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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.
"Take On Me" was the first single released by the band.An early version was recorded and released in late 1984 with an early music video.The song became a No. 3 hit in a-ha's native Norway but failed to chart in the United Kingdom.
The Definitive Singles Collection 1984–2004 is a greatest hits album by Norwegian band A-ha, released on 11 April 2005. Despite the title, the album contains tracks from 1985 to 2004, though the original version of "Take On Me" was released in 1984. The album contains 17 of their hits plus an enhanced video for the song "Take On Me".
A-ha's first recorded version was called "Lesson One". The song was then re-recorded, re-named "Take on Me", and released in 1984, when it was promoted with a video of the band performing in front of a blue background. After it failed to chart, the song was re-recorded with production by Alan Tarney; it again failed to chart.
"Take On Me" (original version) 1984 Stevie Price [54] "Take On Me" 1985 Steve Barron [55] "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." "Train of Thought" Candice Reckinger & Michael Patterson [55] Hunting High and Low" 1986 Steve Barron [55] "I've Been Losing You" "Cry Wolf" "Manhattan Skyline" 1987 "The Living Daylights" "Stay on These Roads" 1988 Andy ...
Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... "Take On Me" (1984) "Love Is Reason" ... it was released as the B-side of "Take On Me". [1] [2] [3]
Bob Geldof may have disavowed his 1984 new wave carol, but the lesser-heard all-star remakes from 1989, 2004 and 2014 have their time-capsuled charms. ... (the only holdovers from the 1984 version ...
vocals McCulloch sang on two songs, "The Killing Moon" (by his band, Echo & the Bunnymen) and "Scoundrel Days", with the band at both MTV Unplugged concerts at Øygardshallen (Giske Harbour Hall) on the island of Giske in 2017, [31] [32] as well as at the O2 Arena, London in February 2018 on the same songs.