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! Transpose −1 +1. An accompanying music video was released on 12 February 2019, in which rock band Calpurnia—led by frontman Finn Wolfhard ("Mike" in the Netflix original series Stranger Things), here, playing a younger version of Weezer's own frontman, Rivers Cuomo star. The song was later released on the BASEketball soundtrack and the international version of their album Why Do They Rock So Hard? To me it still sounds fresh on the radio. Waaktaar-Savoy admits that these days he rarely sees the video, which scored … Chords. The story is concluded in the opening of "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." [32] The video was also one of the first to be made into a literal music video. [Instrumental Break] It was released as a-ha’s debut single in September 1984 to huge success in their homeland of Norway. Near the end of the video, Wolfhard is shown sitting at a desk in his bedroom, scribbling possible names for his new band on a page of a notebook (the name Weezer is shown as option No.3). Read 5 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. 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. His version drops the iconic keyboard riffs and features a new one. [2] They were joined by singer Morten Harket and began working on demos, including a new version of "Miss Eerie", which was renamed "Lesson One" before it evolved into "Take On Me". / MCA-29011 United States (1985), 12": Warner Bros. / PRO-A-2291 (Promo) United States (1985). I don't know what I'm to say Take on me (Take on me) AZLyrics. “Take on Me” is a synthpop song that combines various instrumentation that includes acoustic guitars, keyboards, and drums. [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. The woman, now back in the real world and found lying beside the bin to the surprise of cafe guests and staff, retrieves the comic from the bin and runs home where she attempts to smooth out the creases to learn what happens next. [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. The video's main theme is a romantic fantasy narrative. 100%. Take on Me Lyrics: We're talking away / I don't know what I'm to say / I'll say it anyway / Today's another day to find you / Shying away / I'll be coming for your love, okay? 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. Take On Me book. Spend enough time surfing through YouTube’s vast catalog of vintage music videos and you’ll eventually come across “Take on Me” by Norwegian trio … He then turns the page to draw what would become Weezer's band logo. [43], "Take On Me" was released for the third time in the United Kingdom in September 1985. Autoscroll. [118], American rock band Weezer included a cover version of the song in their 2019 covers compilation The Teal Album. [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. View offer. [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. "Take On Me" is a 1985 hit synthpop single by the Norwegian new wave pop band A-Ha. 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. [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. [8] They decided to record new demos, and chose the studio of musician and producer John Ratcliff, intending to re-record five songs. 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. Take on Me is a very happy song bya-hawith a tempo of 169 BPM. (This scene is largely patterned after a climactic scene in the 1980 film Altered States. I'll be coming for you anyway [Outro] G D/F# Em C (Take on me) Take on me G D/F# Em C (Take me on) Take on me G D/F# Em C Ill be gone G D/F# Em C In a day... G D/F# Em Cadd9 *Strum the Cadd9 slowly...* X. [Verse 2] The song was then remixed and re-released internationally, but it wasn’t until its groundbreaking, award-winning music video of pencil-sketch animation combined with live-action shot of a girl dragged into a comic book world came out four months later that the song’s success was repeated around the world. Today's another day to find you The song and the music video have been a subject of musical covers and online parodies. A-ha returned to Norway to earn some money; when they returned to London, they left Lionheart out of frustration. The 1985 version was produced by Alan Tarney for the group's debut studio album, Hunting High and Low (1985). "[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. Nobody wanted to take on Mrs. Franklin, but it had to be done. Arriving at a dead end, he tears a hole in the paper wall so that the woman can escape as the menacing opposing racers close in on him and they raise their pipe wrench to his face. The original version was produced by Tony Mansfield, and remixed by John Ratcliff. take someone or something on to accept the task of handling a difficult person or thing. 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. In 1985, two groundbreaking works of animation could be viewed, sometimes in the same hour, on MTV. 26 (29 June 1985), p. 37. Track 1 is produced by Tony Mansfield and remixed by John Ratcliff with A-ha. It features A1 entering the computer world by putting on virtual reality glasses after finding out about a deadly computer virus. An acoustic cover of the song appears in 2020 video game The Last of Us Part II, performed in-game by protagonist Ellie (voiced by Ashley Johnson). From SongFacts: A-ha wrote and recorded the first version of this song in 1982 with the title “Lesson One” – it had different lyrics but contained the basic keyboard riff. A girl reads a comic book about motorcycle racers, catches the eye of one of the characters, and then notices that character winking at … It has high energy and is somewhat danceable with a time signature of 4 beats per bar. 00: 59: 50. The song can also be found on the film's soundtrack. "Take On Me" is a song by Norwegian synthpop band A-ha, first released in 1984. [9], Magne played the main melody on a Roland Juno-60 analog synthesizer. 