Ane Brun
Ane Brun (Norwegian pronunciation: [ɑnə brʉn]) (born Ane Brunvoll on 10 March 1976 in Molde, Norway) is a Norwegian international songwriter, guitarist and vocalist. Since 2003 she has recorded eight albums, six of which are studio albums (including a collection of duets) and one live DVD. She has lived in Stockholm, Sweden since 2001, where she writes, records and runs her own label (Balloon Ranger Recordings) when not on tour.
Early years
Ane Brunvoll is the daughter of lawyer Knut Anker Brunvoll (b. 1945) and jazz singer and pianist Inger Johanne Brunvoll (b. Kvien). She grew up in a musical family and her younger sister is vocalist Mari Kvien Brunvoll (b. 1984). Her older sister is photographer Bjørn Brunvoll (b. 1973).
After growing up in Molde, Norway she moved from her home town in 1995 and spent the next few years moving between Barcelona, Oslo and Bergen. In Bergen she began writing her own material while at university (jumping between courses in Spanish, law and music) as well as making a living working in record shops and bars.
After playing a few minor shows and recording her first demos in Bergen in 1999, she moved to Sweden, first to Uppsala and then to Stockholm in 2001, where she started to take her musical career seriously.
Brun recorded her debut album, Spending Time with Morgan, in 2002 in both Stockholm and back in Uppsala, with engineers and producers Katharina Nuttall, Cécile Grudet and Kim Nelson. It was released on the DetErMine label, which she formed with Ellekari Larsson from the Swedish band The Tiny. The album was released in 11 European countries in 2003 through a licence/distribution deal with V2 Music.
Touring
After releasing the first album Brun toured around Europe but soon took some time out. She had been working intensively for two years and felt somewhat burnt out and in need of a break. After a six month breather she started touring around Europe again and within the next year had her second album ready. A Temporary Dive was again produced by Katharina Nuttall and was released in 2005 throughout Europe, followed by the UK and the US in 2006, and in Japan in 2007. This album took the darker themes of Spending Time With Morgan further, through songs like "The Fight Song" and title track "A Temporary Dive", but there was also space for the lighter "Song No. 6", a duet with Ron Sexsmith.
A Temporary Dive was well received all over the world, picking up good reviews in magazines and newspapers from Time Magazine to The Independent. She received award nominations from all over Europe too, and that year took home the Spellemannpris, the equivalent of the Norwegian Grammies, for Best Female Artist.
After enjoying the collaboration on the previous few duets she had recorded, Brun was inspired to ask some artists whom she adored to sing with her on a full album called Duets. This album was released in November 2005 and besides another recording with Ron Sexsmith it also included songs with artists such as Syd Matters and Teitur. The collaboration with the band Madrugada on the single "Lift Me" gained her another Norwegian Grammy.
Brun spent much of the next couple of years touring the world in many different stage arrangements. She has played with a full band including string section, just herself and string section at times, sometimes just a cello, perhaps with one backing vocalist – or maybe three. Of course it all started with her and the acoustic guitar, so she often ends up coming back to these solo performances too. "There is something about the focus in playing by myself that fascinates me", she says. "There’s nothing to hide behind when I’m alone on stage and it becomes almost meditative for me when I play."
One of her tours was with a string quintet, and it was recorded and released as Live in Scandinavia (2007) and featured Nina Kinert and the guitarist Staffan Johansson. The album includes songs from Brun's first two albums with new string arrangements by Malene Bay-Foged.
Later work
In 2008 Brun released her third studio album, Changing of the Seasons, which was produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Múm, Coco Rosie). It included string arrangements by American composer Nico Muhly (Antony and the Johnsons, Grizzly Bear, The Reader soundtrack). Later the same year came the album Sketches which included acoustic, demo versions of the songs on Changing of the Seasons. The Sketches tour featured a stripped down, sparse sound and now touring with musicians Rebekka Karijord, Jennie Abrahamson and Linnea Olsson, there were memorable gigs in places such as the Union Chapel in London.
Back on the road, a concert at the Stockholm Concert Hall was filmed and released as an album and live DVD in 2009. Late in 2009, Brun organised the No More Lullabies concert to bring attention to the issues of climate justice. She assembled 24 well-known Swedish artists such as Robyn, Loney, Dear, Titiyo and Benny Andersson of ABBA to take part in seven hours of live music and visuals to mark the International Day of Climate Action on October 24, 2009. They succeeded in drawing attention to the issue before the upcoming COP15 conference.
Brun featured as one of the guests on Peter Gabriel's 2011 studio album New Blood, singing on the re-recorded version of "Don't Give Up", recorded in 2010. She was subsequently invited to perform with him as support act and back-up singer on the New Blood tour throughout 2010.
