a-ha - The Making of Take On Me (Episode 3)

Part 3 of The Making Of… Take On Me covers the legacy of the song with commentary from the band and an array of contributors
An exclusive limited edition blue Take On Me 7" is available now to celebrate the release of The Making Of…Take On Me lnk.to/TakeOnMeBlueVinyl
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Produced and Directed by Sorcha Macdonald and Warner Music Entertainment
Project Managed by Katie Graham
Photography by Fritz Johannessen, Henning Kramer Dahl, Just Loomis, Per Arne Skjeggestad, Viggo Bondi
With thanks to… Alan Tarney, Andrew Wickham, Bethany Dawson, Candace Reckinger, Ed Miliband, Ed Sheeran, Harald Wiik, James Blunt, Jamie Carter, Jeff Ayeroff, John Beug, John Hughes, Just Loomis, Magne Furuholmen, Michael Patterson, Morten Harket, Nile Rodgers, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Pete Vuckovic, Richard Hughes, Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom McPhee, Tyler Shoemaker, The Savoy Café and Harriet Davis
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The a-ha channel is the official KZbin home of the Norwegian Pop trio a-ha, who achieved global stardom in 1985 when their debut single, “Take On Me” from the album ‘Hunting High And Low’ topped the charts in 36 different countries on its way to becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time, and the 5th most streamed song of the 20th century. a-ha struck chart gold again with “The Sun Always Shines On T.V.” and “Cry Wolf,” and recorded the theme to the 1987 James Bond film “The Living Daylights”. The a-ha KZbin channel is proud to host the music videos from these hits alongside live performance videos, lyric videos, and the solo work of band members Morten Harket (lead vocals), Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (Guitar), and Magne Furuholmen (Keyboards).

[@sharonedwards6010]

The song itself is a gem but then when you see the video to it, a double gem. Then when you see the guys from A HA interviewed , you realise they are so down to earth and humble, and that makes it a triple gem for me.

[@lorikodama8212]

What makes this song timeless? That riff, and the fact that Morten's almost inhumanely beautiful.

[@bountypj6144]

Our eight-year-old son loves it so much that he worked on it day and night to be able to play this riff on the piano. I never expected that our son would even listen to a song that we called favourites those days. It is one of his favourites! What a song!

[@gaskan666]

Its a timeless video song. When MTV was in its pure raw form. 35 years and going strong. The 80s where the best times for me. WANTED time machine to take me back to the 1980s

[@bigalexg]

Heard it on the radio when it debuted in the US and drove right to the record store and bought the 45, still have it. Couldn't believe that it was so catchy and poppy but so deeply moving at the same time. It sent me into a euphoric reverie - I instantly knew it was a miracle, pop or not, I know what I love. Then the video showed up on MTV and enjoyed it a new way over and over again. How is that that you never tire of the riff? The riff is a kind of perpetual emotion machine -it just goes on and on and on and if the riff isn't enough you have the soaring voice, another miracle and then the riff again. The dopamine never stops! This was a miracle.

[@NotMarkKnopfler]

"Melancholy is about things that are valuable to you.". Morten nailed it.

[@David.L291]

I thought the meaning to this word meant when someone has gone completely off the rails and all the rest with it lol

[@jonie234]

I just love Morten's vocal range and I believe that Take on Me is such an iconic song now. So nice that it is loved by so many people ♥️

[@ythserver]

I love it! ... It's the Van Gogh of Music Videos... That's the purest description I can think of. It's a Masterpiece of Art.

[@markmh835]

You know......... I agree! The music video of "Take On Me" belongs in the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City. It is a masterpiece. Let's make it happen. 😊👍🎶

[@kingsleymok4008]

a-ha Take On Me, still the best after all these years!!!

[@thomdubbeldam5490]

I cannot describe how much joy this series bring me. Thanks for making these, and thanks a-ha for bringing me joy after all these years.

[@JimButler1234567890]

Same here.. Please make more!

