"Foot of the Mountain" is the first single from the A-ha album of the same name. It was used as the official anthem of the 2009 World Championships in Athletics held in Berlin. The single reached #3 in Germany, and is the highest charting single of the band in that country since Take On Me in 1985.

"Foot of the Mountain", was released exclusively as a download single in selected territories of Mainland Europe. In Germany, a physical 2-track CD Single was released. In the UK, a so-called digital bundle was released.

May 2009 saw the band performing the song on the show Germany's Next Top Model hosted by Heidi Klum and on The Dome (dubbed "Europe's biggest music show") together with fellow Norwegian Alexander Rybak. On 11 June 2009 at 8:13 CEST the music video premiered simultaneously on four major German networks, namely ProSieben, Sat.1, kabel eins and N24. It was also made available for streaming on the major German website Myvideo.de, a page with 228 million monthly hits.

German 2-track physical single

UK Digital Bundle

A-ha's "Foot of the Mountain" was the most played song on Norwegian radio in 2009, with 122:32:39 of playing time ( Hours, minutes, seconds ), beating Donkeyboy "Ambitions", 122:02:18, Beyoncé Knowles "Halo", 118:03:28, Taylor Swift "Love Story", 115:23:19, Röyksopp "The Girl And The Robot", 113:26:57, The Killers "Human", 112:45:13, Katy Perry "Hot 'n' Cold", 111:32:53, Eric Hutchinson "Rock & Roll", 110:12:42, Paperboys "Lonesome Traveller", 109:48:39 and Lady Gaga "Poker Face", 109:27:11. First time a Norwegian artist has been on top of the list.

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