Smiling, the woman walks towards him. The hero punches one of the thugs aside and retreats with the woman into a maze of paper. [19]) He escapes from the comic book by becoming human and stands up. On 14 August 2020, it was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).[44]. "Take On Me" is a song by Norwegian synth-pop band A-ha. [37] The song debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number fifty-five and peaked at number two for three consecutive weeks, held off the top spot by Jennifer Rush's "The Power of Love". – 2:22, "Take On Me" (Metro Extended Club Mix) – 6:02, "Take On Me" (D-Bop Saturday Night Mix) – 7:52, "Perfect" (LUM!X Remix) (3:07) [Spinnin' Records], "Perfect" (Club Mix) (4:51) [Spinnin' Records], "Perfect" (Gabry Ponte Remix) (3:46) [Spinnin' Records], This page was last edited on 1 April 2021, at 20:47. ", Wickham immediately signed A-ha to Warner Brothers America, after learning several previous attempts had failed to make "Take On Me" a commercial success. 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In Norway, A-ha's native country, "Take On Me" re-entered the VG-lista singles chart, reaching a new peak of number one, a year after it was first released. The single features on the vocals of the Dutch X Factor fifth season winner Haris Alagic known by the mononym Haris. [30], The music video and song have often been referred to in cover versions, films, TV programmes and video games. "Take On Me" is a 1985 hit synthpop single by the Norwegian new wave pop band A-Ha. Off. [8], The band met with producer Tony Mansfield, an expert in the use of the Fairlight CMI, who mixed the demos with electronic instrumentation. A E F#m D Take on me (Take on me) A E F#m D Take me on (Take on me) A E F#m I'll be gone (A E F#m D) in a day or two Bm E A So needless to say at odds and ends D Bm E But I'll be, stumbling away A D Slowly learning that life is O.K. The video's main theme is a romantic fantasy narrative. The next panel shows the hero, lying seemingly lifeless; and the woman begins to cry. I'll say it anyway Please rate this tab × Take On Me – a-ha. [13] He sings the lowest pitch in the song, A2 (the tonic), at the beginning of the chorus, on the first syllable of the phrase "Take On Me". The story is concluded in the opening of "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." Origin. [Chorus] The song combines synth-pop with a varied instrumentation, including acoustic guitars, keyboards, and drums. And its video won eight awards at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards. [42] As of June 2014, the song has sold 1,463,000 digital copies in the US after it became available for download in the digital era. Morten sang "Take On Me" using a Neumann U47 microphone as well as a Neve microphone pre-amp and Neve equaliser. The song was released on October 19th, 1984 by Warner Bros Records as the band's first single and later featured on their debut album Hunting High and Low. [39] Wide exposure on MTV[37] made the song quickly soar to the top position of the Billboard Hot 100 on 19 October 1985 (its fifteenth week on the chart). You're all the things I've got to remember You're shying away I'll be coming for you anyway Take on me (take on me), Take me on (take on me) I'll be gone In a day Take on me (take on me), Take me on (take on me) I'll be gone In a day Submit Corrections. Is it a life or just to play my worries away? [9], Magne played the main melody on a Roland Juno-60 analog synthesizer. [117] The cover was released as part of the album La La Land: The Complete Musical Experience. [34] A hidden section in the video game Just Cause 4 renders the game similar to the video, including the song running in the background while the player is in it.[35]. Back in the cafe, the waitress returns to find the woman missing. Chords. The band rushed to release "Take On Me" as a single in the United Kingdom but the single only charted at 137, the lowest-charted of all A-ha songs. 12": MCA / MCA-9146T United Kingdom (1984), 12": MCA / MCA-9006T United Kingdom (1985), 7": MCA. I couldn't believe my ears (at the band's audition) when I heard Morten Harket sing. It's no better to be safe than sorry It started out being called ‘Lesson One,’ then we renamed the song ‘All’s Well That Ends Well and Moves With the Sun.’ A very catchy, short title…I have no doubt that the video made the song a hit. “Take On Me” hit #1 in eleven countries and eventually sold over 7 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of all-time. [45] The single was largely successful elsewhere, reaching the top of the Eurochart Hot 100 for nine weeks, topping the singles charts in 26 countries,[citation needed] including Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland,[46][47][48][49][50] and reaching the top three in France and number two in Ireland. “Take on Me” is a synthpop song that combines various instrumentation that includes acoustic guitars, keyboards, and drums. Take On Me. In a day It was released as a-ha’s debut single in September 1984 to huge success in their homeland of Norway. [8] The song was produced using the Roland Juno-60 synthesizer for the main riff, along with the Yamaha DX7 and PPG Wave synthesizers. Track 1 is the same version as the album version. [22][23] The idea of the video was suggested by Warner Bros executive Jeff Ayeroff, who was pivotal in making "Take on Me" a globally recognised music hit.