I Wish I Cared
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I Wish I Cared is a song from the Norwegian band A-ha
A-ha
A-ha were a Norwegian pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. The band was founded by Morten Harket , Magne Furuholmen , and Pål Waaktaar...

's album Minor Earth Major Sky
Minor Earth Major Sky
Minor Earth | Major Sky is the sixth album by Norwegian band a-ha, released in 2000. It sold 2 million copies worldwide.-Track listing:# Minor Earth Major Sky – 5:25 # Little Black Heart – 4:35...

. The album was released in 2000 by WEA Records. The song is written by Magne Furuholmen
Magne Furuholmen
Magne 'Mags' Furuholmen is a Norwegian musician. He is best known as the guitarist and keyboardist of the pop band A-ha.-A-ha:Furuholmen has been the keyboardist with A-ha since their formation in 1982, though he also plays guitar...

 and produced by Boogieman and Roland Spremberg and co produced by A-ha
A-ha
A-ha were a Norwegian pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. The band was founded by Morten Harket , Magne Furuholmen , and Pål Waaktaar...

.

The song I Wish I Cared was not released as a single, however apart from being on the album was also commercially released with a music video on the live A-ha concert DVD A-ha Homecoming: Live at Vallhall from 2001.

Video

The music video was the first fully based web flash video to be released ever and was made for web availability first and foremost. The video which won a Diploma at Norway’s designers’ guild Grafill's Visuelt competition in 2001, was made in autumn 2000 by Henrik Haugan together with Magne Furuholmen
Magne Furuholmen
Magne 'Mags' Furuholmen is a Norwegian musician. He is best known as the guitarist and keyboardist of the pop band A-ha.-A-ha:Furuholmen has been the keyboardist with A-ha since their formation in 1982, though he also plays guitar...

, using flash technology. Video footage of singer Morten Harket filmed in Haugan's Oslo apartment was vectorized at Haugan's design company Rayon. Each of the 2000 images had to be edited and processed individually.

Trivia

"I Wish I Cared" was featured on the TV series Smallville
Smallville (TV series)
Smallville is an American television series developed by writers/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar based on the DC Comics character Superman, originally created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The television series was initially broadcast by The WB Television Network , premiering on October...

 in the episode entitled "Dichotic".

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