[@claudiameier555]

Agreed :)

[@TheWitchOvAgnesi]

Yes, this was a pleasant thing to see, not only for the reminiscence, but also to illustrate (pun intended) how involved the process was to make the video (as well as a great history of the band in that era).

[@jericoba]

I honestly and thoroughly agree. Unbeatable song and video. Thank you, a-ha and collaborators!

[@johnwilsonwsws]

👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👏👏👍

[@thomdubbeldam5490]

3:43 - just wow. One of the many reasons this song is so great is because it’s so beautifully written. Right here, Magne delivers this part so extraordinary prestigious.

[@eddygonzalez266]

Take on meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@afby]

Mark my word...this song will be played over and over again years and years to come. Will become a classic!

[@aqlcr]

It's 2020. My kids are 12 and 15. They loved the song and the video since the very first time. This is a song WAY AHEAD of it's time. THANKS!

[@qyvqyv9004]

It is a very special feeling to comment this "Take on Me" making of, decades after hearing this song the 1st time, when I was a so young person ! The episodes are great, I love the little reunion in the café, so nice ! It's a special flavour now I'm a grown woman to understand why it is a so incredible video (I was not that aware of the amount of work) . At that time, it just hit me off, I loved the song, the band, it helped me through a difficult time. For me this song has always been a glimpse of light and freedom, with very optimistic vibes. An african saying tells "it takes a village to raise a child", and it's obvious it takes a large incredible talented team to make live a magnificent song through time. All the best A-ha !

[@stephenlozano2816]

One of my favorite songs of the 80’s. So glad I was a 15 year old kid in 85 watching this amazing video on MTV.

[@retromechanicalengineer]

This song and Stay on These Roads are two of the greatest songs of the eighties, possibly all time.

[@show_me_lights]

this song's popularity will out live us all.

[@JimButler1234567890]

You are right about that.

[@TheDragShot]

As it deserves to.

[@Kevin-finity]

You are right!!! There is no doubt about it.

[@thomdubbeldam5490]

Could'nt have said it better.

[@ederdaviddecastro5396]

Essa banda e td pra mim 🤗🤗

[@rebeccastadie5772]

"Sounds good, no?" Mags is just gold 😂😂

[@SisterFromAnotherPlanet]

I cracked up

[@elyayellin3066]

I enjoyed the series overall but that was the best part 😅😅

[@davidmyhre1132]

«The sun always shines on TV» is my favored, but the «take on me» video is a brilliant Pearce of art.

[@michaelmcallister9540]

The hair stands on the back of my neck every time I hear take on me and I listen to it a lot not many songs or artists can do that class song and class group will never get old

[@bluewaters3100]

I was 33 when this came out and loved it of course immediately. Much thanks to all the people who believed in this band back then and put their heart and soul into making the video, song, and group mainstream. Songs like this are why I don't listen to music made in the last ten years.

[@nancyullrich5447]

This video of how 'Take On Me' was made is impeccable! The way the editors brought together all of the key players in the making of the video, and the commentary, and the music... all is so captivating and impressive! Bravo!! ❤❤

[@paulzammataro7185]

Very cool seeing them together in the cafe!!!

[@disappointingperson9162]

"I could not hit it, without being hit" that had me fockin dying

dude, be a man and say "fuckin" for christsakes

[@timothyfoleyjr2796]

I had had a terrible motorcycle accident the year before the release. I immediately loved the song. It really “spoke” to me. The keyboard riff reminded me of something I had heard at “Red Rocks” the year before. When I heard U2 do “Under a Blood Red Sky” . . . I’ll always love “Take on Me” !

[@kamalporter706]

I have a feeling this song is gonna live on another 30 years ❤

[@coolhand1966]

300

[@JimButler1234567890]

I think that in time, history will prove that the A-ha image and their most popular music and videos, will become almost an archetype for this particular style, a reference that will inspire and be imitated. We haven't see much of that yet because things haven't gone far enough to come full circle, but I think it will.

[@jonathan.s993]

Amen to that.

[@hello-vs4dc]

Take On Me will live on as long as people have ears!