[24]. [7] A mix of a drum machine, the LinnDrum,[17][18] acoustic guitars, and electronic instrumentation serves as the song's backing track.[11]. [Verse 2] It has high energy and is somewhat danceable with a time signature of 4 beats per bar. Say after me A 23 second sample from "Take On Me", featuring Harket's high-pitched falsetto, with a backing track that mixes acoustic and electric guitars and electronic instrumentation. It features A1 entering the computer world by putting on virtual reality glasses after finding out about a deadly computer virus. The original version was produced by Tony Mansfield and remixed by John Ratcliff. Track 3 is the same version as the album version. The song combines synth-pop with a varied instrumentation, including acoustic guitars, keyboards, and drums. The band signed with Ratcliff, who introduced them to manager Terry Slater. With this encouragement, the band managed to complete some songs, including "Take On Me". Take me on (Take on me) AZLyrics. The song has an interesting background. Take me on (Take on me) Steve Barron directed a revolutionary rotoscoping animation music video which took six months to create, using professional artists. In 1998, ska punk band Reel Big Fish covered "Take On Me" for the film BASEketball. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. 00:00 / 03:26. The comic's hero, after winning the race, seemingly winks at the woman from the page. [13] Rolling Stone has thus noted the song as "having one of the hardest-to-sing choruses in pop history". [Intro] Am D G C C/B x2 Am D Am D / [Verse] Am D We're talking away G C C/B Well, I don't know what I'm to say Am D I'll say it anyway G C C/B Today's another day to find you Am D Shying awa AllMusic journalist Tim DiGravina described "Take On Me" as "a new wave classic laced with rushing keyboards, made emotionally resonant thanks to Morten Harket's touching vocal delicacy. An alternative video for the song's international release that contained only the stadium aisle footage was also released. 26 (29 June 1985), p. 37. [Instrumental Break] 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. Believing the customer left without paying the bill, she angrily crumples and throws the woman's comic book into a bin. I'll be coming for you anyway The video features the band in a live-action pencil-sketch sequence. Track 2 is produced by John Ratcliff with A-ha. "Take On Me" was originally released in 1984, and was mixed by Tony Mansfield, but failed to make an impact in the United Kingdom. This version of the song is a slower tempo and features a piano and a single acoustic guitar accompanying the voice, without the synths and drums of the original. [20][21] Approximately 3,000 frames were rotoscoped, which took 16 weeks to complete. Shying away [51][52] The success of "Take On Me" lies also in its sales, as the single would go on to sell over seven million copies worldwide,[citation needed] making it one of the best-selling singles of all time. Released on Spinnin' Records in the EDM and deephouse style, it was accompanied by an official music video. Take on Me is a very happy song bya-hawith a tempo of 169 BPM. Autoscroll. The video also features some scenes of Calpurnia playing, filmed with the rotoscoping technique that made the original A-ha video famous.[119]. [116], A cover by D. A. Wallach was featured in the film La La Land. On 27 August 2015, Norwegian DJ Kygo released a remixed version via iTunes. take someone or something on to accept the task of handling a difficult person or thing. The video won six awards and was nominated for two others at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards. [Outro] It included elements of what would later become "Take On Me", including the central synth riff, which Magne Furuholmen created when he was 15 years old. [8] They decided to record new demos, and chose the studio of musician and producer John Ratcliff, intending to re-record five songs. We're talking away Online, both the song and its music video have been a popular subject of musical covers, remixes and parodies. You're shying away In 1984, he was the international vice-president for Warner Bros Records America, and their A&R man in London. The song was featured in Deadpool 2 in a scene towards the end. The Sarm Orchestra), Take on Me by Brian Posehn (Ft. Chuck Billy, Jill Janus, Rob Cavestany & Steve "Zetro" Souza), Take on Me by Josh Whitehouse (Ft. Jessica Rothe), Take on Me (The Wild Honey Pie Buzzsession) by Boy In Space, Take On Me by The Last of Us (Ft. Ashley Johnson), Take On Me by Egg White (Ft. [118], American rock band Weezer included a cover version of the song in their 2019 covers compilation The Teal Album. * Sales figures based on certification alone.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. A-ha returned to Norway to earn some money; when they returned to London, they left Lionheart out of frustration. His pencil-drawn hand suddenly reaches out of the comic book, inviting the woman into it. 