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. However, he then wakes up and tries to break out of his comic-book frames. [30], The music video and song have often been referred to in cover versions, films, TV programmes and video games. One was “Take On Me,” the A-ha video in which a … [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. [7] Waaktaar initially thought the song would be too pop to work with although Furuholmen recalled thinking it was "quite catchy". [13] The lyrics are a plea for love[14] and constructed in a verse–chorus form with a bridge before the final chorus. Origin. John Ratcliff – production and re-mixing (1984 version), "Why Do All the Girls Think They're Fat?" “Take on Me” is a 1985 single by the Norwegian pop band A-Ha. After a few meetings with various A&R personnel, they signed with the publishing house Lionheart. 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. 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And I don’t think it would’ve been given the time of day without the enormous impact of the video. “Take on Me” is a synthpop song that combines various instrumentation that includes acoustic guitars, keyboards, and drums. Take me on (Take on me) 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 [Chorus] How to play “Take On Me” Font −1 +1. [53], The song has featured in television series such as Family Guy,[54] and The Simpsons (episode "Future-Drama", 2005).[55]. The band signed with Ratcliff, who introduced them to manager Terry Slater. I thought, how can somebody who looks like a film star sound like Roy Orbison? [116], A cover by D. A. Wallach was featured in the film La La Land. Oh, things that you say [6], Soon after, Bridges disbanded. 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. I'll say it anyway 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 - … [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. The song has an interesting background. 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[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 In 2017, A-ha appeared on the television series MTV Unplugged and played and recorded acoustic versions of many of their popular songs for the album MTV Unplugged – Summer Solstice. music video. [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]. [2] They intended the song to show off Harket's vocal range, which led to his vocals "doing this spiraling thing". Download and print in PDF or MIDI free sheet music for Take On Me by a-ha arranged by yayforeffie for Piano (Solo) Piano. A new version was produced by Alan Tarney for the group's debut studio album Hunting High and Low (1985). / Take on me (Take on The hero punches one of the thugs aside and retreats with the woman into a maze of paper. 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. 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 to play my worries away? Track 1 is produced by Tony Mansfield and remixed by John Ratcliff. Harket demonstrates a vocal range of over two and a half octaves. The video also features some scenes of Calpurnia playing, filmed with the rotoscoping technique that made the original A-ha video famous.[119]. [20][21] Approximately 3,000 frames were rotoscoped, which took 16 weeks to complete. In the United States, Warner Bros. invested in the revolutionary second video for "Take On Me", which used Tarney's version of the song. The second video, directed by Irish-born British film director Steve Barron, is the far more widely recognised video for the song. [8], The band met with producer Tony Mansfield, an expert in the use of the Fairlight CMI, who mixed the demos with electronic instrumentation. You're shying away Keating; Pizer; Fig Leaf Software, 2002. p. 247. [Verse 1] [120] The song was greatly successful on the Dutch Singles Chart and also appeared on the Tipparade of the Belgian charts. Billboard vol. 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The racers smash the looking glass with the pipe wrench, trapping the woman in the comic book. The song was featured in Deadpool 2 in a scene towards the end. * Sales figures based on certification alone.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. In Concert! 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. [10], In 2020, former Warner Brothers UK and Reprise executive Andrew Wickham appeared in A-ha's official anniversary documentary A-ha: The Making of Take On Me, to explain how the song's success was due to several parties realising the band's true value. 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. In early 1984, they re-wrote the song as "Take On Me" and recorded it with producer Tony Mansfield. [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 1998, ska punk band Reel Big Fish covered "Take On Me" for the film BASEketball. "Take On Me" evolved from the early demo called "The Juicy Fruit Song" written by Pål Waaktaar and Magne Furuholmen before A-ha was formed. Simplify. And its video won eight awards at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards. 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. [Outro] On 14 August 2020, it was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).[44]. In a day In January 1983, the band returned to London in search of a recording contract. 00:00 / 03:26. 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. Morten sang "Take On Me" using a Neumann U47 microphone as well as a Neve microphone pre-amp and Neve equaliser. [7] A mix of a drum machine, the LinnDrum,[17][18] acoustic guitars, and electronic instrumentation serves as the song's backing track.[11]. I'll be gone [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. Haris) [Official Music Video, Ultratop.be – Lucas & Steve feat. 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. Shying away In a day or two I'll be gone He detailed how the song finally became the worldwide smash hit still widely recognised today. "Take On Me" originated from Pål Waaktaar's and Magne Furuholmen's previous band Bridges. Give valuable feedback to the author. performed by A-ha. The song is written in the key of A major with a chord progression of Bm7–E7–A–Dmaj7–C♯m7 in the verse, A–C♯m7/G♯–F♯m–D in the chorus, and C♯m–G–C♯m–G–Bm–E in the bridge. The original 1984 version of the song is also featured nearer to the beginning of the film. [19]) He escapes from the comic book by becoming human and stands up. 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. [28], The second music video was produced by Limelight Productions. 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. [6] The first take of the song was inspired in part by Doors member Ray Manzarek and his "almost mathematical but very melodic, structured way of playing". 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