[@longiscadenotas4890]

@@hello-vs4dc well said.

[@tatichip]

Best song ever! As a teen growing up in the 80's, there is no other song that even comes close making me remember my childhood with just the first three bars of a song. Your legacy does not die with me.... I have born 4 children that also resonate with your music the same way I did. Your music is truly forever, just like Elvis & Michael Jackson.

[@RyanPerrella]

a-ha thank you so much for this production on the behind the scenes of a timeless song and an eternally amazing video. "I'll be coming for your love, ok?"

[@FREEDADVIDEOS]

❤❤❤ Thanks for including us!

[@nh721]

I was obsessed with Aha's albums. I used to spend my summer in year 12 at 17years old sunbaking on Terrigal Beach NSW Australia with my cassette Walkman on listening to their music over and over and it was my own private world and special love affair with them and the fantasy of having a boyfriend like Morton. I saw them in concert in Sydney in 1986 and screamed like a girl and didnt care, wearing my denim jacket, leather bangles and ripped jeans and morton hair. :) They were beautiful.

[@martinzehnpfenning5162]

That is a hit for Decades! Thank you A-Ha !!!

[@ronaldgarrison5528]

Sometimes it's a real stroke of genius to put two or more things together that you would not expect to work together, but then find that they do. This seems like one of those times.

[@EduardoSantos-qj2ni]

As said James Blunt, "The Sun Always Shines On TV", is an another great hit too... a-ha has many other hits...I hope to watch the story of the other hits too...

[@QueenCelebrationLive]

There's a lot more from the 80s, but one of their absolute best is *Summer Moved On* - Ah, what a song!

[@JimButler1234567890]

Yes, I would like to see a documentary on the entire Hunting High And Low album, including where the album cover was shot.

[@Cyberdine.Systems.Model-101]

@@JimButler1234567890 Best album cover ever

[@Vindicator18]

That's what sucks about "The Sun Always Shines On TV" is that it was overshadowed by the success of "Take On Me", but they are both amazing songs.

[@MKPiatkowski]

@@QueenCelebrationLive When they talked about how casually Morton goes up the ladder, I always think to the incredibly long note he holds there. When he does it live, it's no big deal. Every other singer would milk it.

[@maverick7873]

the universal language of the music creating their dialects(different versions of the song), amazing

[@QuestionMan]

Nile nailed it: it's the half-time section that really gets me every time.

[@92trdman]

Nobody knows the song could be so memorable for so long and inspired so many ....

[@hzzn]

I want to see an 85 year old Morten and his band rocking out Take on Me, on stage.

[@redelfshotthefood8213]

Very few songs stay with a person. This is one. This song will be heard for hundreds of years.

[@galatasaray8232]

Thanks for everything a-ha.

[@murderhill1947]

In my iTunes library playlist, organized by artists alphabetically, Aha lists first so if I hit play, this song pops up. You think it would be annoying but it’s not.

[@andyg4082]

Love this band since 85 Take on me wow The song is pop perfection And the video is for me top 3 greatest ever made. Great band 👍👍👍👍👍

[@shelleighboyer7510]

Have loved them since I was 16. I had heard Take on Me in America, but moved to Finland for a while that year as an exchange student. When there, I realized how much more music I was missing!! I am now 52. The mix of fantasy of the video ajacent with the vocals TRULY made this the treasure it is and will always be. Love these guys so much.

[@rahuljonline]

I love watching music videos. Even in 2023. And out of all the music videos, I've ever watched, this is No. 1 for me. Always will be.

[@Belihoney]

This is literal what pop is about. Perfectly captures a string emotion and makes it gripping but easily digestable at the same time. Crazy. And to know they released it twice to get this impact is kinda inspirational

[@alstefanini8918]

You guys wrote a song that makes people happy....it's that simple....my favorite song is out of blue comes green. I would have never heard that song without take on me.

[@Bummelumm]

Out of Blue Comes Green is a beautiful song. Which album by a-ha is your favorite?

