This article is about the song. For the The Next Generation episode, see Take on Me (Degrassi: The Next Generation).
"Take on Me"
File:Take On Me cover.jpg
Single by A-ha
from the album Hunting High and Low
B-side "Love Is Reason"
Released 16 September 1985
Format 7", 12"
Recorded 1984-1985
Genre Synthpop, New Wave
Length 3:10 (Original 1984 version)
3:46 (1985 version)
4:48 (extended version)
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Magne Furuholmen
Morten Harket
Pål Waaktaar
Producer Alan Tarney
Certification Gold (BPI)
A-ha singles chronology
"Take on Me"
(1985)		 "Love Is Reason"
(1985)
Alternative covers
First release cover of "Take on Me"
First release cover of "Take on Me"

"Take on Me" is a single by Norwegian pop band A-ha. Written by the band members, the song was produced by Alan Tarney for the group's first studio album Hunting High and Low, released in 1985. The song combines synthpop with a varied instrumentation that includes acoustic guitars, keyboards, and drums.

The original "Take on Me" was recorded in 1984, and took three releases to chart in the United Kingdom, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart in November 1985. In the United States, the song reached the top position of the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1985, due in no small part to the wide exposure of its memorable and cutting-edge music video on MTV, directed by Steve Barron. The video features the band in a pencil-sketch animation called rotoscoping, combined with live action. The video won six awards, and was nominated for two others at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards.

Contents

Background [link]

Pål Waaktaar and Magne Furuholmen began their music careers playing in a band called Bridges, together with Viggo Bondi and Øystein Jevanord.[1] In 1981 the band produced Fakkeltog (Torch-light parade), an LP for which all of the music was composed by the group themselves, most of it being written by Waaktaar. Soon after, Bridges disbanded. Waaktaar and Furuholmen relocated to London to try their hand in the music industry there, but after six months of disappointment they returned to Norway.[1] The duo decided to try to get Morten Harket to join them as lead singer. At the time, Harket was singing in a band called Souldier Blue, but he felt that his band was stagnating, and decided to join Waaktaar and Furuholmen. They stayed together for six months, writing some songs and working on demo tapes, including "Lesson One," the song that eventually became "Take on Me." In January 1983 the trio returned to London in search of recording a contract.[1]

Recording and production [link]

The band moved into a flat in London and began calling on record companies and publishing houses. After a few meetings with various A&R personnel, the band signed with a publishing house called Lionheart. A-ha then returned to Norway to earn some money. When they returned to London, they left Lionheart out of frustration.[2] They decided to record new demos, and chose the studio of musician and producer John Ratcliff, intending to re-record five songs. The band signed with Ratcliff, who in return introduced them to his manager, Terry Slater. With this encouragement, the band managed to complete some songs, including "Take on Me." After a few meetings, Slater signed them with Warner Bros. Records.[2]

The band met with Tony Mansfield, an expert in the use of computerized synthesizers, who mixed the demos with electronic instrumentation. The sound was not what A-ha had hoped to achieve, and the album was remixed again. The band rushed to release "Take on Me" as a single in the United Kingdom but failed to make an impact. After this, Warner Brothers' main office in the United States decided to invest in the band, and gave them the opportunity to re-record the song.[2] Terry Slater convinced Alan Tarney to produce the new version. The song was soon completed and re-released in the United Kingdom, but the record label's office in London gave them little support, and the single flopped for the second time.[2]

In the United States, Warner Brothers put the group on high priority, and made the move to invest serious money in a revolutionary video for "Take on Me" using the version produced by Tarney. The single was released in the United States a month after the music video, and immediately appeared in the Billboard Hot 100.[2]

Magne played the main melody on a Roland Juno-60 "MIDI'd up" to a Yamaha DX7. The drum machine used on the second and third releases (rotoscoped video version) was a Linn LinnDrum - Paul overdubbed real cymbals and hi-hat using this drum machine. Morten sang "Take on Me" using a Neumann U47 microphone as well as a Neve microphone pre-amp and Neve equaliser.[3]

