shines on T.V.](/source/The_Sun_Always_Shines_on_T.V.)
| next_year     = 1985
}}

"'''Love Is Reason'''" is a song by the Norwegian [synth-pop](/source/synth-pop) band [A-ha](/source/A-ha). It was released as a single in 1985 in Norway and the Philippines from their debut studio album ''[Hunting High and Low](/source/Hunting_High_and_Low)''. In the UK, it was released as the B-side of "[Take On Me](/source/Take_On_Me)".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2019/11/07/the-sun-always-shines-on-a-ha-brighton-concert-report/|last=Linazasoro|first=Nick|title='The Sun Always Shines On a-ha' – Brighton concert report|website=Brighton and Hove News|date=November 7, 2019|accessdate=March 8, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GDUYknYQ-tkC|last1=Rees|first1=Dafydd|last2=Crampton|first2=Luke|title=Rock Stars Encyclopedia|date=1999|publisher=[DK Publishing](/source/DK_Publishing)|isbn=9780789446138|accessdate=March 8, 2021|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=47QeAQAAMAAJ|last1=Ross|first1=Harold Wallace|last2=White|first2=Katharine Sergeant Angell|title=The New Yorker|date=1986|publisher=F-R Publishing Corporation|accessdate=March 8, 2021|via=Google Books}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:1985 singles
Category:A-ha songs
Category:Songs written by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
Category:Warner Records singles
Category:1985 songs
Category:Songs written by Magne Furuholmen
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