The Sun Always Shines on T.V. is a song by Norwegian pop band A-ha. It was released as the third single from the bands debut album, Hunting High and Low. In many countries the single was not as successful as the bands previous, Take on Me, which hit No. 1 in the US and several countries around the world. In the UK and Ireland, however, The Sun Always Shines on T.V. actually improved upon the No. 2 charting of their debut, remaining at the top spot on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in January 1986, having been released there on 16 December 1985. The music video (directed by Steve Barron) opens with an epilogue to the Take on Me video, featuring rotoscoped animation. The lovers played by Morten Harket and Bunty Bailey face each other in a dark forest when Harket begins reverting to its animated state Bailey bites her lip, recognizing that he cant remain in her world. In pain, Harket runs into the distance and disappears back to his comic book world; the girl is left all alone in the forest. Closing credits like those at the end of a film appear. At this point the music switches to the band playing, and the rest of the video features black-and-white footage of the band performing in a church (St Albans, now The Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington, London) accompanied by motionless mannequins. The video ends as the three band members are cut out from the background and become a still frame. The music video for the bands next single, Train of Thought, was to pick up from this shot, as a continuation of a trilogy.
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