In late 2011 Brun released her sixth studio album It All Starts with One, produced by Tobias Fröberg.
On 11 March 2013 Brun performed her own adaptation of Dido's Lament, from Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell, at The Roundhouse in London.
On 29 May 2013, Ane Brun released a 32-track collection of songs from her first 10 years in the music industry, entitled Songs - 2003 to 2013, which included four new songs. On 4 October 2013 she also released a 20-track collection of covers and out-takes entitled Rarities. This album was released as a surprise for fans, with no pre-promotion.
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Ane Brun - Daring To Love
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You will find me there among the brave ones
the ones that I can never overcome
I want to be someone you can lay your weight upon
someone who's saves you someone who holds on
daring to love
oh love
la la la la la la la la la la laa
and come alive
alive
la la la la la la la la la la laa
I can be your heroine
if someone lends a hand to hold my heart
this heaving pounding sound I am carrying
it leads me straight it makes me fall apart
daring to love
oh love
la la la la la la la la la la la laa
and come alive
alive
la la la la la la la la la la laa
but most of all to be loved
I will fail to take the easy way out
I will tell the truth one more time
even though it hurts even though I stay in the sheets we have on
I will take a step on the densest darkest ground
daring to love
oh love
la la la la la la la la la la la laa
and come alive
alive
la la la la la la la la la la laa
but most of all to be loved
Ane Brun - These Days
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There were nights and mornings
When you come to me
Found your way into my bones, my joints
Into my veins
Like an animal you coiled your darkness around me
You spelled your name in charcoal
All over my body
But these days
I just walk with you
These days
I let you stay
A little further away
But I walk with you
These days
I'll let you stay
There were summer days and nights
When I was blind to you
You were quiet and you were still
Even when the moon was full
My temporary state of lightness would scare me
After all, I was sure
You were most wrong then, I was daring
But these days
I just walk with you
These days
I let you stay
These days
I just talk with you
These days
I let you stay
A little further away
But I walk with you
These days
I let you stay
The things you've shown me over the years
The roads you blocked and how you'll define me
These days
I just walk with you
These days
I let you stay
These days
I just talk with you
These days, these days
Ane Brun- To Let Myself Go
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To let myself go
To let myself flow
Is the only way of being
There's no use telling me
There's no use taking a step back
A step back for me
To let myself go
To let myself flow
Is the only way of being
There's no use telling me
There's no use taking a step back
A step back for me
To let myself go
To let myself flow
Is the only way of being
There's no use telling me
There's no use taking a step back
A step back for me
Koop & Ane Brun - Island Blues
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Hello my love
It's getting cold on this island
I'm sad alone
I'm so sad on my own
The truth is
We were much too young
Now I'm looking for you
Or anyone like you
We said goodbye
With the smile on our faces
Now you're alone
You're so sad on your own
The truth is
We run out of time
Now you're looking for me
Or anyone like me
Na na na na
Hello my love
It's getting cold on this island
I'm sad alone
I'm so sad on my own
The truth is
We were much too young
Now I'm looking for you
Or anyone like you
Ane Brun - Feeling Good
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Birds flying high you know how I feel
Sun in the sky you know how I feel
Breeze driftin' on by you know how I feel.
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life for me yeah
It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me
ouh
And I'm feeling good
Fish in the sea you know how I feel
River running free you know how I feel
Blossom on the tree you know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good
Dragonfly out in the sun you know what I mean, don't you know
Butterflies all havin' fun you know what I mean
Sleep in peace when day is done that's what I mean
And this old world is a new world
And a bold world for me
Stars when you shine you know how I feel
Scent of the pine you know how I feel
Oh freedom is mine
And I know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good
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Birds flying high you know how I feel
Sun in the sky you know how I feel
Breeze driftin' on by you know how I feel.
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life for me yeah
It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me
ouh
And I'm feeling good
Fish in the sea you know how I feel
River running free you know how I feel
Blossom on the tree you know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good
Dragonfly out in the sun you know what I mean, don't you know
Butterflies all havin' fun you know what I mean
Sleep in peace when day is done that's what I mean
And this old world is a new world
And a bold world for me
Stars when you shine you know how I feel
Scent of the pine you know how I feel
Oh freedom is mine
And I know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good
Ane Brun - The Dancer
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He came riding fast like a phoenix out of fire flames
He came dressed in black with a cross bearing my name
He came bathed in light and the splendor and glory
I can't believe what the Lord has finally sent me
He said, "Dance for me, fanciulla gentile"
He said, "Laugh awhile, I can make your heart feel"
He said, "Fly with me, touch the face of the true God
And then cry with joy at the depth of my love"
'Cause I've prayed days, I've prayed nights
For the Lord just to send me home some sign
I've looked long, I've looked far
To bring peace to my black and empty heart
My love will stay 'til the river bed run dry
And my love lasts long as the sunshine blue sky
I love him longer as each damn day goes
The man is gone and heaven only knows
'Cause I've cried days, I've cried nights
For the Lord just to send me home some sign
Is he near, is he far?