Composition [link]
"Take on Me"
A 24 second sample from "Take on Me," featuring Harket's high-pitched falsetto, with a backing track that mixes acoustic guitars and electronic instrumentation.
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"Take on Me" is a synthpop song, written in the key of A major,[4] using only diatonic chords[5] and includes instrumentation from acoustic guitars, keyboards, and synthesizers.[6][7] Like the majority of pop music, the song is set in common time. It moves at a very quick tempo of 170 beats per minute.[4] The lyrics are a plea for love,[8] and are constructed in a verse-chorus form with a bridge before the third and final chorus. In the song, Harket demonstrates a vocal range of over two and a half octaves.[4] He sings the lowest pitch in the song, A2, at the beginning of the chorus, on the first syllable of the phrase "Take on me."[4] As the chorus progresses, Harket's voice hits ever higher notes, reaching a falsetto[6][9][10] and hitting the song's highest note (E5) at the end [4] (note values specified in this article using scientific pitch notation). One should also note the temporary change of markings in the drum pattern in the chorus, where for two bars the drums play in half time, only to pick up the same rhythm as before for the climax of the vocal line. A mix of drums,[11][12] acoustic guitars and electronic instrumentation serves as the song's backing track.[6] The verse follows a classic 1950s progression (ii - V - I - vi), whereas the chorus has a I-V-vi structure, with consecutive inversions of the V and vi.

Music video [link]

File:TakeonMe video.png
Lead singer Morten Harket and actress Bunty Bailey in a scene from the music video, which features them in a pencil-sketch animation / live-action combination called rotoscoping.

Two videos were made for the song. The first release of "Take on Me" in 1984 includes a completely different recording, and was featured in the first video, which shows the band singing with a blue background.[13] The second video was directed by Steve Barron, and filmed at Kim's Café and on a sound stage in London, in 1985.[14] The video used a pencil-sketch animation / live-action combination called rotoscoping, in which the live-action footage is traced-over frame by frame to give the characters realistic movements.[15] Approximately 3,000 frames were rotoscoped, which took 16 weeks to complete.[16][17]

The video's main theme is a romantic fantasy narrative.[18] It begins with a montage of pencil drawings in a comic book style representing motorcycle racing, in which the hero, played by Morten Harket, is pursued by two opponents, one of whom is played by English actor Philip Jackson. It then cuts to a scene in a cafe, in which a young woman, played by Bunty Bailey (Harket's girlfriend at the time),[14] is seen drinking coffee and reading the comic book in a coffee shop. As the girl reads, the waitress brings her the bill. The comic's hero, after winning the race, seemingly winks at the girl from the page. His pencil-drawn hand reaches out of the comic book, inviting the girl into it. Once inside, she too appears in the pencil-drawn form, as he sings to her and introduces her to his black-and-white world.

Meanwhile, back in the restaurant, the waitress returns to find that the girl is not there. Believing that the girl has left without paying the bill, she angrily crumples and throws the girl's comic book into a bin. This makes Harket's two opposing drivers reappear, armed with a large pipe wrench and apparently aggressive. Harket punches one of the thugs and retreats with the girl into a maze of paper. Arriving at a dead end, he tears a hole in the paper wall so that the girl can escape as a pipe wrench is raised in front of him (it is unclear as to whether this is the thugs' wrench or one Harket plans to use in self-defense). The girl, now back in the real world and found lying beside the bin to the surprise of restaurant guests and staff, grabs the comic from the bin and runs home, where she attempts to smooth out the creases to learn what happens next.

