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"Take On Me" is a song by the Norwegian synth-pop band a-ha. The original version, recorded in 1984 and released in October of that same year, was produced by Tony Mansfield and remixed by John Ratcliff. The 1985 international hit version was produced by Alan Tarney for the group's debut studio album, Hunting High and Low (1985).
Morten Harket (Norwegian pronunciation: [mʊ̂ʈːn̩ ˈhɑ̀ɾkət]; born 14 September 1959) [1] is a Norwegian singer who is the lead vocalist of the synth-pop band A-ha.. A-ha has released 11 studio albums as of 2024, and topped the charts internationally after their breakthrough hit "Take On Me" in 1985. [2]
The acoustic version of "Take On Me" was included in the movie Deadpool 2, released in May 2018, and in episode 13, season 4 of the American TV series The Magicians. [ 66 ] On 29 October 2019, A-ha started their Hunting High and Low tour in Dublin , Ireland , in which they played the whole of their debut album, in addition to other songs.
The Billboard Hot 100 is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During the 1980s the chart was based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales figures and airplay on American radio stations.
On the 80s Cruise 2018, Ric Olsen, David Diamond and John Crawford performed with the Nunn-fronted version of Berlin. Rather than replacing any of the existing members, Diamond and Crawford are merging with Nunn's current Berlin incarnation to form a six-person line-up. They performed two new songs from their forthcoming album.
It interpolates the hook from Norwegian synthpop band a-ha's 1985 hit "Take On Me," [10] and the band members themselves (Morten Harket, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, and Magne Furuholmen), who wrote "Take On Me," received writing credits for "Feel This Moment." [10] The song is a dance-pop song about stopping to take a moment to appreciate life.
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While many of the girls were just models for the group, Andrea Del Conte, Rebecca Sullivan, Debra Gaynor, Tricia Wygal, and Christina Criscione used their real vocals. Today, the group features a relatively stable trio that performs at 80s music festivals and other venues mainly in the U.S. with some international appearances.