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. 00: 59: 50. The original 1984 version of the song is also featured nearer to the beginning of the film. To me it still sounds fresh on the radio. Once inside, she too appears in the pencil-drawn form, as he sings to her and introduces her to his black-and-white world which features a sort of looking-glass portal where people and objects look real on one side and pencil-drawn on the other. In a day or two [7] Waaktaar initially thought the song would be too pop to work with although Furuholmen recalled thinking it was "quite catchy". “Take on Me” is a synthpop song that combines various instrumentation that includes acoustic guitars, keyboards, and drums. [Chorus] [90][91] The band also performs the song at concerts. The new recording achieved a cleaner and more soaring sound and a coda section instead of the earlier quick fade-out; the song was soon completed and re-released in the UK, but the record label's office in London gave them little support, and the single flopped for the second time.[8]. In a day or two Download and print in PDF or MIDI free sheet music for Take On Me by a-ha arranged by yayforeffie for Piano (Solo) Piano. 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 I'll be Stumbling away Slowly learning that life is okay Say after me It's no better to be safe than sorry Take on me Take me on I'll be gone In a day or two We are talking away I don't know what I'm to say I'll say it anyway Today is another day to find you After a few meetings, Slater signed them with Warner Bros. Records UK. [98][99], The music video was directed by Stuart Gosling. Wickham placed the band on high priority and applied a lateral strategy with further investment. The sound was not what A-ha had hoped to achieve, and the album was remixed again. I'll take it on if nobody else will do it. There was a successful "Perfect (LUM!X Remix)" released. “Take on Me” is a 1985 single by the Norwegian pop band A-Ha. The video, set in 1985 in the "Cuomo Residence", shows Wolfhard (as Cuomo) and the rest of Calpurnia, lip-syncing to the song while "rehearsing" it in the residence's living room. View offer. [Verse 3] Take on me (Take on me) Take on me (Take on me) After a few meetings with various A&R personnel, they signed with the publishing house Lionheart. [19] 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. The single flopped twice: the first release in the UK charted only at the number 137, the second re-release in the country had no success again. And I don’t think it would’ve been given the time of day without the enormous impact of the video. This causes the hero's two opposing racers to reappear as villains, one of them armed with a large pipe wrench. / MCA-29011 United States (1985), 12": Warner Bros. / PRO-A-2291 (Promo) United States (1985). Take me on (Take on me) I'll be gone in a day or two Oh, things that you say Yeah, is it life or just a play My worries away You're all the things I've got to remember You shine away I'll be coming for you anyway Take on me (Take on me) Take me on (Take on me) I'll be gone in a day or two Take on me (Take on me) Take me on (Take on me) I'll be gone in a day or two Submit Corrections. 1 in numerous countries. I'm odds and ends 97 no. In Concert! F, d. Please rate this score. The song can also be found on the film's soundtrack. [3][4][5] Initially the band felt the riff was too pop oriented for their band, thus the first version of the song was more "punky" in an attempt to offset the riff. In the United States, Warner Bros. invested in the revolutionary second video for "Take On Me", which used Tarney's version of the song. However, he then wakes up and tries to break out of his comic-book frames. 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Take on me (Take on me) Take me on (take on me) I'll be gone In a day or two Oh, things that you say Is it a 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 Take on me (take on me) Take me on (take on me) I'll be gone In a day Take on me (take on me) Take me on (take on me) I'll be gone In a day Submit Corrections. A girl reads a comic book about motorcycle racers, catches the eye of one of the characters, and then notices that character winking at … "[1], "Take On Me" is a synth-pop song that includes acoustic and electric guitars and keyboards,[11][12] written at a very fast tempo of 169 beats per minute. In January 1983, the band returned to London in search of a recording contract. 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[43], "Take On Me" was released for the third time in the United Kingdom in September 1985. [2] They intended the song to show off Harket's vocal range, which led to his vocals "doing this spiraling thing". [28], The second music video was produced by Limelight Productions. But I'll be stumbling away Take On Me book. I thought, how can somebody who looks like a film star sound like Roy Orbison? Take me on (Take on me) Haris) [Official Music Video, Ultratop.be – Lucas & Steve feat. / Take on me (Take on Today's another day to find you [25] It begins with a montage of pencil drawings in a comic-book style representing motorcycle sidecar racing, in which the hero (played by Morten Harket) is pursued by two opponents, one of whom is played by English actor Philip Jackson. I'll be gone The music video we have come to know and love was actually the second A-ha filmed for “Take On Me” (though the first for this particular version of the song). The drum machine used on the second and third releases (rotoscoped video version) was a LinnDrum – Paul overdubbed real cymbals and hi-hat using this drum machine. [115] The style of his version has been described as "tropical house". 