This video is 35+ years old and is still 100 times better than anything produced today.
@michaelfisher71702 жыл бұрын
Loved the way you smiled at the end...that's how we all felt when we saw it first! :)
@TANTRUMGASM2 жыл бұрын
high school in the 80's was AWESOME
@walterpanovs2 жыл бұрын
The group is from Norway. The lead singer and the actress in the video actually ended up dating for a while in real life. This song was a #1 hit in 1985 and the award-winning video is from the same year. The group had many more hits in Norway and Europe but only one more small hit in the USA.
@laminage2 жыл бұрын
Right On! They were the only Group from Norway to do American Bandstand as well. The Norwegian Group A-1 also did their Version as well.
@Cjopa2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the information
@normandavidtidiman99182 жыл бұрын
I wonder where the young (or not so young now!) lady is now? 🤔
@walterpanovs2 жыл бұрын
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunty_Bailey
@Atomykpimp Жыл бұрын
The GOAT of Music Videos!!!
@kaybailey-jones37402 жыл бұрын
Good vibes from 1984 til now :D 💕💕💕💕💕💕
@markwebster74352 жыл бұрын
The famous catchy synth rift was written by the keyboard player(magne) when he was only 15, long before a-ha was formed.
@JohnJohnson-tw8qk2 жыл бұрын
Love the 80s love this song still ❤️
@EMPRESSJOYJEAN2 жыл бұрын
Thanks @John Johnson ♥️
@JohnJohnson-tw8qk2 жыл бұрын
@@EMPRESSJOYJEAN 👍❤️
@deborahdennehy99372 жыл бұрын
It was actually 1985 - a LOOONNG time ago that's for sure!! I was in my 20's!! Really love this song. Morten Harken is the lead singer, fab video!!
@MorenikejiTaiwo2 жыл бұрын
I love how catchy the song is too!❤️
@EMPRESSJOYJEAN2 жыл бұрын
@Morenikeji my girl☺️ thanks hun
@rayj10112 жыл бұрын
Great tune, great reaction!
@EMPRESSJOYJEAN2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Ray J ☺️
@CindyS19652 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs
@joen42962 жыл бұрын
Just Love your reactions beautiful young lady!!! 😚🤘❤💙
@EMPRESSJOYJEAN2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Joe 🤩
@joen42962 жыл бұрын
@@EMPRESSJOYJEAN No,Thank you for being such a Beautiful Woman and responding...Hello from New Hampshire U.S.A.... You Rock Beautiful Woman!!
@joen42962 жыл бұрын
Right back at ya Beautiful young lady!!! Hugs... 😍🤗❤
@robb93952 жыл бұрын
This video won so many awards in it's day. I still love it. I knew you would, too.
@bsmith89432 жыл бұрын
The piano version of this is even better
@matthewleonhardt24072 жыл бұрын
This reaction will be one of my favorites for sure Empress! Very catchy song indeed loved it in the 80’s and still do! And you stay safe as well and love your reactions and you as well! Enjoy!
@EMPRESSJOYJEAN2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Matthew. I'm glad you liked my reaction ☺️
@pasepi12 жыл бұрын
You're picking up the songs to react straight from my collection. Very good music!!!
@EMPRESSJOYJEAN2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I'm reacting to songs from your collection ☺️
@pasepi12 жыл бұрын
@@EMPRESSJOYJEAN Just a few songs more from my collection: Richard Marx - Now and Forever Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting Careless Whisper - George Michael POWER OF LOVE - Huey Lewis & The News The Police - Every Breath You Take I JUST CALED TO SAY I LOVE YOU - STEVE WONDER SUPERSTITION - STEVE WONDER The Jackson 5 "I Want You Back" (better the version of : “on The Ed Sullivan Show”, and yes the Little child that sings like an angel was Michael Jackson) With Or Without You - U2 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain KILLING ME SOFTLY - ROBERTA FLACK I hope you enjoy some of them.