The next panel shows Harket lying seemingly lifeless, and the girl begins to cry. But he wakes up and attempts to break out of his comic-book frames. At the same time, his image appears in the girl's hallway, seemingly torn between real and comic form as he maintains the effort to break his barriers. He escapes from the comic book by becoming human and stands up. Smiling, the girl walks towards him and he embraces her. This final scene is based on the 1980 movie Altered States.[14]

At the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards, the video for "Take on Me" won six awards—Best New Artist in a Video, Best Concept Video, Most Experimental Video, Best Direction, Best Special Effects, and Viewer's Choice—and was nominated for two others, Best Group Video and Video of the Year.[19] It was also nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Video at the 13th American Music Awards in 1986.[20]

Chart performance [link]

"Take on Me" was originally released in 1984, and was mixed by Tony Mansfield, but failed to make an impact in the United Kingdom.[2] The group re-recorded the song with the help of producer Alan Tarney,[2][14] releasing the new version in late 1984: this release peaked at number three in Norway[23] but failed to reach audiences abroad.[2][24]

In the United States, Warner Bros. invested in the revolutionary second video for "Take on Me," which used Tarney's version of the song. The new video was released to dance clubs and television a month before the record was available in stores or played on the radio.[25] Wide exposure on MTV[24] made the song quickly soar to the top position of the Billboard Hot 100 on 19 October 1985.[26] It remained on the chart for twenty-three weeks, and ended up at the tenth position of the 1985 year-end chart.[27]

"Take on Me" was released for the third time in the United Kingdom in September 1985.[24] The song debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number fifty-five, peaked at number two for three weeks, and received a gold certification by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).[28] In Norway, A-ha's native country, "Take on Me" reentered the VG-lista singles chart, reaching a new peak of number one, a year after it was first released.[29] The single was largely successful elsewhere, reaching the top of the Eurochart Hot 100 for nine weeks, topping the singles charts in 36 countries[30], including Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland,[31][32][33][34][35] and reaching the top three in France and Ireland.[36][37]

Formats and track listing [link]

  • 7" Original single (1984)
  1. "Take on Me" (Original version) – 3:10
  2. "And You Tell Me" – 1:48
  • 12" Original single (1984)
  1. "Take on Me" (Long version) – 3:44
  2. "And You Tell Me" – 1:48
  3. "Stop! And Make Your Mind Up" – 2:57 (Pål Waaktaar)

(On this record, Pål Waaktaar is miscredited as Päl Waktaar)

  • 7" Single (1985)
  1. "Take on Me" – 3:46
  2. "Love Is Reason" – 3:04
  • 7" Single (1985)
  1. "Take on Me" (LP version) – 3:46
  2. "The Sun Always Shines on TV" (LP version) – 4:30
  • 12" Maxi-Single (1985)
  1. "Take on Me" (Extended version) – 4:45
  2. "Love Is Reason" (LP version) – 3:01
  3. "Take on Me" (Single version) – 3:31

Personnel [link]

Charts and certifications [link]

Chart positions [link]

Chart (1984) Peak
position
Norwegian Singles Chart[38] (original release) 3
Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report[39] 1
Austrian Singles Chart[31] 1
Belgian VRT Top 30[32] 1
Canadian RPM Singles Chart[40] 2
Dutch Top 40[33] 1
French SNEP Singles Chart[36] 3
German Singles Chart[34] 1
Irish Singles Chart[37] 2
Italian Singles Chart[35] 1
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[41] 7
Norwegian Singles Chart[38] (re-release) 1
Swedish Singles Chart[42] 1
Swiss Singles Chart[43] 1
UK Singles Chart[44] 2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[26] 1
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[45] 4

Certifications [link]

Country Provider Certification Sales/shipments
France SNEP Gold[46] 500,000
Germany BVMI Gold[47] 250,000+
United Kingdom BPI Gold[28] 500,000+
Preceded by
"Oh Sheila" by Ready for the World		 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
19 October 1985		 Succeeded by
"Saving All My Love for You" by Whitney Houston
Preceded by
"Cheerio" by The Monroes		 Norwegian VG-lista number-one single
23 October 1985 – 6 November 1985		 Succeeded by
"Cheri Cheri Lady" by Modern Talking
Preceded by
"Cheri Cheri Lady" by Modern Talking		 German Singles Chart number-one single
8 November 1985 – 6 December 1985		 Succeeded by
"Nikita" by Elton John
Swiss Singles Chart number-one single
10 November 1985 – 1 December 1985
Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single
23 November 1985 – 18 January 1986
Preceded by
"(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" by Sandra		 Dutch Top 40 number-one single
30 November 1985
Preceded by
"I Got You Babe" by UB40 and Chrissie Hynde		 Australian Kent Music Report number-one single
11 November 1985 – 18 November 1985		 Succeeded by
"The Power of Love" by Jennifer Rush

