‘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 ...
Yahoo

How A-Ha’s Take On Me became the soundtrack to the end of the world

The makers of the Last of Us 2 video game were hunting high and low for the perfect song. They’d commenced work on an emotive cut scene in the survival horror adventure in which vengeance-bound hero ...
Deadline.com

A-ha’s Morten Harket Reveals Parkinson’s Diagnosis: ‘Take On Me’ Vocalist Says “I Don’t Feel Like Singing”

Morten Harket, the singer of the Norwegian synth-pop band a-ha who helped define the 1980s MTV sound with its gorgeously sung global hit “Take On Me,” revealed Wednesday that he has Parkinson’s ...
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 ...
Metal Injection

LEPROUS Covers A-HA's "Take On Me" On The Spot, Nails It

Norwegian prog-metal outfit Leprous have taken on one of their country's most iconic pop songs, delivering a genre-bending version of A-ha's "Take On Me" for Musora's Covers on the Spot series. In the ...
Men's Journal

A Hit ‘80s Tune Made a Surprise Appearance in ‘The Last of Us’ and Fans Can’t Get Enough

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