@floriangrogoll52062 жыл бұрын
Hi, I'm from Germany and I just checked out your channel for the first time. You are the only one who reflects exactly my emotions at the end of the video. I find the ending really beautiful and dramatic. I would like to subscribe to your channel for that.
@ahkkariq74062 жыл бұрын
The drawer of the music video, Michael Patterson, made another cartoon, "Commuter" ahead of this video. The scenes from "Commuter" was later used in the music video to the song "Train of Thought" by A-ha. They also used the newspaper team in the video for the song "Manhattan Skyline". The follow up hit to "Take on me" were "The sun always shines on TV". In the beginning of that video you can see how the love story from "Take on me" ends. It's a powerful song, well worth a listen.
@only1lily Жыл бұрын
I loved your genuine, enthusiastic reaction and attention to the vocals!
@EMPRESSJOYJEAN Жыл бұрын
Thank you 😊
@karlannett4692 жыл бұрын
You really need to listen to the constitution of this song. The sun only shines on tv .very under rated
@dalee722 жыл бұрын
I don't know if you noticed but the two men chasing after the lead singer and the girl were from the beginning of the music video. They were the motorcyclists that didn't win the race. The lead singer was the winner. The lady cafe owner thought that the girl stiffed her coffee check and then got upset and crumpled up the comic book and threw it into the trash can. Then the 2 motorcyclists and the lead singer and the girl's worlds collided when the lady cafe owner crumpled up the comic book. When the 2 motorcyclist cornered the protagonists the lead singer helped the girl to escape by opening a hole into her world but the lead singer got struck down by the motorcade's wrench. But he came back to life and succeeded in transitioning to the real world by hitting his body against the walls of the girl's home. And they lived happily ever after. React to their songs The Sun Always Shines On TV and Manhattan Skyline please.
@ahkkariq74062 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately the "happily ever after" came to an abrupt end at the beginning of the video "The sun always shine on TV".
@delanglo22 жыл бұрын
All my teenagehood! Nice reaction Empress, so refreshing!😘
@EMPRESSJOYJEAN2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Pierre 😘
@megarouge612 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite new wave era song and video. It is perfect!
@bakercarl85182 жыл бұрын
Very nice story line to song.
@aflodesigns2 жыл бұрын
very first music video on mtv in the 80s
@dennytaylor10052 жыл бұрын
Your reaction at the end when he jump out of comic drawing world was great! I recall this song from long ago and forgot how cool the comic drawings were. I think the woman in the video was in another Ah-Ha Video....but I'm not totally sure.
@scanau12 жыл бұрын
Great reaction! Love seeing you smiling and dancing! Keep up the great work!
@henriklorenzen75162 жыл бұрын
Ooooh how can I remember that song, and also the video .. It was that time in the beginning of my teenage years, where we went down to the grocery store, and bought a cartoon with Tarzan, The Phantom, Silver Arrow or Donald Duck. The song and the video tell a lot about dreams, and dreams of love for his partner sometime in the future. Not like today, where it is described on the internet, and the cyber world, but then you created your own dreams, feelings and fantasies for love. But not many people today understand that .. !!!😘
@GB-ez6ge2 жыл бұрын
The singer, Norwegian Morten Harket, has an astounding five octave vocal range
@brianharriman79792 жыл бұрын
If you liked this then you definitely need to react to the UNPLUGGED version because it has a completely different vibe and it’s so amazing!!!
@Stacy55ish2 жыл бұрын
Extremely catchy
@alexandershewan57012 жыл бұрын
A brilliant band from the 80s ,I can honestly say they did not do a bad song,you must listen to their albums,massive band in Europe and especially the U.k ,The sun always shines on TV was another huge hit,move to memphis was another favourite,enjoy them they were a class act..love your reaction to the songs and your happy face when playing them Princess,keep the videos coming I love them..
@descendantoffools97672 жыл бұрын
There's live versions of this song and he hits the high notes live too. And there's a really slow version of this from MTV Unplugged that sounds amazing!
