Hunting High and Low at 15 in the U.S., according to "Billboard" music charts and has sold about 1.8 million copies in the U.S. It peaked at 2 on the UK charts (re-enter at number 83 in 2015), and hit 1 in Norway. The album has been certified platinum in the United States and 3x platinum in UK. On the "Billboard" 200, "Hunting High and Low" held the record for the highest-charting album by a Norwegian artist until "Do It Again" by Norwegian duo Röyksopp and Swedish singer Robyn (which peaked at number 14). Beginning with the single "Take On Me", A-ha's debut album
High, Low and In Between in Houston when Van Zandt showed up drunk, sat in the front row and, in between songs, began heckling the young singer and demanding that he play "Wabash Cannonball". A flustered Earle finally admitted that he didn't know the song, to which Van Zandt replied aghast, ""You call yourself a folk singer and you don't know the 'Wabash Cannonball?'"" Earle responded by playing "Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold", effectively stunning Van Zandt into silence. Earle remembers that he wore out his copy of "High, Low and In Between" learning the song, which has "a jillion words," and claims that even