a-ha - Take On Me (Official Video) [Ri-ACTiON]

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[@RiUp]

THIS VIDEO WAS FREAKING PHENOMENAL !!! I HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOYED MY VIDEO! I DID HAVE SOME MAFAUNCTIONS TOWARDS THE END THAT I DIDNT RECONGNIZE UNTIL IT WAS UPLOADED. FORGIVE ME😔

[@anthrobros]

It's oks. Stuff happens but you still did a good job. *pat pats* ^^

[@ninkichan7209]

Well done! To me, this is probably the most satisfying reaction to this song I've seen so far. No overacting, I can see in your facial expression how drawn you are to the story and it was all great! Keep this kinds of reaction coming.

[@Isleofskye]

@@ninkichan7209 "drawn to the story" being very appropriate :)

[@Woke2Broke]

I was 16 years old when this song and video was released in 1985, after several failed attempts in 1984. On the 14th of February 2020, a month before covid shutdown I was privileged enough to see A-ha perform live in Cape Town, South Africa! Absolute dream come true!

[@rubencarrera2225]

Good video!! It's brings back memories. You keep up the good work!❤

[@chrisgrethlein6196]

The animation technique is called rotoscoping. Today, it's done by computer. In 1984, it was done by hand. Every single frame. An amazing piece of work.

[@markwebster7435]

Keyboard player wrote the famous synth rift when he was only 14. Lead singer morten harket has one of the best voices in music history.

[@smittybenzo4693]

It took 6 months for the artists to animate the drawings in this video. No camera filters or anything in 1985. It was revolutionary at the time and still looks amazing.

[@SimbaOS]

The technology is called rotoscoping. Basically they took the live action video and then 2 artists drew illustrations over the film, frame by frame, manually. It was over 10k frames to illustrate, it took months to finish it. But they've created a masterpiece that was ahead of its time.

[@MarkoMakela-kk7qf]

It is carazy good even today... and you can tell it was drawn by a human artists and not by computer...

[@alexioverdo5225]

I think they still hold that guiness record for the biggest number of audience attendance since 198,000 people had PAYED to watch their live gig in RIO.

[@islandfocus2]

This video was voted one of the best music videos in the 1980's. I was 15 years old in 1985 when MTV aired the music video. It was one of my fav music videos then. The 1980's was SUCH an awesome decade

[@diegorivas1991]

If nearly 40 years after the video was made and still left people speechless the effects transitions between live action and rotoscoped cartoon, I can only imagine how mindblowing it was seeing that for the very first time back in 1985.

[@willvangaal8412]

Yes indeed .

[@pattiharvey1787]

It won 8 of the 11 MTV music awards in 1986❤

[@alexioverdo5225]

Was in my teens when this came out.We all youngsters then got blown away at the time with both the song the video and Mortens' exceptional voice.You gotta do a research on wiki about it.This iconic clip is historicIt ,wraps a whole era within.Classic.Gr8 reaction.

[@DP-hy4vh]

The Take On Me music video blew people away when it came out in 1985. This was before CGI was being used in movies. They used a process called rotoscoping where the entire video is filmed in live action then the animated parts are hand drawn over each frame of video. It took several months to get the video made and the end result was worth it.

[@christopheryochum3602]

Wasn't that adorable? They told a whole story in a video. I actually get all teared up every time I watch this.

[@alisonscott1469]

First of all thankyou for reacting to AHA and take on me. I became an AHA fan back in 1985 when this song and video came out. I was 16 years old then and i’m 53 now and i still love them as much now as i did back then. AHA are a trio of men from Oslo,Norway. They are a criminally underrated and unappreciated band of extremely talented musicians with a huge back catalogue of music each song is different from the last one. Take on me is just the tip of a very, very large musical iceberg but don’t take my word for it check out more of their music for yourself and you’ll soon get what i’m talking about. I describe AHA as the viking invasion of 1985 that entered my heart and never left. A great AHA song to check out is SUMMER MOVED ON it is on the guinness book of records for the longest note held in a song something like 25.5 seconds without taking a breath. Thanks again and i hope you’ll react to more of AHA’s music. Take care 😘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇳🇴❤️ #AHA FOREVER ❤️🇳🇴

[@isly1598]

Still think this is the best video ever!