Bring peace to my black and empty heart
So long day, so long night
Oh Lord, be near me tonight
Is he near, is he far?
Bring peace to my black and empty heart
Ane Brun - Big in Japan
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Winter city side
Crystal bits of snowflakes all around my head and in the wind
I had no illusions
That I'd ever find a glimps of summer heatwaves in your eyes
You did what you did to me, now it's history I see
Here's my comeback on the road again
Things will happen while they can
I will wait here for my man tonight, it's easy when your big in japan
When your big in japan,
Tonight big in japan, be tight,
Big in japan where the eastern seas so blue
Big in japan, alright, pay then I'll sleep by your side
Things are easy when you're big in japan
Neon on my naked skin
Passing silhouettes of strange illuminated mannequins
Shall I stay here at the zoo
Shall I go and change my point of view for every ugly scene
You did what you did to me, now it's history I see...
Here's my come back on the road again
Things will happen while they can
I will wait here for my man tonight, its easy when your big in japan When your big in japan.
Tonight, big in japan, be tight, big in japan
Where the eastern seas so blue
Big in japan, alright, pay then I'll sleep by your side
Things are easy when you're big in Japan
Big in japan
Big in japan
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Winter city side
Crystal bits of snowflakes all around my head and in the wind
I had no illusions
That I'd ever find a glimps of summer heatwaves in your eyes
You did what you did to me, now it's history I see
Here's my comeback on the road again
Things will happen while they can
I will wait here for my man tonight, it's easy when your big in japan
When your big in japan,
Tonight big in japan, be tight,
Big in japan where the eastern seas so blue
Big in japan, alright, pay then I'll sleep by your side
Things are easy when you're big in japan
Neon on my naked skin
Passing silhouettes of strange illuminated mannequins
Shall I stay here at the zoo
Shall I go and change my point of view for every ugly scene
You did what you did to me, now it's history I see...
Here's my come back on the road again
Things will happen while they can
I will wait here for my man tonight, its easy when your big in japan When your big in japan.
Tonight, big in japan, be tight, big in japan
Where the eastern seas so blue
Big in japan, alright, pay then I'll sleep by your side
Things are easy when you're big in Japan
Big in japan
Big in japan
Ane Brun - I Would Hurt A Fly
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I can't get that sound you make
Out of my head
I can't even figure out what's making it
No one else around even seems to be noticing
It's only small enough for me
I can't get that sound you make
Out of my head
I can't even figure out what's making it
It feels like fingernails across the moon
Or do you rub your wings together
There's a mean bone in my body
It's connected to the problems
That I won't take for an answer
No, I won't take that from you
Because I, would hurt a fly
I can't get that sound you make
Out of my head
I can't even figure out what's making it
No one else around even seems to be noticing
It's only small enough for me
There's a mean bone in my body
It's connected to the problems
That I won't take for an answer
No, I won't take that from you
Because I, would hurt a fly
Let you go to sleep
Feeling bad as me
Let you go to sleep
Feeling bad
There's a mean bone in my body
It's connected to the problems
That I won't take for an answer
No, I won't take that from you
Because I, would hurt a fly
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I can't get that sound you make
Out of my head
I can't even figure out what's making it
No one else around even seems to be noticing
It's only small enough for me
I can't get that sound you make
Out of my head
I can't even figure out what's making it
It feels like fingernails across the moon
Or do you rub your wings together
There's a mean bone in my body
It's connected to the problems
That I won't take for an answer
No, I won't take that from you
Because I, would hurt a fly
I can't get that sound you make
Out of my head
I can't even figure out what's making it
No one else around even seems to be noticing
It's only small enough for me
There's a mean bone in my body
It's connected to the problems
That I won't take for an answer
No, I won't take that from you
Because I, would hurt a fly
Let you go to sleep
Feeling bad as me
Let you go to sleep
Feeling bad
There's a mean bone in my body
It's connected to the problems
That I won't take for an answer
No, I won't take that from you
Because I, would hurt a fly
Ane Brun - Undertow
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I must go
These movements wherever they go
I must follow
These movements wherever they go
I'm caught in your undertow
Caught in your undertow
I've been trying
So hard, I've been out here so long
I've been trying
So hard, I've been swimming so long
