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 ...

“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 ...

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." ...

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.

The male lead in "Take on Me" was a-ha's falsetto-voiced frontman, Morten Harket, while Bunty Bailey played the lovestruck girl. Read on to learn how the little-known actress and dancer became a ...

Norwegian synthpop trio A-ha’s “Take On Me” has joined YouTube‘s billion-views club. The iconic video from A-ha, which combines live action with pencil-sketch animation, is only the second ...

“Take On Me” has all the giddy charm of “Sweet Caroline,” but doesn’t feel half as hokey. It’s much trickier — hence, more fun — to sing.

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 male lead in “Take on Me” was a-ha’s falsetto-voiced frontman, Morten Harket, while Bunty Bailey played the lovestruck girl. Read on to learn how the little-known actress and dancer ...