@jmainzer83152 жыл бұрын
They also did a great song called "Crying in the Rain"
@ahkkariq74062 жыл бұрын
"Crying in the Rain" is amazing. It is a cover from Everly Brothers. I think it is their only cover on album.
@jmainzer83152 жыл бұрын
@@ahkkariq7406 Good Lord!! I'm "A HA!" old, but not "Everly Brothers" old!! (Though I DO remember they were Marines, so Good Catch 😀)
@ahkkariq74062 жыл бұрын
@@jmainzer8315 Actually I'm not "Everly Brothers" old neither. I had to check them out on YT. A-ha early on met them by chance in a studio or something. One of their contacts knew the guys from Everly Brothers. Later on each of them got one of Everly Brothers' distinctive guitars as a thank you for the great cover (passing the song to new generations, I guess). Morten uses the guitar quite often performing his own music.
@jmainzer83152 жыл бұрын
@@ahkkariq7406 16 years in Germany, married in Hillerod, love Edvard Grieg, HUGE Rudi Carrell fan and I STILL never knew this. I like this kind of stuff 👍. The North has been ignored too long!!!
@danielmesery29042 жыл бұрын
It's one of those songs ,that's easy to like.🎸✌️🌷. Kool vid.2
@JustaGuy2.02 жыл бұрын
"Take on Me" is one of the anthems of the 80s. Everyone knows and loves this song. If you never watched a tv called "The Magicians", react or at least hear their version of this song in A Capella, is brilliant.
@MartinShanti2 жыл бұрын
I had Morten Harket's mother (vocalist) as a teacher in cooking when I was in middle school. She hated it when we sang A-ha songs. We were a-holes xD.
@stevepence2292 жыл бұрын
Excellent reaction Joy!!!!!
@bowtangey68302 жыл бұрын
Empress, did you notice? This video you showed has more than 1.3 BILLION hits! Not bad for a Norwegian group singing in English! Wonderful song, wonderful performance, incredible video.
@greglhoticom Жыл бұрын
1.5 B now
@bowtangey6830 Жыл бұрын
@@greglhoticom A-HA!
@Ed70Nova4272 жыл бұрын
A-Ha! Nice! You have a great smile and it's fun to watch your reaction!
@hankstaines65682 жыл бұрын
When MTV was created in the early 80s the innovative video came into its own.
@kasperkjrsgaard14472 жыл бұрын
AHA even recorded a James Bond theme song. Can’t get higher than that I guess?
@ahkkariq74062 жыл бұрын
"The living daylights". In concerts the audience sing along when they play this song.
@tazkar19562 жыл бұрын
My fav part is seeing new people watch this video and go WOW that's amazing and have no clue it was made in 1985. The song is def still good even for today but the video, omg it was so far ahead it's actually scary. 36 years later you can watch this video and think nice job, that is mind blowing.
@TheJerm2 жыл бұрын
Classic video (one of the best ever) and the song turns the catchiness meter waaaay beyond 11. Love it! Thanks Empress!
@marthaz2 жыл бұрын
Fun, extraordinary video and classic song! Love your sensitivity, energy and genuine reactions 💕
@pamagnolia2 жыл бұрын
That was awesome to hear again!!! Always liked this. Loved seeing you so happy to see this. 😊🌹
@gwilli95114 ай бұрын
This video was cutting edge when it came out in the 80's.
@bearofthunder Жыл бұрын
The video looks recent, but what you can do today in a short time on a computer, took much more time with manual methods at the time. I think the video won several prizes for the craft. The video became so iconic that I don't think anybody tried to imitate it directly anyways.
@ericheaton85452 жыл бұрын
Always enjoying your reactions Empress - hope your keeping well my friend 😊❤😊
@EMPRESSJOYJEAN2 жыл бұрын
Yes my dear @Eric ♥️
@ericheaton85452 жыл бұрын
@@EMPRESSJOYJEAN Good to hear! 😊
@bmille21212 жыл бұрын
One of the most iconic songs of the 80s fantastic keyboards amazing vocals and stop motion animation way ahead of its time. this is probably one of the top five songs of 80s pop and a beautiful love story on top of that. Love your reaction beautiful sweetheart
@jasoncomstock16982 жыл бұрын
I can't tell you how much I LOVE your reactions!!! Keep them up !! PLEASE!!!!