[@123froozen]

Eyyy, Norway with the old school classic's! His name is Morten Harket fyi :) They have a lot of great songs, they did great in Scandinavia though their music did not stay that popular in the states. My recommendations as a Norwegian myself would be The Sun Always Shines on T.V or High and Low, both great songs!

[@drServitis]

Min bestemor underviste Morten på søndagsskolen. Sanne fakta. Kan jeg få en kjeks takk?

[@123froozen]

@@drServitis 🍪

[@drServitis]

@@123froozen Tusen takk! Nam, nam!

[@jdwilliamsnorkprojects734]

It's called rotoscoping. It's one of the OLDEST cinematic animation techniques. It's in Snow White, and even He-Man.✌🏽

[@welcome2thepond714]

Hilariously enough it was invented Walt Disneys rivals

[@stephenpaxman6180]

80s will always be awesome !!!!

[@kevinbejkoxdxd1514]

I’m pretty sure that at least 30 to 40 people had to animate this. It would take 1 person almost close to 5 years to animate the whole project. And I’m pretty sure the introduction was just recording on sheets of paper with drawings like the racing cars and the flag, drawing effects, etc.

[@zhubajie6940]

1984 for using Rotoscope was not groundbreaking but was probably one of the earliest used in modern music videos. The earliest use of Rotoscope was probably 1915 in Max Fleischer's "Out of the Inkwell" series.

[@GroovingPict]

First (and I think so far only?) number 1 billboard hit by a Norwegian band, way back in 1985. The video was mindblowing for the time, and of course this being before computers were advanced enough, each frame of film of those mixed real/cartoon scenes had to be drawn over by hand, frame by frame. It's a shame this song caused them to be seen as a "one hit wonder" in the USA, because they had a lot of good songs, and in the UK this wasnt even their highest charted song (this reached number 2 there, while the follow-up single, The Sun Always Shines On TV, reached number 1). They also did the theme song for the Bond film The Living Daylights

[@kevinoriordan7387]

First off, A- HA are in my top 5 favourite bands of all time. I am straight but I always thought that the lead singer to be the most beautiful man ever born. A relative said he is too good looking. Go figure.

[@RiUp]

HE IS!!!🥰🥰

[@lucianoauteri3223]

At the time, in 1985, that video clip was a revolution, it was the first video clip to be made with the "comic strip" effect. Today, in 2024, you can simply make a video like this on a cell phone. Another phenomenal video is Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer" from 1986.

[@ahkkariq7406]

Love your reaction to this song and video. A-ha has a lot of great songs. You should listen to the follow up, "The sun always shines on TV". In the beginning of that video you can see what happens to the couple. "Train of thought" also has a video using this technique, called rotoscoping. In that song Mortens voice is amazing, he is really showing his vocal on the lower scale of the range.

[@spiff2268]

Blew our minds back then, too!

[@JeffreyCantelope]

This video BLEW UP MTV back in the day

[@poeslanding]

It’s the most watched video on the history of the world

[@BrianSFischer]

Apparently, after meeting on set the two dated for a few years and are still close to this day.

[@RiUp]

That’s awesome !! I love stories like that.

[@MarkoMakela-kk7qf]

Nice detail btw...

[@sedawk]

I was 14 when this came out - it was amazing. It’s super cool how people like you react to it today.

[@gregharker1600]

I may not believe in ghosts, but if I hand reaches out of a comic book for me, I am going to freak right out. I was young when this came out.

[@Paradisepuppy1919]

That's so you can understand that we were well advanced before this generation. This new generation think that they are the innovators of all new things when they are nothing more than followers

[@wheelmanstan]

They're a Norwegian band so they were kinda like a one hit wonder here, but they're well known elsewhere, tons of great songs all the way into the 2000's, and they're videos are phenomenal with this type of stuff, with paper in particular. I highly recommend you watch them and try to watch them in order because some are like sequels and connect into each other. I think "the sun always shines on tv" is the next song. And yeah the lead singer is unreal, haha, a record producer's dream I bet.