[@alstefanini8918]

Baltazar Bum to be fare I'd have to day it's a seasonal thing....but if I were to pick one that is dark, and light all in one... scoundrel days, it's an emotional roller coaster.

[@alstefanini8918]

Baltazar Bum. What's your favorite?

[@claudiameier555]

There are so many terrific a-ha songs :)

[@alstefanini8918]

Claudia Meier I agree, I could pick one every day and it would always sound new!

[@adelinagajudo3215]

"Take on me" is a very favorite song for me. I love it so much 💗 God bless you more A-HA band‼️❗

[@massfrog]

What also helped, is the fact MTV played it every 10 mins

[@RyuHayabusa06]

A truly great song. Takes me back to 1985 and watching Mtv whenever I hear it. Forever a part of my youth. Thank you, a-ha.

[@code-52]

I was 23. We had just bought our first big back, big screen TV. And MTV was a new thing. I was home cleaning in the den. I stood up, dropped my dusting cloth and my jaw hit the floor. I'd never seen anything like it, nor anything as beautiful as Morten Harket. Strangely, my oldest son is in music and looks a lot like Morten. ❤

[@colebailey8907]

The Legacy of the song Take on Me is forever a great one that will be told though generations to come people will tell they’re children about the perfect song, the unique music video, and the band and other people who made it possible

[@jimlaw-stargazer]

i was a lorry driver taking stage and sound equipment to venues around the uk and europe on a couple of a-ha tours and can say i was lucky enough to have seen them live on lots of occasions in lots of great places best times of my life thanks Morten,Magne and Paul. Take On Me will live a lot longer than we will, but lets not forget they also had a huge number of others songs lots of which were also great hits big love in Dec 2019 Merry Xmas

[@patricia.garcia]

OMG is it just me crying? So beautiful, so touchy! Every episode makes love A-ha more and more and takes me back to 1986 when I nearly fell off the sofa when I heard the first notes of Take on me. Luv you guys!

[@JimButler1234567890]

No, I think we all feel a strong connection with them.

[@ArturJanz]

Cried here too, hahaha

[@synchronicity67]

Hahaha I'm sorry I'm not crying but imagining u fall off d sofa on hearing him😅😉👍

[@RikiYamada]

I’m not gonna lie. I cried. I just never realized of all the amazing, wonderfully-talented ppl that were involved!

[@1rivia]

I'm crying too!!!! Greetings from Brazil!!!!!

[@zzyzxzy9061]

Man, for the most part, I was raised listening to music over watching TV and I was about 4-5 years old when the video was released. At that age, seeing the video with childlike wonderment made me believe that reality can be altered to bring fantasy to life; as if we didn't have to pretend anymore. Hearing the song was a jump jam as it was something to dance to as most of the lyrics fly over my head. The song and the video have been a mainstay in my life as it was something I needed to have on demand. Better believe I recorded that video on VHS so I can watch it anytime. As I continued to grow so did my understanding of the song. Little did I know (even though the signs were there) that decades later it would be the icon that it is now. That song was with me throughout my entire childhood, teen years, twenty-somethings, thirty-whatevers... you get it. The video and the song continue to amaze many generations in the future.

[@Sleepdriver1984]

I love Magne's humour at the end!

[@youutubestinks4580]

take on me-> song + video + group (and all the talent around) = the most perfect round like a circle song/video ever been done :O

[@daveschwartz5893]

The video and the song are symbiotic in a sense. They couldn't live without each other.

[@whos-the-stiff]

I will always love Take On Me and a-ha will remain part of my life until the day I die.

[@JimButler1234567890]

Same here. My wife couldn't understand why I want to go all the way to California just to see them at great expense.. A-ha is just inseparately connected to who I am.

[@weakanklesfornamjoon]

The people who don’t have all the albums don’t know what they’re missing.

[@elielthecomplicated2959]

That really means a lot coming from Patrick Stewart.

[@samhain1894]

Alan Whelan me too. Love them 💕

oh brother

[@teenybops41]

That last comment from Magne about playing the song in old age just cracked me up. So much so that the cat (who was sleeping on my lap) shot off and out of the cat flap.