@SodoMojo222 жыл бұрын
Just subscribed after watching your ABBA reactions and now you are reviewing one of my top 3 all-time bands. Wanted to say (as non-creepily as I can) you are beautiful and your reactions feel genuine with that touch of human emotion that allows us to connect with you. Also really appreciate that you pay attention to the words and meanings of songs. Keep it up! Thank you for sharing your reactions.
@sandros51992 жыл бұрын
Hit Classic 👍🏻
@geoffreymarston59482 жыл бұрын
That was a fun song !
@cricketexplained85262 жыл бұрын
2:20 - 2:35 gives me goosebumps, creative genius and exceptional artistic vision.
@strategicthinker8899 Жыл бұрын
You seem such a fun person to hand with.
@davidduxbury75302 жыл бұрын
Fabulous and evocative!!🥰🤗 From 1985!!🤗🤗🥰
@EMPRESSJOYJEAN2 жыл бұрын
🤩♥️☺️
@097534 Жыл бұрын
Remember in 85 they had hardly had any computer power.
@CanChikMay2 жыл бұрын
Cant believe u never heard these songs before
@user-hs5hc7wk5j2 жыл бұрын
Happy song baby
@johnpeters7722 жыл бұрын
So cool. So nice.
@kimberlinibambini19882 жыл бұрын
ICONIC 80’s right here!!! Just uploaded in 2010.. 🧡🤎🤍👍✌️
@jetsontheair2 жыл бұрын
Very nice pop music from the 80s, isnt it?
@avantprog69022 жыл бұрын
Please see the live acoustic version. It will make you cry.
@scott36052 жыл бұрын
Something tells me Empress liked this song
@EMPRESSJOYJEAN2 жыл бұрын
Sure, I liked it @Scott ☺️
@Lancefer662 жыл бұрын
You opened a can of worms here, now you have to listen to Crowded House- Don't dream it's over; Scritti Politti - Perfect Way; When in Rome- The Promise...many many others!
@lucasbenzano60212 жыл бұрын
Wonderful 💚👏👏👏👏👏
@martinhonan9588 Жыл бұрын
Great reaction
@stevetanner30192 жыл бұрын
This video was way ahead of its time. Their other hit from that album (although not as big as this one) was “The Sun Always Shines On TV”.
@davidferrara1909 Жыл бұрын
Lovely woman reviews lovely song! Video is from the 80's and the animation is hand-drawn.
@fontainefitness56982 жыл бұрын
Definitely check out the MTV unplugged version
@eddyhung74972 жыл бұрын
This song is from 1985...i was 12 at the day
@alexfletcher51922 жыл бұрын
So I was about 13 when this dropped and my brother bought me the album, even though my classmates thought the group was just for girls. No, they were for everyone!
@wonderducki32 жыл бұрын
PLEASE watch the live version they did for MTV Unplugged. It's incredible and emotional.
@michaelrandle72962 жыл бұрын
I love your work, this song was a perfect selection. I've noticed that you haven't done anything from the neo soul genre may I suggest a few songs and you pick one Brown Skin by Inda Arie, Forevermore by Puff Johnson, any Dwele song, The List by Moonchild, Me and Those Dreaming Eyes of Mine by D'Angelo. Just a suggestion. Keep up the great work and thank for your videos, they are great.
@markwebster74352 жыл бұрын
Morten has a 5 octave range. You should checkout more of their songs to hear is wide range of vocals.
@walterpanovs2 жыл бұрын
This music video is one of only 5 overall (as of 2020) to have 1 Billion views on KZbin.
@Xfile19472 жыл бұрын
Please listen to their acoustic live version.
@franklingomes5848 Жыл бұрын
Demais esse seu vídeo
@dlk1dlk12 жыл бұрын
1985.