[@FrankWirth-ij4rq]

The incredible art work, directing, production and perfect timing as in the prime MTV before the Cancerous culture and the dollar attached to it killed it. Sad. Im 72. The 80s get a bad rap.

[@GothRyke...]

I remember when this came out ughhh im so old😂😂Great Reaction Ri you Rock✌

[@anthonyrobertson2011]

We didn't have cable at the time, so Friday night videos was the only time I could catch watching them, well and maybe on a couple other pop music centered tv shows. I was lucky in getting this video taped off it one night. I watched it so many times. Just play and rewind. Wish I knew what happened to that video tape. can't remember.

[@lll9416]

I see you have a really good eye for art, Ri. This was very groundbreaking and iconic in it's time, just think, that they had to do this animation frame by frame! Keep in mind video is 30 frames per second for a 4 minute song.. That's over 7200 frames of individually, hand drawn, animation! It's quite the accomplishment and an amazing a piece of art.. great job Ri!

[@aaronkirby4632]

Pretty sure they just filmed it in real life, then went back and traced the images, drawing it frame by frame. I love the result. Legendary song and video.

[@azynkron]

I always LOL when watching the girls faces when they they see Marten for the first time :D

[@EspenShampoo25]

Aha is a great band and they have many songs equally as good or even better than take on me but most people havent heared them. If you want to check out more of their music i would definately recommend; the sun always shines on tv, stay on these roads, manhattan skyline and many many more!

[@Spy-hp8ki]

It was THIS music video that, basically, launched A - ha. It was 1985. But the concept and production were way ahead of its time.

[@bostonvair]

One thing you can say about 80's music was that this was the golden era of music videos. This song is classic 80s and the video was just as classic. For another great 80s song with an iconic music video, check out "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits.

[@brianives838]

his own voice hitting those high notes!!

[@thorfinnmckenzie]

Watch the mtv accoustic version now... I had tears watching that one.

[@rubencarrera2225]

LoL!; These kids nowadays days love the videos. It's trips out how they freak out on this video. My sons favorite video even though he's only 15years old.

[@-mageron7119]

Smart girl, not that many reactors appreciate the work that went into making that video. You covered all the bases, vocals, instruments and video, great job.

[@Cobalt-Jester]

One of my Ex-Girlfriends worked in video special effects... She said that she had no idea how they made it. Well, she knew they way did it, but she said that recreating it with a computer would be a lot more dificult

[@krisfox3537]

Just a remarkable video and song

[@Meyzen76]

Great video and actually a really well written song. I’m more into the rock side when it comes to music, but not afraid to say this is a banger!!!

[@elbeto7750]

In the 80s, apart from enjoying good music, the videos were also entertaining 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@x3mslayer]

This music video was, and still is mad dope!

[@marty6945]

The 80s were not a technological stone age, and good drafters and graphic artists are born all the time, only the Internet and mobile phones were absent then, and computers were already around then. Also, much more money was spent on the production of video clips at that time, because what someone liked, you had to buy it on vinyl, cassette or CD and you could not download it anywhere illegally, so it was a 100% generated profit.

[@citizensammy2303]

OMG. That is one good looking young man! I'll take him on!

[@jenfries6417]

The animation method is called rotoscope. They film the entire video, and then artists hand-draw the animation over the film, frame by frame. That's what allows for that perfect merging of animation and live action. Super labor-intensive, thus expensive, thus nobody does it anymore.

[@misterprickly]

It's what gave Betty Boop all of her more realistic dance moves. kzbin.info/www/bejne/omGvdamffbh4erM

[@newinLV]

late to the game watching you reaction. LOVED it! it's funny watching people react to this for the first time in the 2020's amazed at how awesome this is ...since it came out in the 80's. then remembering the first time my friends and i saw it in the 80;s and how amazing we thought it was ...since it was in the 80t's and we had never seen anything like this. Got yourself a new subscriber here.

[@DiscoTimelordASD]

The video was a freaking roller-coaster ride of emotions!

[@SRG1966]

This was a mind blower in the mid 80s. I didnt really like the song but i loved the video.

