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Take On Me

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Take On Me

a‐ha — Take On Me

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Verse 1
Talking away,
I don't know what I'm to say,
I'll say it anyway
Today is another day to
find you shying away
I'll be coming for your love,
okay?
And take on me
Take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two
So needless to say
I'm odds and ends but
That's me,
I'm stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is okay and
Say after me
It's no better to be safe than sorry
And take on me
Take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two
And all the things that you say,
is it life or just to play my
worries away?
You're all the things I've
got to remember
You're shying away
I'll be coming for you anyway
And take on me
Take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two
In a day or two
In a day or two
In a day or two you
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Hunting High and Low

Hunting High and Low

a‐ha · 1985 · Track 1

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Tonalidad A major
Duración 3:45
Álbum Hunting High and Low
Año 1985
ISRC USWB19901214
Did you know
a-ha released "Take On Me" in 1984, and the original version was released in October of the same year. They recorded it with Tony Mansfield and remixed it with John Ratcliff. Later, in 1985, they released an international version produced by Alan Tarney, which was included in the band's debut album, Hunting High and Low. The song blends synthesizers with instruments such as acoustic guitar, keyboards and drums.

The story behind

a-ha wrote Take On Me in 1983, before having a fixed name. The song started as an idea by Pål Waaktaar and Magne Furuholmen, who called it Lesson One and then All's Well That Ends Well and Moves With the Sun. Finally it stayed with the title it has now. Morten Harket's voice changed everything, with that inflection that went into the melody. They recorded it in London, in a studio called RG Jones, and released it as a single in 1984, without including it in an album. The version that came out in 1985, with production by Alan Tarney, became the one that turned into a hit. It reached number one in several countries, including the United States and Norway. The video was key: it used hand-drawn animation, like rotoscoping, and mixed real scenes. It was nominated at MTV, won six awards, and became a hit that, according to some, made them pass through a one-hit wonder.

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