100%. In early 1984, they re-wrote the song as "Take On Me" and recorded it with producer Tony Mansfield. [13] The lyrics are a plea for love[14] and constructed in a verse–chorus form with a bridge before the final chorus. [53], The song has featured in television series such as Family Guy,[54] and The Simpsons (episode "Future-Drama", 2005).[55]. (This scene is largely patterned after a climactic scene in the 1980 film Altered States. The original "Take On Me" was recorded in 1984 and took two versions and three releases to chart in the United Kingdom, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart in October 1985. His version drops the iconic keyboard riffs and features a new one. The original version was produced by Tony Mansfield and remixed by John Ratcliff. 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! “Take on Me” is a pop culture touchstone—and a-ha couldn’t care less. performed by A-ha. I'll be gone John Ratcliff – production and re-mixing (1984 version), "Why Do All the Girls Think They're Fat?" The single was released in the USA one month after the music video, and immediately appeared in the Billboard Hot 100[8] and a worldwide smash, reaching No. Browse Community. Paul also played the main riff on a second keyboard at the same time as mags .The Yamaha DX7 and PPG Wave synthesizers were also used for the song. In 1985, two groundbreaking works of animation could be viewed, sometimes in the same hour, on MTV. Transpose −1 +1. [27] It was also nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Video at the 13th American Music Awards in 1986. As the woman reads, the waitress brings her coffee and the bill. [13] As the chorus progresses, Harket's voice hits ever higher notes, reaching a falsetto[11][15][16] and hitting the song's highest note, E5, (the dominant) at the end. Waaktaar-Savoy admits that these days he rarely sees the video, which scored … Track 1 is produced by Tony Mansfield and remixed by John Ratcliff. I don't know what I'm to say [95] Despite being panned by music critics, who called it a "lame cover version",[96] and a "note for note copy" that seems like "a re-release of the original";[97] it was commercially successful, topping the charts in the United Kingdom and Norway. Negative XP), Take On Me in 20 Styles by Ten Second Songs (Ft. Seth Everman), Take OOOHHH Meme by FlyingKitty (Ft. Big Smoke & Carl Johnson). Harket demonstrates a vocal range of over two and a half octaves. In the United States in October 1985, it became the only A-ha song to top the Billboard Hot 100, assisted by wide exposure on MTV of its innovative music video, directed by Steve Barron. Give valuable feedback to the author. [22] The crew of the video were director Steve Barron,[22] producer Simon Fields,[22] cinematographer Oliver Stapleton,[29] editor Richard Simpson from Rushes Film Editing,[30] and animators Michael Patterson and Candace Reckinger. [Verse 1] "Take On Me" is a song by Norwegian synthpop band A-ha, first released in 1984. The original version was produced by Tony Mansfield, and remixed by John Ratcliff. The 1985 version was produced by Alan Tarney for the group's debut studio album, Hunting High and Low (1985). I thought, this is unbelievable. Verse: Bm E So needless to say A D D Im odds and ends, but ill be Bm E Stumbling away A D D Slowly learning that life is ok Bm E Say after me Gbm D Its no better to be safe than sorry Chorus: A E Gbm D Take on me - take on me - A E Gbm D Take me on - take on me - … [92] Reel Big Fish released a video clip for "Take On Me", directed by Jeff Moore,[93] 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. Haris", Dutchcharts.nl – Lucas & Steve feat. Wallach makes an appearance as the lead singer of a 1980s pop cover band that features Sebastian Wilder, one of the film's two protagonists. [26], 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 in a Video, Best Special Effects in a Video, and Viewer's Choice—and was nominated for two others, Best Group Video and Video of the Year. I'll be coming for your love, okay? After flying for a distance, they find the virus and destroy it, saving the world. The new video was released to dance clubs and television a month before the record was available in stores or played on the radio. It was released as a … It was filmed in 1985 at Kim's Café (now called Savoy Café) (corner of Wandsworth Road and Pensbury Place, London SW8), and on a sound stage in London. “Take On Me” is a charming bit of goony pop surrealism. Bridges disbanded n't believe my ears ( at the 13th American music Awards 99. Out is Hard to Do '' includes a licensed, re-edited version of the Dutch Chart! 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