Take On Me
~ Song
Annotation
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Annotation last modified on 2025-01-26 10:58 UTC.
Relationships
| writer: | Magne Furuholmen Morten Harket Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (guitarist, songwriter and singer) |
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| publisher: | ATV Music Ltd. EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/26 [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q145677 [info] |
| referred to in medleys: | 4 Chords (Unicante 2013 version) 99 Red Balloons + Take On Me Mashup Horse Race (extended mix) (order: 25) |
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| later parody versions: | CHOKE ON ME (ImEthan parody) James 1:3 Mine Diamonds Take On Me (Literal Video Version) |
| version of: | Miss Eerie |
| is the basis for: | Corporate Trash La Compagnie des enfants |
| music quoted in: | Feel This Moment |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1982 | Lesson One (Autumn 1982 “Take On Me” demo) | a‐ha | 2:42 | |
| 1983-05 – 1983-10 | Take On Me (demo) | a‐ha | 3:12 | |
| 1995-05 – 1995-06 | Take On Me (“On the Cover” album version) | cover | MxPx | 3:35 |
| 2001-03 | Take On Me (live 2001-03: Vauxhall, Oslo, Norway) | live | a‐ha | ?:?? |
| 2001-03 | Take On Me (live 2001-03: Vauxhall, Oslo, Norway) | live | a‐ha | ?:?? |
| 2001-03 | Take On Me (live 2001-03: Vauxhall, Oslo, Norway) | live | a‐ha | 4:19 |
| 2001-06-02 | Take On Me (live, 2001-06-02: Rock am Ring festival, Nürburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany) | live | a‐ha | 4:59 |
| 2002-10-12 | Take On Me (live, 2002) | live | a‐ha | 5:43 |
| 2006-02-24 | Take On Me (live, 2006-02-24: Quinta Vergara Amphitheater, Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile) | live | a‐ha | 5:10 |
| 2008 | Take on Me (live From V Festival) | live | The Feeling | 4:24 |
| 2010-12-04 | Take On Me (live, 2010-12-04: Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway) | live | a‐ha | 4:47 |
| 2010-12-04 | Take On Me (live, 2010-12-04: Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway; audio: TS-HD Master Audio 5.1 channel) | live | a‐ha | 4:47 |
| 2012 | Take on Me | cover and instrumental | Ronald Reagan | 3:52 |
| 2016-04-23 | Take on me (live, 2016-04-23: Kanto da Ilha, Capitólio, MG, Brazil) | cover and live | Sambô | 2:34 |
| 2017-06-22 – 2017-06-23 | Take On Me (MTV Unplugged) | live | a‐ha | ?:?? |
| 2017-06-22 – 2017-06-23 | Take On Me (live, 2017-06-22: Giske, Norway) | live | a‐ha | 4:14 |
| 2017-06-22 – 2017-06-23 | Take on Me (MTV unplugged / edit) | live | a‐ha | 3:38 |
| 2018-10-31 – 2018-11-02 | Take on Me | cover | Shalosh | 4:32 |
| 2019-04-20 | Take On Me (2019-04-20: The Acoustic, Bridgeport, CT) | cover and live | Goose | 6:48 |
| 2019-09-06 | Take On Me (2019-09-06: Sprout, West Chester, PA) | cover and live | Goose | 4:26 |
| 2019-11-16 | Take On Me (2019-11-16: Nietzsche's, Buffalo, NY) | cover and live | Goose | 4:13 |
| 2019-11-16 | Take On Me | cover and live | Goose | 4:13 |
| 2019 | Take On Me | cover | Wendy Wang feat. Inga Roberts | 5:16 |
| 2022-07-05 | Take On Me | live | Orebolo | 6:56 |
| 2022-12-12 | Take On Me | cover and live | Orebolo | 4:58 |
| 2024-10-26 | Take on Me (2024-10-26: Avondale Brewing, Birmingham, AL) | cover and live | Goose | 6:16 |
| 2025-05-02 | Take On Me | cover and live | The Dreggs | 3:41 |
| 2025 | Take On Me (Musora session) | cover | Leprous | 4:48 |
| a-ha - Take On Me | cover | WillRock | 3:09 | |
| Aha ‘Take on Me’ | cover | Walt Ribeiro | 3:53 | |
| Blinding Lights vs Take On Me – Blinding Lights on Me: Blinding Lights / Take on Me | The Weeknd vs a‐ha | 6:18 | ||
| Feel This Moment | cover and partial | Pitbull feat. Christina Aguilera | 3:50 | |
| Honk on Me | cover | aberrantkenosis | 3:42 | |
| Ich geb' Gas im Schnitzelwagen | cover and medley | Unicante | 5:43 | |
| Mn'chi | cover | Zombie Eaters | 9:32 | |
| Mystery Song #1 | cover | Nothing Painted Blue | ?:?? | |
| Neem Aan Mij | cover | a-ha | 3:50 | |
| Story of the Bass | cover, medley and partial | collectivecadenza | 8:35 | |