[@Mx.RumpusParable]

Yeah, the video was a majorly impressive piece when it came out... the technique it used was decades old but it'd never been used like that and they got a budget and effort for a music video that was basically unheard of (excepting one other video that year). They spent what was, for today's money, around $400-500K, did thousands of individual hand drawings for the animation, and took months just for the drawing portion... let alone putting the whole thing together. They basically got handed and used the time and money of a minor film during an era when videos were starting to become more experimental on MTV.

[@brianbannon6746]

❤

[@Nigel-wu5lj]

Sold only 308.000 copies worldwide. Mags wrote the theme around 14 years of age. The Cartoon is called Rotoscoping and was pioneered by Walt Disney in the 30s. Just 2 guys sketched the entire video. Morten Harket is far better looking. A masterpiece. Met him Charles De Gaulle airports, Paris 86...

[@user-hs5hc7wk5j]

Keep it up girl

[@alexvonstauffenberg4804]

*I'm glad you like this A-HA video, I love it a lot.*

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

The ending of the vid is a nod to the movie "Altered States."

[@franklingomes5848]

Brasil, parabéns pelo vídeo. Parabéns

[@michaeltipton5500]

She's getting some Comic Man tonight.

[@RiUp]

Lucky her!!😂

[@trekofile]

Rotoscoping hand drawn images

[@Lokey21]

@Ri-Up I was very surprised that you didn’t move… at all. 😂😂😂 I mean the melody to this song usually makes people wanna do something 🕺💃🏽 For me the music just takes me over and this is coming from a Rap/R&B lover. This song came out in 1985 and it will never get outdated 💕😃

[@Spy-hp8ki]

Because she was too focused on the storyline - which was good. Reactors who add dance to their reactions don't seem to be truly absorbing the video. They have to also focus in their "dance." This girl decided, instead, to focus, fully, and "take it in."

[@VonAlb]

Its no better than to be safe or sorry.

[@declanmeaney275]

its SO better to be safe than sorry

[@davebarlow6457]

Looks like you enjoyed that. A-ha were a great band. If you'd like to listen to another of theirs try The Sun Always Shines On TV , one of the best intros of all time. Another must listen and video is Rio by Duran Duran , absolute perfection.

[@kevinbejkoxdxd1514]

React to “We Are the World” by U.S.A. for Africa. It’s a charity single and it features all the singers you know. Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Rogers, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Ray Charles, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, James Ingram, Etc. it is very beautiful. It has a crowd of these celebrities that make chorus.

[@cuthbertedmundv.escobar5853]

I love this song my fav,I hope they become movie

[@davidpost428]

Fantrastic song and video!!

[@Moontanman]

This was my wife and I's song!

[@Jicc5665]

q bueno q prestaras atencion al video ..es muy interesante y conmovedor..la musica le cae al pelo.o anillo al dedo..

[@nazihahzaib8094]

I love this song👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏

[@MangaManiac]

I recommend a song, or if you even would call it a song. It's called "Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free To Wear Sunscreen". I remember hearing it the first time when I was a teenager, even then it hit different. And I can tell ya, nowdays it is pretty spot on. It started first as a speech from an essay. The lyrics are taken from a famous essay - written in 1997 by Mary Schmich, a columnist with the Chicago Tribune, but someone decided to add music and a video to it and it sure hits home. You'll understand when you listen to it.

[@teddygianni1371]

Such a classic

[@helenatyeo6840]

My first crush i was 16 i guess ..still my crush in 2022 🙂

[@mfkowboy4122]

Ayeeeee I like this song. If I'm not mistaken they are from Sweden and sad this song was under my 1 hit wonders playlist. I have heard that the lead singer and the girl date for a little bit in real life. Shout out to the 80s babys lol you seem to like Patrick Swazye and what happened at 6:38? Like there was some song playing while you was talkin. Maybe it was on my end

[@RiUp]

Yea, I didn’t realize it was little off at the end while I was talking. I noticed that after I uploaded it, my apologies. I love me some Patrick Swayze. 💕

[@RiUp]

1 hit wonder playlist? You didn’t like any of their other songs?

