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{{For|the organization|OAH}}
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{{Infobox single
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
|Name = Oah
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{{Infobox song
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|Cover = oahalexander.jpg
|Artist = [[Alexander Rybak]]
| name = Oah
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| cover = oahalexander.jpg
|Album = ''[[No Boundaries (Alexander Rybak album)|No Boundaries]]''
|B-side =
| alt =
|Published =
| type = single
|Released = 8th June 2010
| artist = [[Alexander Rybak]]
|Format = [[Music download|Digital download]], [[CD single]]
| album = [[No Boundaries (Alexander Rybak album)|No Boundaries]]
|Recorded = 2010
| released = 8 June 2010
| recorded = 2010
|Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
|Length = 4:19
| studio =
| venue =
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|Writer = Alexander Rybak, Markus Eriksen, Sebastian Dankel, Asmund Begre Jenssen
|Label = [[EMI]]
| genre = Pop
|Producer = Eirik Heldal
| length = 4:19
|Chronology = [[Alexander Rybak]] singles
| label = [[EMI]]
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| writer = Alexander Rybak (lyrics & music), Markus Eriksen (music), Sebastian Dankel (music), Asmund Begre Jenssen (music)
|Last single = "[[Roll With the Wind]]"<br/>(2009)
| producer = Eirik Heldal
|This single = "'''Oah'''"<br/>(2010)
| prev_title = [[Roll with the Wind]]
|Next single = "Europe's Skies"<br/>(2010)
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = [[Resan till dig]]
| next_year = 2011
}}
}}


"'''Oah'''" is a song by [[Norway|Norwegian]] singer–songwriter [[Alexander Rybak]]. It is the first single released from his second album [[No Boundaries (Alexander Rybak album)|No Boundaries]]. It was released on the 8th June 2010.
"'''Oah'''" is a song by Belarusian-Norwegian singer–songwriter [[Alexander Rybak]]. It is the first single released from his second album ''[[No Boundaries (Alexander Rybak album)|No Boundaries]]''. It was released on 8 June 2010.


==Music Video==
==Background==
Rybak wrote the song as an ode to one of his female backing singers, called Moa, as he wrote an ode to each of his three backing singers on his second album ''No Boundaries''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pettersen |first1=Hugo Bjørn |title=Rybak frykter rakjor |url=http://www.tb.no/kultur/rybak-frykter-rakjor/s/2-2.516-1.5391771#am-commentArea |website=TB.no|date=17 June 2010 }}</ref> Rybak started dating her in early 2010. The two broke off shortly after the release of the song. In 2014, Rybak stated that he did not regret the song, but would not do such a thing again necessarily.<ref name="youtube.com">{{cite web |title=Elg – "Oah" by Alexander Rybak – HGVM 15.03.14 – (Subs) |website = YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzNMPMFIPjY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/ZzNMPMFIPjY |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
A music video was made for the single. It was directed by Lars Kristian Flemmen ,produced by Eirik Heldal shot by Martin J. Edelsteen. It is filmed in a [[university]] or [[college]]. At the start of the music video Alexander asks a girl named Moa to go out with him. However, Moa tells him that she does not want to go out with him and walks away from him. She goes to her locker opens it and teddy bears fall on her with a note attached saying "So, lets start by being friends". She throws it away and goes to class, where Alexander sits beside her and starts singing to her again. She gets up and runs away leaving Alexander and all the other students dancing. She then goes to a restaurant with another man. Alexander is a waiter. Moa looks at the menu and under a the word hamburger it says "You know I'm not good for you". She nearly kisses the other man, but Alexander goes over to her and sings to her again with three people playing the violin. The man gets up and leaves her looking sad. She gets up and goes into the kitchen and finds Alexander again, where he tries to reason with her, but he gets pushed into a store room and gets locked in. She the goes to catch a flight and as she sits on the plane, Alexander sits beside her again and sings to her with everyone on the plane and back at the class having a party.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4sfh2u8cgU</ref><ref name="nme">{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/video/id/o4sfh2u8cgU/search/Alexander%20Rybak|title=Alexander Rybak - "OAH"|work=[[NME]]}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
"Oah" was met with mostly unfavourable reviews in Norway. ''[[Dagbladet]]'' gave it a "[[die throw (review)|die throw]]" of 1, stating it did "not surprise, have the exotic x-factor or, under any circumstances, be funny. It is just a hopeless, clumsy and plump affair that does not communicate in any direction."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Øyre |first1=Torgrim |title=Tafatt, banal og full av nødrim |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/tafatt-banal-og-full-av-nodrim/65100451 |website=Dagbladet|date=11 May 2010 }}</ref> VG also gave the song a "die throw" of 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Haugen |first1=Ida Anna |title="Jeg kunne laget en plate som fikk terningkast 6 hvis jeg ville" |url=https://www.vg.no/rampelys/musikk/i/XKRko/jeg-kunne-laget-en-plate-som-fikk-terningkast-6-hvis-jeg-ville |website=VG.no}}</ref>