[@JimButler1234567890]

yeah - I got a kick out of that too.

[@latenightlogic]

An underrated aspect of this song is the blasé idea that he’ll be gone soon but the timeframe is a fraction uncertain. ‘In a day or two’ sounds excellent for the first 2 choruses. By the time we reach the ultimate chorus, hes more direct ‘in a dayyyyy’.

[@JimButler1234567890]

You're right, and I never thought about that before.

[@JimButler1234567890]

Morten's impression was right when he heard the riff - it really was universal and "the key to the world" in the sense that it was a riff with universal appeal. It was merely a question of developing it which they did. It's something that I think nearly everybody can relate to on some level. I have always been a fan of the band because I could relate to the music and I could relate to the band's image, and it was the times and places where I got my early impressions of the music video that was very formative for me. It's more than I can describe in a simple KZbin comment.

[@brettcooper3893]

Jim B right. There are very few songs that have been written that it seems like almost everyone likes (Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down" would be another example). You see maybe 2 or 3 of those every generation. The only exception to this, near as I can tell, would be The Beatles.

LOL, you're a fucking janitor for christsakes

[@antoniop3352]

Jim B Take on Me is the song Bill and Ted were wanting to write.

[@violettedugeneville5278]

You are very good with words

[@welmaguima1233]

🌟A-ha Band🌟 Brazilians for three Norwegians... Absolute Passion! 🇧🇷💕🇳🇴

[@JimButler1234567890]

Yes indeed. I think there is a little bit of A-ha in most Brazilians, and a lot of A-ha in a lot of Brazilians. Ironically, even though my wife is Brazilian, she had never heard of A-ha until I introduced her to them. I told her that in Brazil, you literally can't walk very far without finding someone that is out of their mind crazy for A-ha. I only know this because I spent a couple of years in Brazil about 20 years before I met my wife, and that was during the period when A-ha had just released East Of The Sun West Of The Moon. I don't think she got out much growing up :-)

[@odinalves4900]

What a privilege was to me having attend for 2 shows in my country and have achieved their autographs... and one day I thought that it would be impossible

[@SisterFromAnotherPlanet]

The end when Magne acts like an ancient rock star playing Take On Me had me cracking up

[@davidschmidt6013]

After all these years, of loving this song AND the video, to see the story behind the vid is just great! Blessing and thanks to all involved!!! Plus... I never realized that James Blunt was a woman...

[@True-trini]

Couldn't help but laugh at Mags at the end. He's very cool

[@sidneibueno8647]

The 70s/80s/90s will never be surpassed, The Best! São Paulo - Brazil - Rock On The Rock V-8 🤙 🎸🎸

[@mr.djcooncoon8196]

This 3 part documentary is incredible...That great video work of art was very worthy of this...Great that this talented team is all still alive here...

[@celestina0603]

I was born on '85 but this song is one of my favorite pop song of all the time. Iconic videoclip. Pure pop music ❤❤

[@JimButler1234567890]

When I was in college in the early 1990s and everybody was so into "Alternative Rock" and "MTV Unplugged" and all things "strings", when we were living in the cultural backlash against synthesizers in the wake of the fallout of Milli-Vanilli and for other factors, there was a strong degree of aggression against synth-pop type music, especially any that had been produced in the 1980s. That was a very difficult time for me because I was about the only person I knew in the United States who was really into A-ha and identified with their image and their music. Even then though, I never let anyone shame me for liking A-ha and their music. I remember occasions when I mentioned A-ha, that the immediate knee-jerk response from other people was "they were just a one-hit wonder".. I was quick to tell them of all of the albums that A-ha had released and of their soundtrack for Living Daylights, awards that they had received, and that the band was very much still together and big all over the world, and that the only place that they weren't "big" was the United States. It was lonely going through those times being the only A-ha fan that I knew of, but I can say that I was a loyal A-ha fan even when it wasn't cool to be an A-ha fan. I wonder if the three band members have any idea just how strong a chord they struck with some of us, and how much people like me have identified with them and with their music. Morten has said that "Take On Me" has over-shadowed their other music, but I have always listened to their other music; "Take On Me", great as it is, was not by far the only song I've liked by them. There are many, and I appreciate all of their music. Even their remakes are absolutely superb. For example their version of "Crying In The Rain".. What an AMAZING interpretation of that song! "The Sun Shines On TV", What a combination of vocal power, strength and beauty in one song. I know of no other song that conveys all of those qualities quite like that song does. Even "Stay On These Roads" doesn't have the emotion that this song does. I could name many but then this post would be too long for people to read. I will always be an A-ha fan.