[@mfkowboy4122]

@@RiUp I didnt create the playlist lol all i did one day was in my YT music app typed in 1 hit wonders and this was amongst the songs that played. I was curious at work that day lol. Idk any of their other songs

[@mfkowboy4122]

@@RiUp Ahhh ok ok Mr Ghost, roadhouse and noone puts baby in the corner lol he was a great actor. Since you like him then heres a link that you would enjoy reacting to with him in it lol kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaXUeGWfnbKphpI

[@123froozen]

Norwegian* :)

[@trueconde5623]

I remember this video on Mtv, that was before your time younging.

[@froggy187888]

There's a great cover of this song in a computer game. Who knew😂😂. Last of us 2. It's on KZbin.

[@only1lily]

It's the eyes. Patrick Swayze had hooded eyes just like Morten. Hooded eyes are so sexy and dreamy! 😍🥰

[@jokes881]

gen X is badass

[@Nigel-wu5lj]

Morten looks nothing like Patrick Swayz. Both great looking men. Morten is a work of art.

[@ScotsGal]

You should watch "The sun always shines on tv " by A-ha ...many consider it the second part of take on me

[@raffaojeda]

Thanks for appreciating the video!

[@abztrakt7071]

Your amazing eyes and gorgeous hair baby @ss smooth skin and POWERFUL smile 😊

[@Nigel-wu5lj]

Watch ' when Bunty met Morten' decades after. In the Cafe, London. Where the video was filmed.

[@kingcassius2586]

The last part of the video when he's slamming against the wall is homage to the movie Altered States which came out 5 years earlier.

[@michaelhoward142]

Back in the heyday of MTV videos.

[@ianmcclymont8872]

Supurb tune...but the sun always shines on t.v..for me is better...p.s..your a very attractive woman...keep reacting love it.

[@citizensammy2303]

Yummy. 1986 Patrick Swayze!

[@anthrobros]

Yes, that guy legit looks like the man that played in Ghost with Whoopi Goldberg. XD

[@anita-ha1986]

His name is Morten Harket. And the band is Norwegian

[@anthrobros]

@@anita-ha1986 It is a really good song. ^^ I remember hearing it before a few years back when I was younger and also through memes. ^^

[@po5283]

Completely unrelated to music but if you want another bit of unique animation, please check out the film "Loving Vincent" the world 1st and only oil painting film, you'd also probably be interested in the making of "Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream". The film deals with the life and death of world renowned artist Vincent Van Gogh and the film is painted in his unique style. It took 125 artists and 65,000 paintings to make the film, it is an amazingly beautiful film that any fan of the arts should see. On a musical note, and in keeping with Vincent Van Gogh, famous folk singer Don McLean of the song "American Pie" fame, wrote an amazing and hauntingly beautiful tribute song to the great artist, simply titled "Vincent" but is often, mistakenly referred to as "Starry Starry Night", that I highly recommend reacting too. As for how the video was made, my guess is they shot a full-length live action video and then had a team of artists sketch out the animated portions from stills, so they could blend the 2 seamlessly.

[@Nigel-wu5lj]

The video is a dream.Morten pulls Bunty into a dream. The window is a portal. Where they can see eachother. In real life. As they fall in love...wow.

[@zissou6928]

Sade - Is it a crime: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIrdaaupZptmj7c Sade - The Sweetest Taboo: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZSzlGRuiKxpq6M

[@tonymontana9754]

hay 2 poderosas razones para ver este video

[@angrynana4439]

There is actual video on how they made this video on KZbin. This video was made around d the singers loo,s and vocal range.

[@carlhansen4648]

paper tiger...robots bill burr 2021 how many times????????????????????

[@boofuls]

Seem to remember the beckoning hand scene was done by a hole being cut in the table and someone crouched under the table putting they hand through.then rotoscoped with the a ✏️

[@striderhiryu2]

if you likedd this you should watch american pop from ralph bakshi

[@markantinozzi8657]

We're acting like 1985 is like 1885 or whatever

[@CatharinaShields]

Morten Harket actually looks more like Josh Hartnett to me.