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About This Track
“Take on Me” is a song by Norwegian pop band a-ha. Written by the band members, the song was produced by Alan Tarney for the group’s first studio album Hunting High and Low, released in 1985. The song combines synthpop with a varied instrumentation, which includes acoustic guitars, keyboards, drums and synthesizers.
The original “Take on Me” was recorded in 1984, and took three releases to chart in the United Kingdom, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart in November 1985. In the United States the song reached the top position of the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1985, due in no small part to the wide exposure of its memorable and cutting-edge music video on MTV; directed by Steve Barron, the video features the band in a pencil-sketch animation/live-action combination called rotoscoping. The video won six awards, and was nominated for two others at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards.
The original “Take on Me” was recorded in 1984, and took three releases to chart in the United Kingdom, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart in November 1985. In the United States the song reached the top position of the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1985, due in no small part to the wide exposure of its memorable and cutting-edge music video on MTV; directed by Steve Barron, the video features the band in a pencil-sketch animation/live-action combination called rotoscoping. The video won six awards, and was nominated for two others at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards.
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bruno_borat wrote:
JEFFSTER!
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RayanneAnd wrote:
Música que marcou minha vida!
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jazzymarie23 wrote:
My favorite song ever!!!!
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VargMark666 wrote:
best keyboard ever!
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EfEmeril wrote:
Okay, it's a fun song, yes... but why does it come up so many times if last.fm is supposed to random?
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drenyelle wrote:
Jeffster covering this on Chuck made the finale for me!
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MikeBond1999 wrote:
cool song...
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jimjaime wrote:
keyboard lol
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JanetDraven wrote:
such a classic <3
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Bloodwerk wrote:
I fist heard this when I was 4 years old on my parent's old record. This song never gets old :3
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lukasz_pulawski wrote:
best synthpop ever
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GEEEEOORGGEEEEE wrote:
GREATEST SONG EVER.
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lottie1703 wrote:
armstrong and miller farmer's market,,, yey
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chr1sty1 wrote:
Take on me,Take me on, take on me. LOVE IT
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okcesar wrote:
Noruega debe ponerle monumento a esta pieza. Inobjetable two hit wonder.
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jelene wrote:
NEVER GETS OLD
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crocy2 wrote:
A Happy New Year 2012 to all listeners at Last.fm ;-)
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marinacazais wrote:
Classic.
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yolandakrema wrote:
good one. joyce
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crazykaz02 wrote:
great song
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