Reel Big Fish version [link]

"Take on Me"
File:Take On Me Reel Big Fish.jpg
Single by Reel Big Fish
from the album BASEketball
Released 1999
Format CD single
Genre Ska punk
Length 3:14
Label Mojo Records
Reel Big Fish singles chronology
"Sell Out"
(1997)		 "Take on Me"
(1999)		 "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution"
(2005)

In 1999, ska punk band Reel Big Fish covered "Take on Me" for the film BASEketball. The song was later released on the BASEketball soundtrack and the international version of their album Why Do They Rock So Hard?.[48][49] The band also performed the song at concerts.[50] Reel Big Fish released a video clip for "Take On Me", directed by Jeff Moore,[51] and features the band playing the song while walking down an aisle in the stadium, and playing a game of BASEketball interlaced with clips from the film. An alternative video for the song's international release that contained only the stadium aisle footage was also released. Reel Big Fish also included a live version of the song in their live album Our Live Album Is Better than Your Live Album and live DVD's You're All In This Together and Reel Big Fish Live! In Concert!.[52]

Track listing [link]

  • CD Single
  1. "Take on Me" – 3:02
  2. "Alternative Baby" – 2:56
  3. "Why Do All the Girls Think They're Fat?" – 2:22

Personnel [link]

A1 version [link]

"Take on Me"
File:Take on Me a1.jpg
Single by A1
from the album The A List
B-side "I Got Sunshine"
Released 14 August 2000
Format CD single, 7"
Recorded 2000
Genre Dance-pop
Length 3:46
Label Epic, BMG
Certification Silver (BPI)
A1 singles chronology
"Like a Rose"
(1999)		 "Take on Me"
(2000)		 "Same Old Brand New You"
(2000)

In August 2000, British-Norwegian boyband A1 released a cover of "Take on Me" for their second studio album The A List.[53] Despite being panned by music critics, who called it a "lame cover version",[54] and a "note for note copy" that seems like "a re-release of the original";[55] it was commercially successful, topping the charts in the United Kingdom and Norway,[56][57] where it was certified silver by the BPI.[28]

Music video [link]

The cover's music video was directed by Stuart Gosling. It features A1 entering the computer world by putting on virtual reality glasses after finding out about a deadly computer virus. After flying for a distance, they find the virus and destroy it, saving the world.[58] The video was inspired by the 1982 science fiction film Tron.[59]

Formats and track listings [link]

  • CD, Maxi-Single, Enhanced, CD1
  1. "Take on Me" – 3:31
  2. "Beatles Medley (I Feel Fine / She Loves You)" – 3:20
  3. "I Got Sunshine" – 3:41
  • CD, Maxi-Single, Enhanced, Limited Edition, CD2
  1. "Take on Me" (U.K. 2K Mix) – 3:25
  2. "Take on Me" (Metro Extended Club Mix) – 6:02
  3. "Take on Me" (D-Bop Saturday Night Mix) – 7:52

Charts [link]

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[60] 46
Danish Singles Chart 2
Dutch Mega Single Top 100[61] 47
German Singles Chart[62] 61
Irish Singles Chart[37] 12
Norwegian Singles Chart[56] 1
Swedish Singles Chart[63] 9
UK Singles Chart[57] 1

Certifications [link]

Country Provider Certification Sales/shipments
Norway IFPI Gold[64] 5,000+
United Kingdom BPI Silver[28] 200,000+
Preceded by
"Music" by Madonna		 UK Singles Chart number-one single
3 September 2000 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" by Modjo
Norwegian VG-lista number-one single
5 October 2000 – 19 October 2000 (3 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Beautiful Day" by U2

Other cover versions [link]

Despite being notoriously difficult to sing,[65] the song has inspired many cover versions, including the following:

