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Take on Me (MTV Unplugged)​a-ha

Released: October 6, 2017

Songwriter: Magne Furuholmen Morten Harket Pål Waaktaar-Savoy

Producer: Martin Terefe ​a-ha

[Verse 1]
Talking away
I don't know what I'm to say
I'll say it anyway
Today's another day to find you
Shyin' away
I'll be coming for your love, OK?

[Chorus]
And
Take on me
Take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two

[Verse 2]
So needless to say
I'm odds and ends
But that's me, I'm stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is OK, and
Say after me
It's no better to be safe than sorry

[Chorus]
And
Take on me
Take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two

[Verse 3]
And oh, things that you say
Is it life or just to play my worries away?
You're all the things I've got to remember
You're shyin' away
I'll be coming for you anyway

[Outro]
Take on me
Take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two
I'll be gone
In a day or two
In a day or two

[Spoken Outro]
Thank you very much, thank you very much
Thank you so much, thank you guys
Thank you, thank you very much
Thank you, you're wonderful, wonderful
Thank you for coming, everybody

​a-ha

A-ha is a Norweigian synth pop group formed in 1982. All ten of their studio albums have either reached #1 or #2 in Norway – the first three also reaching the top 10 in several countries across Europe – with a total of over 35 million sold worldwide. They became a ‘teen pin-up band’ and were followed by screaming, enthusiastic fans. In 2012, all three members were appointed to knighthood in Norway for their contributions to music.

Frontman Morten Harket was lured away from the blues/soul group Soldier Blue in 1982 by keyboardist Magne Furuholmen to join his band with guitarist Paul Waaktaar. When Harket saw a song in Waaktaar’s notebook that was going to be titled either “a-ha” or “A-hem”, he suggested naming the band “a-ha”.

A year later, the band released their debut single “Take On Me” in 1984 to huge success in Norway. However, when the song was re-recorded and re-released alongside their debut album Hunting High And Low in the summer of 1985 it achieved massive international success, reaching #1 in eleven countries. Its success was definitely aided by its groundbreaking, award-winning music video of pencil-sketch animation combined with live-action shots.

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