[@marjoriemcbride6557]

Jim B Me too Jim. I actually love their darker, moodier, less successful songs too..especially the ones on Memorial Beach and East of the Sun West of the Moon.

[@Cyberdine.Systems.Model-101]

You sound like an American version of me, Jim. In Australia, it was exactly the same. After the all-too-brief excitement around their first three hits, they faded away, leaving me the only person I knew of who still followed and loved them. To this day, I've never personally met a single person who knew they were still making amazing music.

[@JimButler1234567890]

@@marjoriemcbride6557 I'm listening to Locust from Memorial Beach as I write this. The production quality is higher than some modern albums. A-ha is such a versatile band, and this album really demonstrates this with it's departure from the style of other A-ha albums.

[@JimButler1234567890]

@@Cyberdine.Systems.Model-101 Well, I have come to embrace the fact that most around me know little at all about A-ha. I think it's a special select individual that has been endowed with the ability to identify truly great talent and material amidst all of the din of what is popular at the time, and the fickle opinions of pop-culture. Consider yourself a unique person, a member of a very special club if you will. It can be a lonely endeavor to be true to one's own tastes, and sometimes to ride high it seems as if we have to ride alone, but we are never alone. We're always in good company of like-minds. Thanks to the internet, fans like us can come together and share our fan-ship.

[@Cyberdine.Systems.Model-101]

Brilliantly articulated and flattering to boot. Thanks Jim.

[@davidward3171]

A Timeless hit of a unforgettable decade.

[@lessismore8533]

Yah. I dont see the 2010s music producing any classics. Maybe "Happy" by Pharrell

[@deadstar44]

I totally agree with Nile Rodgers. The half-time part of the chorus always gets me going, it's also why the chorus arrangement when they skip the half-time toward the end and keep the upbeat rythm stands out so much like the song flies on its own in the sunset forever. The Sun Always Shines On TV is even more epic.

[@mehpainter]

Same, who couldn’t love the half time part

[@Psalm11950]

My sister used to play it over and over. More than 35 years ago ! My daughter likes it now. It still sounds amazing

[@JNYC-gb1pp]

Magne aged very well. A beatiful man! I need to go visit Norway to see more of these gorgeous men! ;)

[@Legnerps]

I can't get enough of this video.

[@wellingtonphoa2344]

One word: Iconic! 👍

[@johnbrownlee4565]

This song will live on as long as civilization does.

[@marjoriemcbride6557]

Thank you guys for making this documentary about the making of Take on Me...all three episodes have been fascinating, especially to your true fans like me. Your music is an essential part of my life, and now that I can see videos of past concerts and performances here on KZbin, dating right back to the very beginning , I can appreciate how really talented and creative you are. Listening to Albums and CDs is no substitute for actually seeing you perform, and for only the second time I’ve been able to see you live myself, when I experienced your latest HHAL concert in Belfast....it kicks off with Take On Me of course and the hairs just rise up on the back of the neck from the word go! What a fabulous show it was...so thank you for that. I love the way success has never gone to your heads and you never forget your fans and always have time to say thank you. We love you and your music...please keep making it for many years to come.

[@lindaw.5836]

Marjorie McBride totally agreed! With everything! 😍😍😍

[@denicase9444]

TIMELESS, SIMPLY TIMELESS ❤️

[@DavidChow]

3:53 spine-tingling versus 7:32 re: 20 years. Magne, you wag...that made me LOL! Wish I could play the keyboard as he can.

