It was also nominated for Best Video of the Year at 1986 American Music Awards. At the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards "Take on Me" won in six categories. The video used a sketchy animation / live action combination called "Rotoscoping" that tells a fantasy thriller story to the song. by a music video on MTV that mimicked the truck chase from Terry Gilliam's movie Brazil and the climactic scene from the Ken Russell film Altered States. Billboard Hot 100 and number two in the UK Singles Chart. Eventually the single "Take on Me" is estimated to have sold 7-9 million copies worldwide it peaked at number one on the U.S. Although their first release of the song in 1984 was not a major success, it was remixed by producer Alan Tarney a year later, and sold 1.5 million copies worldwide in one week. At that time the song was called "Lesson One." After multiple re-recordings and two failed releases, "Take on Me" became a hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1985. "Take on Me" was the first song Morten Harket heard Magne Furuholmen and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy play. The first song to break through into the mainstream culture was Take On Me, which was featured on the album Hunting High And Low a main reason for its popularity was the music video that came some time later after the song's release. It was short, a-ha was easy to say and somewhat unusual. After checking dictionaries in several languages, they found out that 'a-ha' was an international way of expressing recognition, with positive connotations. The origin of the name a-ha comes from the lyric of an early song. The trio, composed of lead vocalist Morten Harket, guitarist Paul Waaktaar-Savoy and keyboardist Magne Furuholmen, formed in 1982 and left Oslo, Norway for London in order to make a career in the music business. Articles discussing events in musician's lives are subject to mod discretion.Ĭome share some music in the official /r/music plug.dj!Ī-ha are a Norwegian new wave band. No links to unauthorized music leaks or promotion of piracyĭiscussions and Articles should be directly relevant to music, music technology, or the music business itselfĪrticles / Tweets discussing statements by musicians not relevant to their work are not allowed. For help with identifying a song, use /r/tipofmytongue or /r/namethatsong.Įxceptions are made for exclusive releases or tracks not available on an artist's official channel. No /r/ifyoulikeblank, /r/tipofmytongue, or request-style postsįor recommendations of new artists similar to those you already like, use /r/ifyoulikeblank. You can select your flair beneath your link after posting. Submitters: For original music, use the " I Made This" flair. Well known tracks will be removed at mod discretion. Saturdays are for fresh and original musicĭedicated to underground artists, your original compositions, and new releases by known artists. Bad discussion posts are subject to removal on any day. If your post is "low effort" or looks like just another way of posting streaming music, then it will be removed. If you have an interesting story behind the music, you can add this in the comments or as self-post text.įriday is for interesting discussions, not streaming music. No artist reposts for 30 days if the previous post broke 100 points Optional additional text may only be included after this part of the title. Follow us on twitter for AMA announcements and a selection of top links.Īll submissions of streaming songs and albums must follow this format or will be removed.Are you a musician? Read our guide to promoting your music.
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