==Music video==
In 2010, A music video was made for the single. It was directed by Lars Kristian Flemmen, produced by Eirik Heldal and shot by Martin J. Edelsteen.

At the start of the music video Alexander asks a girl named Moa to go out with him. However, Moa tells him that she does not want to go out with him and walks away from him, She goes to her locker opens it and teddy bears fall on her with a note attached saying "So, lets start by being friends". She throws it away and goes to class, where Alexander sits beside her and starts singing to her again. For the remainder of the video, he closely follows her in a daily activities, while declaring her his love.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211209/o4sfh2u8cgU Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110810074911/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4sfh2u8cgU&gl=US&hl=en&amp;has_verified=1 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4sfh2u8cgU| title = Alexander Rybak – "OAH" (Official Music Video) | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="nme">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/video/id/o4sfh2u8cgU/search/Alexander%20Rybak|title=Alexander Rybak – "OAH"|work=[[NME]]}}</ref>

The music video has accustomed over 19 million views per July 2020 on YouTube, making it Rybak's third most popular music video after "Kotik" and "Europe's Skies".<ref>{{cite web |last1=AlexanderRybakVideo |title=Alexander Rybak – "OAH" (Official Music Video) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4sfh2u8cgU |website=YouTube}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| headline = Digital download<ref>http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/oah-single/id376990897</ref>
| headline = Digital download<ref>{{cite web | url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/oah-single/id376990897 | title=Oah – Single by Alexander Rybak | website=[[iTunes]] | date=8 June 2010 }}</ref>
| title1 = Oah
| title1 = Oah
| note1 =
| note1 =
| writer1 = {{hlist|Rybak|Eriksen|Dankel|Jenssen}}
| length1 = 4:19
| length1 = 4:19
}}
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
'''Lead [[vocals]]'''
'''Lead vocals'''
*[[Alexander Rybak]]
*[[Alexander Rybak]]


'''Recording and production staff'''
'''Recording and production staff'''
*Sergio Raminez - Editor
*Sergio Raminez – Editor
*Eirik Heldal - [[Record producer|Producer]]
*Eirik Heldal – Producer


'''Costumes'''
'''Costumes'''
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|rowspan="2"| 8 June 2010<ref>http://www.alexanderrybak.com/home/oah-new-single-from-alexander/</ref>
|rowspan="2"| 8 June 2010<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.alexanderrybak.com/home/oah-new-single-from-alexander/ |title=New single and music video &#124; Alexander Rybak – Official Homepage |access-date=18 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529174910/http://www.alexanderrybak.com/home/oah-new-single-from-alexander/ |archive-date=29 May 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|rowspan="2"| [[CD single]], [[music download|Digital download]]
|rowspan="2"| CD single, Digital download
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| Worldwide
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==Other versions==
Rybak also recorded and released a Russian version of this song called "Strela Amura" ({{langx|ru|link=no|Стрела Амура}}, ''Cupid's arrow'') with lyrics by Anna Nikolaichuk. A music video was shot by Oleksandr Filatovych in Kyiv and released in June 2012 by both Rybak's own music channel and [[ELLO]]. By July 2020, the music video had reached to over 10 million views.<ref>{{cite web |last1=AlexanderRybakVideo |title=Александр Рыбак "Стрела Амура" (Strela Amura) Official Music Video |url=https://youtube.com/48guzkzehPg |website=YouTube}}</ref>

In 2014, Norwegian musician [[Øivind Elgenes]] made a cover of the song as part of Alexander Rybak's day on the musical programme ''Hver gang vi møtes''.<ref name="youtube.com"/>


== References ==
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Latest revision as of 23:25, 11 October 2024

For the organization, see OAH.