[@shanehernando7404]

I wast born yet when this was release but when I heard it when I was 10 and still this is my all time favorite song I sing it while driving. Thank you for making a Golden song that every era would love.

[@2012WCIH]

I went to the concert yesterday here in Bremen, Germany. And the first song was Take On Me. Goosebumps!!!

[@oliviannejb1318]

OMG! Wish I could be there!!

[@claudiameier555]

Me too i was in Bremen; last week. For me an unforgettable evening. Will love a-ha forever !!!

[@billkeithchannel]

I was already a fan of Howard Jones and addicted to his Human's Lib album. Then I heard A-Ha and was blown away at the nuanced sound.

[@GrotrianSeiler]

It seems so trite to say this but Morten was beautiful then, and he's still beautiful today. You can't say that of every heartthrob from the 80s. These series of videos covering the song and the video is fantastic.

[@FyberOptic]

"The Sun Always Shines on TV" is a very underrated song. I went a long long time in my life before I heard it again, and it felt completely new when I stumbled onto it again a few years ago. I had never really listened to it thoroughly or appreciated it when I was young, and now it's one of my favorite songs.

[@Rose-gy1cc]

Words can’t explain how much I love this song.

[@hawkeye284]

I can never hear the song without also visualizing the video in my mind at the same time. They complement each other.

[@frenchartantiquesparis424]

I love Mags. He is so intelligent and down to earth...

[@JimButler1234567890]

Yes, Mags is very very bright. Morten is none too intellectually shabby either. Pal is too, but he is quiet to the point that we don't get as much insight into what he thinks as we do with Mags and Morten.

[@objektivone3209]

Finally a documentary that is not suffocatingly boring, but interesting.

[@elenmariah1503]

The best band in the world... I love a-ha...I love Morten until the last day of my life

[@Message4UandME]

Wow! After all these years listening to a-ha, I am stunned and fascinated by this documentary about Take On Me. Finally seeing and hearing the creators talk about this stunning music clip, how it all happend and came to life. Also seeing how this song has touched so many people, like it has done for me for past 33 years. Thank you very much!

[@TheRONAN13]

I love A-ha and their music and I have been a fan since the 1980s. I saw them in concert here in Dublin Ireland on the 29th of October and they where brilliant.

[@sandramccarthy4551]

so did i ..felt so old haha but i have loved them since i went to first concert in rds and have been to every concert they played in dublin

[@marjoriemcbride6557]

Ronan Conlon I saw them the following night in Belfast....brilliant concert, brilliant band...so underrated even here! Most of my friends look at me like I’ve two heads when I go on about how much I love their music.

[@whos-the-stiff]

I felt so proud that they chose Dublin to kick off their tour. What a concert, definitely made up for not being able to get a ticket for their Cork gig last year.

[@marjoriemcbride6557]

Alan Whelan I was too late to get one for that Electric Summer gig too....was really disappointed.

[@user-op5yv2mu4x]

Great music, great musicians and the last seconds are great as well 😂

[@mattwoolley]

A big part of the resonance of this song was that it came out in the mid 80s and Western culture was hitting a high note of positivity. A lot of nostalgia for that time is tied to it.

[@1972hermanoben]

Totally agree with James Blunt - ‘The sun always shines’ is a beast of a somg

[@randomkoslowofficiel4285]

I'm so happy I made the right choice when I was a teenager... And thank you for everything you've been doing ever since !

[@QueenCelebrationLive]

7:34 - _"Shit's good, you know!"_ Haha, priceless!

[@ckl0udy]

The best thing about the song. From happy to sad song. Really amazing that they can switch to slow but still very good to hear.

