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In 2020, former Warner Brothers UK and Reprise executive Andrew Wickham appeared in A-ha's official anniversary documentary A-ha: The Making of Take On Me, to explain how the song's success was due to several parties realising the band's true value. He detailed how the song finally became the worldwide smash hit still widely recognised today.
An early version of "Take On Me" was the first song that Harket had heard Furuholmen and Waaktaar play in Asker. At that time, the song was called "Miss Eerie" and the two men were still known as Bridges. Harket said it sounded more like a "Juicy Fruit song" (meaning a gum advertisement). A-ha's first recorded version was called "Lesson One".
He composed the synth-riff of "Take On Me", when he was only 15 years old. [13] In an interview from 2014, he revealed it was thanks to Morten Harket that they used the "Take On Me" riff saying he would quit the band if they didn't. [13] "Take On Me" became their biggest hit and was the top 5th streamed song of the 20th century in December 2018.
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In June 2009, she was one of the first people to take advantage of the UK government car scrappage scheme and was invited to breakfast with the prime minister at the time, Gordon Brown. [2] In September 2012, Bailey appeared as the mystery guest on Channel 4's Big Fat Quiz of the '80s, with her appearance in the a-ha videos being the correct ...
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.
"Love Is Reason" is a song by Norwegian synth-pop band A-ha. It was released as a single in 1985 in Norway and the Philippines from their debut album Hunting High and Low. In the UK, it was released as the B-side of "Take On Me". [1] [2] [3]
a-ha performed this song at the Nobel Peace Prize concert in 1998 alongside the new song "Summer Moved On". [9] A live version of "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." was the only single released from the 2003 a-ha album How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head, the music video for it being directed by Pal Waaktaar's wife Lauren Savoy.