"Oah"
Single by Alexander Rybak
from the album No Boundaries
Released8 June 2010
Recorded2010
GenrePop
Length4:19
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Alexander Rybak (lyrics & music), Markus Eriksen (music), Sebastian Dankel (music), Asmund Begre Jenssen (music)
Producer(s)Eirik Heldal
Alexander Rybak singles chronology
"Roll with the Wind"
(2009) 		"Oah"
(2010) 		"Resan till dig"
(2011)

"Oah" is a song by Belarusian-Norwegian singer–songwriter Alexander Rybak. It is the first single released from his second album No Boundaries. It was released on 8 June 2010.

Background

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Rybak wrote the song as an ode to one of his female backing singers, called Moa, as he wrote an ode to each of his three backing singers on his second album No Boundaries.[1] Rybak started dating her in early 2010. The two broke off shortly after the release of the song. In 2014, Rybak stated that he did not regret the song, but would not do such a thing again necessarily.[2]

Critical reception

[edit]

"Oah" was met with mostly unfavourable reviews in Norway. Dagbladet gave it a "die throw" of 1, stating it did "not surprise, have the exotic x-factor or, under any circumstances, be funny. It is just a hopeless, clumsy and plump affair that does not communicate in any direction."[3] VG also gave the song a "die throw" of 1.[4]

Music video

[edit]

In 2010, A music video was made for the single. It was directed by Lars Kristian Flemmen, produced by Eirik Heldal and shot by Martin J. Edelsteen.

At the start of the music video Alexander asks a girl named Moa to go out with him. However, Moa tells him that she does not want to go out with him and walks away from him, She goes to her locker opens it and teddy bears fall on her with a note attached saying "So, lets start by being friends". She throws it away and goes to class, where Alexander sits beside her and starts singing to her again. For the remainder of the video, he closely follows her in a daily activities, while declaring her his love.[5][6]

The music video has accustomed over 19 million views per July 2020 on YouTube, making it Rybak's third most popular music video after "Kotik" and "Europe's Skies".[7]

Track listing

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Digital download[8]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Oah"
  • Rybak
  • Eriksen
  • Dankel
  • Jenssen
4:19

Personnel

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Lead vocals

Recording and production staff

  • Sergio Raminez – Editor
  • Eirik Heldal – Producer

Costumes

  • Jeanette Hoff

Art department

  • Patrik Svaningen
  • Ann-Kristin Olson

Make-up

  • Katharina Sørensen
  • Tormod Hauge

Source:[6]

Release history

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Region Date Format
Norway 8 June 2010[9] CD single, Digital download
Worldwide

Other versions

[edit]

Rybak also recorded and released a Russian version of this song called "Strela Amura" (Russian: Стрела Амура, Cupid's arrow) with lyrics by Anna Nikolaichuk. A music video was shot by Oleksandr Filatovych in Kyiv and released in June 2012 by both Rybak's own music channel and ELLO. By July 2020, the music video had reached to over 10 million views.[10]

In 2014, Norwegian musician Øivind Elgenes made a cover of the song as part of Alexander Rybak's day on the musical programme Hver gang vi møtes.[2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Pettersen, Hugo Bjørn (17 June 2010). "Rybak frykter rakjor". TB.no.
  2. ^ a b "Elg – "Oah" by Alexander Rybak – HGVM 15.03.14 – (Subs)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021.
  3. ^ Øyre, Torgrim (11 May 2010). "Tafatt, banal og full av nødrim". Dagbladet.
  4. ^ Haugen, Ida Anna. ""Jeg kunne laget en plate som fikk terningkast 6 hvis jeg ville"". VG.no.
  5. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Alexander Rybak – "OAH" (Official Music Video). YouTube.
  6. ^ a b "Alexander Rybak – "OAH"". NME.
  7. ^ AlexanderRybakVideo. "Alexander Rybak – "OAH" (Official Music Video)". YouTube.
  8. ^ "Oah – Single by Alexander Rybak". iTunes. 8 June 2010.
  9. ^ "New single and music video | Alexander Rybak – Official Homepage". Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
  10. ^ AlexanderRybakVideo. "Александр Рыбак "Стрела Амура" (Strela Amura) Official Music Video". YouTube.
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