[@user-vz2ds8tx2r]

What I did get through the 31 years of listening a-ha music is that it doesnt really matter what style they are chosing at the moment, what versions of their songs they chose to play. It doesnt matter if its synth pop or pop rock or unplugged of anything else, its about Paul and Magne songs (and the way they approach their instruments) and Morten vocals combined together. All of these unique components combined (!) made a-ha special and The one and only. There is no one like them. absolutely no one. a-ha themselves are TM. As for me, the most apealing part to me its when Magne playing piano, or Magne piano-Paul guittar dialog. Everyone who love their songs has its own favourite pieces of their music . And I think their interesting personalities are ingridients of their success. "Take one me" works for so many people "massculture-wise". It never worked that way for me. Actually, I am one of those who like "dark troubled souls's" songs. Happy/euphoria-wise songs can live very long life if they are trully trully special and have something trully unique. Kinda soul of their own. Take on me definately has it even I am not the fan of this song.)

[@suzannehueybrechts8719]

Don't forget Morten's songs!! My personal favourite is 'Living at the End of the World'. Oddly, there were NO songs, NONE, written primarily by Morten on the set list of the latest concerts. Perhaps because all of them, but all of them, are somehow deeply melancholic and always about the passing of love, of time, of life. With the rather notable exception of "Cannot Hide". But if they play that in concert... 😂 Oh if they had played that, it would have been rather fun (except perhaps for security) 😂

[@Bummelumm]

31 years? 1988? How did you discover a-ha?

[@JimButler1234567890]

@@Bummelumm I believe they actually got together in 1981, but they didn't get their big break until their third release of Take On Me in 1985.

[@JeffRage]

My friend used to play this in bars acoustically. He would get me up on the stage to help out, since I could sing the high notes!

[@JimButler1234567890]

That's awesome :-)

LOL, that never happened dipshit

[@JimButler1234567890]

I first heard "Take On Me" when I was 14 years old, when it was climbing the charts here in the United States. I liked it immediately and would record it from off of the radio and listened to it periodically along with other favorites. Even so, I hadn't yet gotten "bitten by the bug" as far as becoming the A-ha fan that I would later become. Ironically, I would not have occasion to see the video until 6 years later. By the time I was 20 years old, I was living in Brazil serving a church mission. I happened to be at someone's house in the city of Rio Branco, when I saw a television commercial that included various hits (probably a commercial for a music collection or perhaps it was an advertisement for Rock-In-Rio, who knows). I wouldn't have thought twice about it except that they cut to a scene from "Take On Me". I immediately recognized the song and was absolutely intrigued by the video which suddenly occurred to me that I had never seen before. The style of it, Morten's leather jacket, Bunty Bailey to whom he seemed to be singing, the whole scene. Somehow I knew that I was witnessing something iconic that I shouldn't miss because I knew immediately that I identified with, and I couldn't believe I'd never seen it before. That was the moment I first got "bitten by the bug". One of the girls that went to the church there, recorded several songs for me on cassette that included several songs from A-ha albums "Hunting High And Low" and "Scoundrel Days". She recorded them from LP. I went back and listened to some of them, and that was the first time that I ever heard "Sun Shines On TV". I remember around that same time when I happened to be in town, walking through their small shopping mall (very small at that) and they had a record store on the first floor where you could listen to LPs before purchasing them. "East Of The Sun West Of The Moon" was out and that's where I first listened to it. So I think it's safe to say that my introduction to their music was probably of different circumstance than a lot of Americans. In any case, their music helped solidify my memories of my own youth including my mission in Brazil from 1990 to 1992, and I have been a loyal follower of their career as a band ever since that time.

[@Bummelumm]

Which song and which album by a-ha is your favorite?

[@JimButler1234567890]

@@Bummelumm Great question.. I used to have Sun Shines On TV as my favorite but then as the years wound by, I started liking others at least as well such as You Are The One, Stay On These Roads, Living A Boy's Adventure Tale, Train Of Thought, Here I stand And Face The Rain, and many others. I will tell you that my favorite song that they remade from a previous artist, would be Crying In The Rain from their album East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon.

[@maartensayshello5075]

Jim B mine would be Locust

[@ywLDSforever]

😁 That's really cool that you experienced that on your mission.