  • In 1995, Christian pop punk band MxPx included this song on their album of covers, On the Cover.[66]
  • In 1996, German eurodance duo Captain Jack covered the song for their first album The Mission.[67]
  • In 1998, American band Cap'n Jazz cover the song for their two-disc set Analphabetapolothology.[68]
  • In 2000, German punk band Wohlstandskinder covered the song on the compilation Punk Chartbusters Vol. 3.
  • In 2000, Belgian punk band Janez Detd. covered the song for their first major label release Janez Detd..
  • In 2001, German rock band Emil Bulls covered the song for their studio album Angel Delivery Service.[69]
  • In 2002, Italian progressive power metal Vision Divine covered the song on their album Send Me an Angel.[70]
  • In 2006, Spanish folk metal band Mägo de Oz made a cover of the song, which was included in their compilation album The Best Oz.[71]
  • In 2007, Latvian instrumental cello rock trio Melo-M included a cover version for their album Singalongs.[72]
  • In 2007, Spanish surf rock band Los Tiki Phantoms included an instrumental cover renamed "Tiki On Me" on their EP Se Van De Marcha.
  • In 2007, French band Crumble Lane covered a punk rock version of the song on their 3rd album Six Years A Wink [73]
  • In 2008, Finnish symphonic metal cover group Northern Kings covered the song for their album, Rethroned.[74]
  • In 2008, American R&B duo Zo! and Tigallo (Phonte, formerly of Little Brother) recorded a cover for their EP entitled Zo! & Tigallo Love the 80's.
  • In 2009, Spanish artist Anni B Sweet made an acoustic cover version of the song.
  • In 2009, Carl Newman of The New Pornographers recorded a cover of the song on the Starbucks-sponsored compliation album Sweetheart: Our Favorite Artists Sing Their Favorite Love Songs.
  • In 2010, South Korean pop singer Seo In Gook covered and released the song on 22 November of that year in South Korea as a single. The verses of the song were re-written into Korean while the chorus kept the original English lyrics. The song was re-titled as "Take".[75]
  • In 2010, German singer-songwriter Graziella Schazad released a cover of the song in August of that year.
  • In 2011, Christian pop punk band Eleventyseven covered the song and released it as a single, and then released it on their EP Quota.
  • American duo Letters Lost released a version of the song on its album You Are My Biggest Fan.[76]
  • In 2011, accordion players of the Kum Song School of Music of Pyongyang, North Korea performed a cover for Morten Traavik, a Norwegian cultural event organizer. Traavik's video of the first performance was a YouTube hit in February 2012, and the quintet subsequently performed at a cultural festival in Kirkenes, Norway, a few days after the YouTube video gained widespread attention.[77][78]
  • In 2012, fictional cover band Jeffster! performed the song on the series finale of Chuck.

Live cover performances [link]

  • Japanese American singer Hikaru Utada covered the song on her "Bohemian Summer 2000 Tour". It was included on the Bohemian Summer 2000 DVD.[79]
  • Argentinian electro pop band Miranda! included a cover of the song in their 2005 live album En Vivo Sin Restricciones.[80]
  • American singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles has performed acoustic versions of the song in live concerts.

Parodies [link]

Appearances in other media [link]

References [link]

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The third season of Degrassi: The Next Generation commenced airing in Canada on 17 September 2003, concluded on 5 April 2004 and contains twenty-two episodes. Degrassi: The Next Generation is a Canadian serial teen drama television series. This season depicts the lives of a group of high school freshman and sophomores as they deal with some of the challenges and issues teenagers face such as dysfunctional families, sex, homosexuality, homophobia, theft, self-harm, domestic violence, abortion, emancipation and relationships.

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Take On Me

by: Captain Jack

We're talking away
I don't know what I'm to say
I'll say it anyway
Today's another day
To find you shying away
I'll be coming for our love
Take on me (Take on me)
Take me on (Take on me)
I'll be gone
In a day or two
So needless to say
I'm odds and ends
But that's me stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is OK
Say after me
It's better not to be
Safe than sorry
Oh the things that you say
Is it live or just to play
My worries away
You're all the things
I've got to remember
You're shying away




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