Recordbreaker Morten Harket, Listn to the 20,2 not

[mortyman]

FROM THE UK TOP 40 DATABASE:



Longest Note Held In A Hit

This record is held by Morten Harket, lead singer with group A-Ha. ( Morten sang duet with Hayley in april this year ) In "Summer Moved On" (no. 33, June 2000) he holds a vocal note for 20.2 seconds.


It is worth pointing out that a number of recent dance tracks have utilised digital 'stretching' techniques to give the impression of extended vocals. We have management / record company confirmation that the notes being held in the above tracks were all done in 'real time' and represent genuine vocal skill.

Click here to hear Morten Harket perform the "Summer Moved On" note live (really) at the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize Concert.


Info from:

www.everyhit.com/record7.html


( Visit the site to hear the note )

Schroll down to " Longest note held in a hit " and hear both the album / studio version note and the live version.

Runner-up, and the man responsible for the longest note held on a solo single is Bill Withers. In his 1978 (and 1988) hit "Lovely Day", he holds a vocal note for 18 seconds. We're told that the note is the 'E' above 'middle C'.


The longest note held by a woman, is found in "https://i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifim All The Lights," Donna Summer's 1979 hit (16 seconds).




Picture from Japan 2000

[Richard]

Hello again Morten!

Thank you for another very interesting post. I have to admit, after taking nearly ten minutes to download a Real Player, when I finally got to the listening stage I almost fell asleep before the end of the note!

I doubt if Hayley will ever try to hold a note like that, because I don't think she's got the lung capacity. However, Hayley is full of surprises, so she might prove me wrong one day!

Best Wishes from London,

Richard

[mortyman]

In a recent comment in an official biography about a-ha, Morten commented on his many high notes:

- The tecnique in holding the difficult, high notes for so long, lays more within the head than in the lungs.

- it's about focusing on ring and resonance in the head. You don't nesseserely get the highest sound by hammering the heaviest on a guitar for instance.

- I give it just what it needs to give it resonance