Artist: a-ha
Video: From YouTube, with over 32,000 comments! Most are insane, but still.
It's great to be back, especially since today I get to write about one of my all-time favorite videos. I find it impossible to hear this song without thinking of its accompanying love story adventure in comic book form.
By far a-ha’s most memorable song, “Take On Me” inspires instant nostalgia from the opening notes. It is a light-hearted, upbeat tune about taking a chance on a lover. It reached the top of the pops.
The most decorated band ever to come out of Norway, a-ha has achieved great success internationally. Their first eight albums all reached #1 in their home country. The ninth album stalled at #2. I guess they’re just not what they used to be.
a-ha’s only American hits were featured on their 1985 debut album (“The Sun Always Shines On T.V.” reached #20). While the band never again sniffed the top 40 in America, they had dozens of hits internationally over a twenty-five year period.
The legacy of “Take On Me” is one of the most memorable videos of all-time, which won six MTV Video Music Awards in 1986. It features a young woman who becomes a character in the comic book story she is reading. The band members are featured as animated characters and also enter the live action world.
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