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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".
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".
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
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.
"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 song “You Can Be You” seems to be delivering a very needed message for an uncertain time we’re all finding ourselves in. That song is about Nex Benedict, who is the nonbinary teenager ...
In 2023, Drake released the song "Rescue Me," which included an audio sample of Kim talking about divorcing Ye. More recently, Ye remixed "Like That," in which he sided with Lamar and proclaimed ...