“Take on Me” was a Number One smash in the U.S. and abroad, and its follow-up single “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.” seemed primed to be a hit in the States… until it only peaked at ...

A-ha's "Take on Me" video (Photo: Warner Bros.) Had Steve Barron never come up with the wild idea to cast the Norwegian heartthrobs of A-ha as comic-book moto-racers in their iconic “Take on Me ...

Super Deluxe Edition. If you grew up in the 1980s, you may remember that Take On Me was the first single from a-ha’s debut album, Hunting High and Low.. What really made me fall in love with the ...

The song was “Take On Me” by the Norwegian trio a-ha. Even if you’re a millennial, you’ve heard the synth-pop song with the catchy chorus and singer Morten Harket’s incredible falsetto.

When “Take on Me” was released in October 1984, it sold 300 copies. It was an inauspicious beginning, for both the song and the band—who tried again with a remixed version of "Take On Me." ...

The music video for a-ha's 1985 hit "Take on Me" is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time, and 40 years after it ...

A-ha's MTV classic is nearing 1 billion YouTube views and is a cash cow for its creators. But "Take on Me's" origin story is as tricky as its multi-octave chorus.

A-ha’s 80s chart-topping hit, “Take On Me,” just reached two billion views on YouTube this week, making it the first song released in that decade to achieve this milestone.

Upon its release, “Take on Me” topped the Billboard Hot 100 and the video became a mainstay on MTV. Almost 35 years later, the clip’s revolutionary look continues to compel viewers and it ...

Mix engineer Daniel Duskin has just performed a new mix of A-ha’s 1985 global smash hit Take On Me on his YouTube channel and, as with his previous efforts on other songs, it offers a fascinating ...

The music video for a-ha’s 1985 hit “Take on Me” is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time, and 40 years after it hit MTV, it remains a technical marvel. The video perfectly ...