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Waaktaar and Furuholmen relocated to London to try their hand in the music industry there, but returned to Norway after six months of disappointment. Waaktaar considered the song too poppy for their intended dark style, but Furuholmen recalled thinking it was 'quite catchy'. 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'. 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. 'Take On Me' originated from Pål Waaktaar's and Magne Furuholmen's previous band Bridges, who first composed a number called 'The Juicy Fruit Song' when they were 15 and 16 years old. The video won six awards and was nominated for two others at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards. In the United States in October 1985, the single topped Billboard's Hot 100, bolstered by the wide exposure on MTV of director Steve Barron's innovative music video featuring the band in a live-action pencil-sketch animation sequence. The second of those 1985 releases charted in September 1985, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart in October. The original 1984 version 'Take On Me' failed to chart in the United Kingdom, as did the second version in the first of its two 1985 releases. The recording combines synth-pop with a varied instrumentation, including acoustic guitars, keyboards, and drums. The 1985 international hit version was produced by Alan Tarney for the group's debut studio album, Hunting High and Low (1985).

The original version, recorded in 1984 and released in October of that same year, was produced by Tony Mansfield and remixed by John Ratcliff. ' Take On Me' is a song by the Norwegian synth-pop band a-ha.

'Take On Me' (original version) on YouTube

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