I'm caught in your undertow
I'm caught in your undertow
Take me out to sea
Away from you and me
Let me float
Lead me out to sea
Let me go
Let me rise towards the sky
Let me take in this light
Let the shore disappear from sight
I'm caught in your undertow
Caught in your undertow
Caught in your undertow
I'm so tired
I must get up for air
But I can't find it
What's up or what's down out here
I'm caught in your undertow
Caught in your undertow
Take me out to sea
Away from you and me
Let me float
Lead me out to sea
Let me go
Let me rise towards the sky
Let me take in this light
Let the shore disappear from sight
I'm caught in your undertow
I'm caught in your undertow
Undertow
Undertow
Undertow
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I must go
These movements wherever they go
I must follow
These movements wherever they go
I'm caught in your undertow
Caught in your undertow
I've been trying
So hard, I've been out here so long
I've been trying
So hard, I've been swimming so long
I'm caught in your undertow
I'm caught in your undertow
Take me out to sea
Away from you and me
Let me float
Lead me out to sea
Let me go
Let me rise towards the sky
Let me take in this light
Let the shore disappear from sight
I'm caught in your undertow
Caught in your undertow
Caught in your undertow
I'm so tired
I must get up for air
But I can't find it
What's up or what's down out here
I'm caught in your undertow
Caught in your undertow
Take me out to sea
Away from you and me
Let me float
Lead me out to sea
Let me go
Let me rise towards the sky
Let me take in this light
Let the shore disappear from sight
I'm caught in your undertow
I'm caught in your undertow
Undertow
Undertow
Undertow
Ane Brun - Lifeline
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All this time
I've been drawing your lifeline
As I held your hand in mine
I've been smoothing out our troubles
While my own I left behind
All this time
I've been painting our portrait
But I can't seem to make it shine
The angle doesn't seem to matter
Perhaps the problem's with the light
It's taking so long
And it's gonna take a little more
Please prove me wrong
Is it gonna take a little more
Ooh, in time
I'll whisper speaks of gladness
Sweet release and smiles
I'll be carrying our laughter
Like a favorite work of art
Ane Brun - Take It Slow
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Take it slow, take it slow
You and me let's take it slow
Take it slow, take it slow
You and me, let's take it slow
What does it mean to take it slow
It all seems so mean when we take it slow
Take it slow, take it slow
You and me, let's take that slow
Come on to me, slowly
And take a slow slow slow slow night
Just you and me
Take it slow, take it slow
You and me let's take it slow
Take it slow, take it slow
You and me, let's take it slow
What does it mean to take it slow
It all seems so mean when we take it slow
Take it slow, take it slow
You and me let's take it slow
Take it slow, take it slow
When you're next to me
I can't take it slow
Ane Brun - Another World
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I need another place
Where there'll be peace
I need another world
This one's nearly gone
Still have too many dreams
Never seen the light
I need another world
A place where I can go
I'm gonna miss the sea
I'm gonna miss the snow
I'm gonna miss the bees
I'll miss the things that grow
I'm gonna miss the trees
I'm gonna miss the sun
I'll miss the animals
I'm gonna miss you all
I need another place
Where there'll be peace
I need another world
This one's nearly gone
I'm gonna miss the birds
Singing all their songs
I'm gonna miss the wind
Been kissing me so long
Another world
Another world
Another world
Another world
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I need another place
Where there'll be peace
I need another world
This one's nearly gone
Still have too many dreams
Never seen the light
I need another world
A place where I can go
I'm gonna miss the sea
I'm gonna miss the snow
I'm gonna miss the bees
I'll miss the things that grow
I'm gonna miss the trees
I'm gonna miss the sun
I'll miss the animals
I'm gonna miss you all
I need another place
Where there'll be peace
I need another world
This one's nearly gone
I'm gonna miss the birds
Singing all their songs
I'm gonna miss the wind
Been kissing me so long
Another world
Another world
Another world
Another world
Ane Brun - Oh Love
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Oh love
Right from the start
We were old love
Like we've never been parted
You kissed me
Your hands down my side to my hips dear
Still shivers inside
All the breathing
From your mouth through mine
About how long
There's hunger for one more time
Lover of mine, when I kissed you
I felt so good, tell this tale to me
Well I won't believe
That I'm already here
Tell this tale to me
No, I won't believe
That we're already here
Oh love, you covered my skin
With your eyes as they found me
I kissed you, danced in your sand
And fell into a never ending moment
And the whisper from your mouth through mine
