‘Take On Me’ has been stuck in our heads for 40 years. Here’s how it got there.

Take On Me,” the 1980s synth-pop hit song from the band A-ha, marks 40 years of global ubiquity even while personal disputes ...
American Songwriter

A-ha’s “Take on Me” and How the Band Turned the Single From Flop to One-Hit Wonder

Released in the mid-80s, the Norwegian band’s song found great success both on the charts and with awards. It spent 27 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at No. 1. The song also nabbed ...
Yahoo

Bunty Bailey: What Happened to the Girl in the 'Take on Me' Music Video?

The music video for a-ha’s 1985 hit “Take on Me” is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time, and 40 years after it hit MTV, it remains a technical marvel. The video perfectly illustrates ...
Rolling Stone

A-ha Release Remastered 4K Version of Classic ‘Take on Me’ Video

A-ha has unveiled a 4k restoration of their revolutionary rotoscoped video for their Eighties smash “Take on Me.” A-ha famously released two versions of “Take on Me” and two videos for the song. The ...
Variety

A-ha’s ‘Take on Me’ Tops 1 Billion YouTube Views, Second ’80s Video to Hit Milestone

Norwegian synthpop trio A-ha’s “Take On Me” has joined YouTube‘s billion-views club. The iconic video from A-ha, which combines live action with pencil-sketch animation, is only the second song from ...