| Take Me On (Fingerstyle Guitar) | cover | Alexandr Misko | 3:53 | |
| Take on Me (2019-05-09: Woodlands Tavern, Columbus, OH) | Goose | 8:07 | ||
| Take on Me | cover | Macadam Farmer | 3:34 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Emil Bulls | 3:37 | |
| Take on Me (part of "80's Grandmaster" DJ mix) | a‐ha | ?:?? | ||
| Take on Me | cover | Kytoon | 3:34 | |
| Take on Me | cover | The New Waves | 4:07 | |
| Take on Me | a‐ha | ?:?? | ||
| Take on Me | cover | The New Waves | 4:07 | |
| Take on Me | a‐ha | ?:?? | ||
| Take on Me (live) | cover and live | The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican | 3:38 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Kaiak | 4:30 | |
| Take on Me (e-kara karaoke version) | karaoke | [unknown] | ?:?? | |
| Take on Me | cover | Remix Artist Collective feat. Karl Kling | 3:35 | |
| Take on Me | cover | The Moon Loungers | 4:36 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Crumble Lane | 3:53 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Reel Big Fish | 3:18 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Luca Brugnoli | 3:40 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Toucans Steel Drum Band | 3:40 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Ryan Ahlwardt feat. Michael Luginbill | 3:16 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Deep Wave, Shasta | 3:12 | |
| Take on Me (part of “Dancemania Covers” DJ‐mix) | cover | Captain Jack | 3:18 | |
| Take on Me (live, 2009-01-04: Grove of Anaheim, Anaheim, CA, USA) | cover and live | Reel Big Fish | 4:44 | |
| Take on Me (Skacoustic) | cover | Reel Big Fish | 3:15 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Justin Mauriello | 3:39 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Incursed | 3:48 | |
| Take on Me | cover and instrumental | Joseph C. Phaze | 3:40 | |
| Take on Me (acoustic) | cover | Stick to Your Guns | 3:50 | |
| Take on Me | cover | The Heimatdamisch | 3:20 | |
| Take on Me | cover | First to Eleven | 4:10 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Hyde Family Jam | 3:26 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Katie Noonan | 3:54 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Enrico | 2:33 | |
| Take on Me | a‐ha | ?:?? | ||
| Take on Me | cover | Tiny Too | ?:?? | |
| Take on Me | cover | General Soundbwoy | 4:32 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Northern Kings | 3:56 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Topmodelz | 3:32 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Rock the World | 3:34 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Marc Martel | 3:48 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Eve St. Jones | 4:09 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Emil Bulls | 6:08 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Shock Treatment | 3:26 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Rank Sinatra | 3:41 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Emil Bulls | 1:15 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Hayseed Dixie | 3:07 | |
| Take on Me | cover and live | Sara Bareilles | 3:01 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Roby Pagani | 3:28 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Death in Rome | 5:23 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Al Berard | 3:58 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Vision Divine | 3:45 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Labores Somnium | 3:48 | |
| Take on Me | cover | The Wohlstandskinder | 3:42 | |
| Take on Me | live | a‐ha | 4:56 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Slaraffenland | 4:20 | |
| Take on Me | cover | The Kings of Reggaeton | 3:39 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Weezer | 3:44 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Exsonvaldes | 2:47 | |
| Take on Me | cover | Zoe Evangeline | 2:50 | |
| Take on Me (e-kara karaoke version) | karaoke | [unknown] | ?:?? | |
| Take on Me | cover and instrumental | Punk Rock Baby | 4:05 | |
| Take On Me | a‐ha | 2:49 | ||
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