With those words that gently filled my lungs
Lover of mine, when I'm with you
I forget how am I to being lonely
Living without you
Spend another day passing by you
Don't wanna know how it feels if I do
Tell this tale to me
No, I won't believe
That I'm already here
Tell this tale to me
I won't believe
That we're already here
Tell me, this is real
No, I won't believe
I won't believe
No, I won't believe
No, I won't believe
No, I won't believe
Ane Brun - One
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It all starts somewhere
It all starts with one
Everything comes from something
It all starts with one
It all starts somewhere
It all starts with one
Nothing comes from nothing
It all starts with one
First everything is dry
Before the dew and the drops align
Then the rain starts falling down
Then comes the flood, the flood
The flood, the flood
The flood, the flood
We all start somewhere
We all start with one
Everyone comes from something
We all start with one
We all start somewhere
We all start with one
No one comes from nothing
We all start with one
First everything is quiet
A breath of air from lips and tongue
Then the sound makes the world wild
One, two, three more
We can do more
Much more, let's do more
Much more, let's say more
We are more
Stones from dust
Anger from fear
Poetry from heartbeats
Revolution from dreams
Revolution from dreams
Revolution from dreams
It all starts somewhere
It all starts with one
Everything comes from something
It all starts with one
Starts with one
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It all starts somewhere
It all starts with one
Everything comes from something
It all starts with one
It all starts somewhere
It all starts with one
Nothing comes from nothing
It all starts with one
First everything is dry
Before the dew and the drops align
Then the rain starts falling down
Then comes the flood, the flood
The flood, the flood
The flood, the flood
We all start somewhere
We all start with one
Everyone comes from something
We all start with one
We all start somewhere
We all start with one
No one comes from nothing
We all start with one
First everything is quiet
A breath of air from lips and tongue
Then the sound makes the world wild
One, two, three more
We can do more
Much more, let's do more
Much more, let's say more
We are more
Stones from dust
Anger from fear
Poetry from heartbeats
Revolution from dreams
Revolution from dreams
Revolution from dreams
It all starts somewhere
It all starts with one
Everything comes from something
It all starts with one
Starts with one
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- Studio albums
- Live albums
- Compilation albums
- 2001: What I Want
- 2001: Wooden Body
- 2004: My Lover Will Go
- 2009: Live at Stockholm Concert Hall (also released as an album in Sweden)
- Featured in
- Other singles (non-charting)
- 2003: "Are They Saying Goodbye"
- 2003: "Humming One of Your Songs"
- 2004: "I Shot My Heart"
- 2005: "Song No. 6"
- 2006: "Rubber & Soul" feat. Teitur
- 2006: "Balloon Ranger"
- 2008: "Headphone Silence" (Henrik Schwarz/DF Remix)
- 2009: "To Let Myself Go" (Malkyl Remix)
- 2011: "Do You Remember"
- "Songs Of The Siren" (Starbucks Hear Music, 2013)
- "Beginner's Guide to Scandinavia" 3CD-album (Nascente, 2011)
- "Peter Gabriel - New Blood Live In London" Blu-ray (Realworld, 2011)
Albums
| Year | Album | Peak positions | Certification | |||||
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| NOR [6] | BEL (Vl) [7] | DEN [8] | FR [9] | NED [10] | SWE [11] | |||
| 2003 | Spending Time with Morgan | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2005 | A Temporary Dive | 1 | – | – | – | – | 12 | NOR: Platinum |
| Duets | 2 | – | – | – | – | 40 | NOR: 2x Platinum | |
| 2008 | Changing of the Seasons | 1 | – | – | – | 48 | 2 | NOR: Gold |
| Sketches | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2011 | It All Starts with One | 1 | 67 | 36 | 159 | 13 | 1 | NOR: Gold |
| 2013 | Rarities | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Year | Album | Peak positions | Certification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOR [6] | SWE [11] | |||
| 2007 | Live in Scandinavia | 11 | 12 | |
| 2009 | Live at Stockholm Concert Hall | – | 7 | 5 |
| Year | Album | Peak positions | Certification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOR [6] | SWE [11] | |||
| 2013 | Songs 2003-2013 | 2 | – | |
EPs[edit]
DVDs
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Certification | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN [8] | NOR [6] | SWE [11] | ||||
| 2004 | "My Lover Will Go" | – | – | 39 | A Temporary Dive | |
| 2008 | "Big in Japan" | – | – | 3 | Bonus track on Changing of the Seasons | |
| "True Colors" | – | – | 5 | |||
| 2013 | "Oh Love" | 23 | – | – | It All Starts with One | |
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Certification | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOR [6] | SWE [11] | ||||
| 2005 | "Lift Me" (Madrugada feat. Ane Brun) | 1 | 44 | ||
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