@davestainer85762 жыл бұрын
Try another one of thier songs called Cry Wolf.
@WineSippingCowboy2 жыл бұрын
Written by a-ha. Modern rock/pop band from Norway. This is a 2nd version. Released in 1985. Trust me: this is better than the original version. 😃😃😃 Morten Harket sings 1 of the most difficicult belts! 🤯 Morten Harket is underrated. You never hear his name with Steve Perry + Freddie Mercury as among the GOAT singers. But Morten belongs here! 😃 The actress later appears in To Be a Lover with Billy Idol. 🇬🇧 In the Solid Gold performance, Gina Schock from The Go-Go's played the drums. Sample. Pitbull wrote a rap + sampled Take on Me. Suggested sampled song: Pitbull, Christina Aguilera + Morten Harket perform Feel This Moment. Suggested next a-ha song: Train of Thought. This song is even harder to sing than Take on Me! 🤯 🎸😃👨🎤🎹😃
@therealcobracommander83242 жыл бұрын
I would definitely dance with you....and you would just laugh at me. Classic song. I was just a kid when this came out. PS: I love you 😍😍😍😍😍
@jedclampett6312 жыл бұрын
If catchy tunes are your thing, you should react to a 90's gem by Eiffel 65 called Blue. 👍
@markwebster74352 жыл бұрын
I’ve been an a-ha fan for 36 years, they are still recording and touring to this day. Morten harket has one of the best voices in music full stop.
@markmeisels17372 жыл бұрын
Empress you MUST check out the acoustic unplugged version of this. Blows the earlier version away. Promise you'll love it
@warre12 жыл бұрын
That unplugged was recorded in 2017. Morten is 58 years old there and can still hit those high notes .
@markmeisels17372 жыл бұрын
@@warre1 he also started his comeback on British version of "Masked Singer." same song; brilliant
@richardhargrave60822 жыл бұрын
A-Ha, still sounds brilliant. Lovely reaction, you can't sit still to this! Try listening to Beautiful Trash by Lanu
@billprator3594 Жыл бұрын
1985 was when it was made.
@DLCSTexas2 жыл бұрын
Back then they didn’t have computers or data technology. The te had o act out the scenes and photographs or videos were made nd then stills were taken from the video. Then each still was laid flat and using tracing paper over the still was traced. Everyone of those stills. And then the stills or video were mixed with the the video tape. It was some kind of long process not unlike what Disney was doing for years way back for Cinderella and sleeping beauty.
@alisonscott14692 жыл бұрын
the video is from 1985
@tonyweaver63792 жыл бұрын
You should really listen to Stephanie mills "home" official video or live at the Apollo
@heikkieronen52262 жыл бұрын
You should Listening More 80-tties music....you Will find greatest songs, sorry My english, love you
@hyakimaru52352 жыл бұрын
it sounds catchy song but is no easy to sing
@richardpoynton40262 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite songs from my teenage years…😁…… which was 35 years ago..😳😭😭😭😭😭🤮
@griffinstadler86312 жыл бұрын
PLZ TRY THESE SONGS JOHN DENVER: thank god I’m a country boy BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND: old time rock & roll😁😁😁😁❤️❤️
@neildarealdeal71292 жыл бұрын
Once again Empress, nice reaction! React to Rick Astley's "Never going to give you up" realdeal
@frikster55422 жыл бұрын
Empress, Great tune,great reaction.Cool Video....Can you please do a video reaction to the song Love Shack by The B-52's.....Thank you and have a good day
@EMPRESSJOYJEAN2 жыл бұрын
I've seen your request @Frikster, I'll surely check it out. ♥️
@frikster55422 жыл бұрын
@@EMPRESSJOYJEAN Thank You
@michaelvincent82082 жыл бұрын
Not many fun music videos made like that, these days.
@waltzawaydreaming18012 жыл бұрын
There is a live performance on KZbin with a downtempo arrangement. It’s very different but poignant.