A-HA合唱團是由三位來自挪威的成員所組成。
成員包括Morten Harket、Paul Waaktaar及Magne Furuholmen
他們於1982年加入樂壇,
1985年在憑著專輯:Hunting High And Low中
一曲「Take On Me」打入英國音樂市場,
成為第一隊成功打入國際市場的挪威組合。
起初,單曲「Take On Me」發行後反應冷淡,
但是華納唱片公司對這首歌相當看好,
於是換了個製作人,重新錄製了一遍,可惜仍然沒有起色。
不過,由於當時MTV已經在美國成了氣候,
華納的美國公司於是找了一位導演,
把這首歌製作成一首「一半鉛筆素描動畫、一半真人演出」
的音樂錄影帶。
沒想到MTV電視台非常喜歡,予以強力放送,
結果不但點播率超高、奪得了多項音樂錄影帶的大獎,
更讓這首歌曲起死回生,
在1985年的十月十九日登上了全美排行的榜首。
也造就了80年代非常經典的一支MV!
Morten Harket 最後連撞那幾下,真叫人心碎。
一起來欣賞A-Ha 「Take On Me 」 Video
點以下連結到YouTube欣賞!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUod3jGQt0U
Take On Me - A-Ha
Talking away
I don't know what
I'm to say I'll say it anyway
Today's another day to find you
Shying away
I'll be coming for your love, ok?
Take on me, take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two
So needless to say
I'm odds and ends
But that's me stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is ok.
Say after me
It's no better to be safe than sorry
Take on me, take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two
Oh the things that you say
Is it live or just to play
my worries away
You're all the things I've got to remember
You're shying away
I'll be coming for you anyway
Take on me, take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two

Take on me... take me on... 這是我認為史上最經典的MTV 音樂MTV的里程碑
Summer早安 來這兒可以聽到那麼多好聽的歌曲呢 謝謝分享
A-HA合唱團也是我很喜歡的團...Take on me的MV真的很經典
Take On Me - A-Ha
當時我正在mtv 打工...當時還是錄影帶..常常播到卡帶..受歡迎的程度可想而知
借引用!謝謝
挪威3重唱A~HA
當年拜MTV進攻美國市場
我超愛黑白漫畫的劇情~
可是當年MTV大獎佳作
80MV~~最經典~~這首歌真好聽~~謝謝妳喚起我們塵封以久的記憶~
來分享妳的佳作~祝妳永遠美麗開心~
你是音樂達人喔!一個人所能達成的理想境界端看他愛的是什麼。
來分享好音樂~願您幸福滿滿~~神采飛揚
人最大的困難是認識自己,最容易的也是認識自己。
很多時候,我們認不清自己,只因為我們把自己放在了一個錯誤的位置,給了自己一個錯覺。
所以,不怕前路坎坷,只怕從一開始就走錯了方向...
謝謝你的音樂分享~很經典懷念的歌曲!
The band was founded by Morten Harket (vocals), Magne Furuholmen (keyboards), and Pål Waaktaar (guitars). The group initially rose to fame during the mid 1980s after being discovered by musician and producer John Ratcliff and had continued global success in the 1990s and 2000s.
A-ha achieved their biggest success with their debut album, Hunting High and Low, in 1985....
That album peaked at number 1 in their native Norway, number 2 in the UK and number 15 on the U.S. Billboard album chart, yielded two international number-one singles,
"Take on Me" and "The Sun Always Shines on T.V.", and earned the band a Grammy Award nomination as Best New Artist. In the UK, Hunting High and Low continued its chart success into the following year
becoming one of the best-selling albums of 1986.In 1994, after their fifth studio album, Memorial Beach which failed to achieve the commercial success of their previous albums, the band went on a hiatus.
Following a performance at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in 1998, the band returned to the studio and recorded their sixth album, 2000's Minor Earth Major Sky,
which was another number-one in Norway and resulted in a new tour. A seventh studio album,
Lifelines, was released in 2002, and an eighth album, Analogue, in 2005, was certified Silver in the UK — their most successful album there since 1990's East of the Sun, West of the Moon.
Their ninth album, Foot of the Mountain, was first released on 19 June 2009 and returned the band to the UK Top 5 for the first time since 1988.
being certified Silver there and Platinum in Germany.The album peaked at number 2 in Norway (their first not to reach number 1 in their home territory).
On 15 October 2009, the band announced they would split after a worldwide tour in 2010,
The ending On A High Note tour. Thousands of fans from at least 40 different countries on six continents congregated to see A-ha for the last time.
The band have sold over 36 million albums and 15 million singles worldwide.
In less than a year, during 2010, the band earned an estimated 500 million Norwegian Kroner on touring tickets,
merchandising and release of a greatest hits album, making them one of the 40-50 largest grossing bands in the world.
An early version of "Take on Me" was the first song that Morten Harket heard Magne Furuholmen and Pål Waaktaar play in Asker.
At that time, the song was called "The Juicy Fruit Song", and the two men were still known as Bridges. It was named "Lesson One" when it was first recorded by A-ha. After some rewriting, multiple re-recordings, and three releases.
"Take on Me" became a hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1985 and was the second-best-selling single of 1985.
The first version of the song, released in 1984, was promoted by a now-rare video of the band performing the song in front of a blue background. The song was then re-recorded with production by Alan Tarney.
but both of these released failed to chart. It was then re-released with a new, groundbreaking video which peaked at number 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart.
A-ha became the first Norwegian band to have a number 1 song in the U.S. The song's popularity earned the band a spot on the American television series Soul Train in 1985, making them one of the few white artists to appear on the black music-oriented show.
Sales were aided in the U.S. by heavy rotation on MTVof the new music video, which may have been inspired not only by the truck-chase scene from Terry Gilliam's film Brazil but also by the climactic scene from Ken Russell's film Altered States.
The video used a pencil-sketch animation / live-action combination called rotoscoping, in which individual frames of live video are drawn over or colored.
It became one of the most instantly recognizable and most enduringly popular music videos in the U.S.
where it was nominated for eight awards at the third annual MTV Video Awards in 1986, winning six, including Best New Artist in a Video, Best Concept Video, Best Direction, Best Special Effects, and Viewer's Choice.
"Take on Me" was also nominated for Best Video of the Year at the 1986 American Music Awards. Their six MTV Award wins for that video gave them twice as many wins as Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and more than any artist in the three years of the awards combined.
A-ha's American success culminated in their 1986 Grammy nomination in the coveted Best New Artistcategory, which was eventually won by Sade.
"The Sun Always Shines on TV" was an even bigger hit among British fans than "Take on Me"...peaking at number 1.
In the UK, A-ha enjoyed continued success with two more hit singles from the same album—"Train Of Thought" and "Hunting High And Low" (with another innovative video) —and the band remained popular throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.
The band's first album, 1985's Hunting High and Low, became a worldwide bestseller, spending most of October and November in the top 20 of Billboard's Top 200 album chart. The album and its four hit singles garnered international recognition for A-ha.
Hunting High and Low earned triple platinum status in the UK, and reached platinum status in the US and Germany, while earning gold in Brazil and the Netherlands.
Hunting High and Low has sold 11 million copies worldwide.
The album peaked at number 15 in the U.S., according to Billboard music charts and has peaked at number 2 on the UK charts, and it spent 38 weeks in the top 10 in Norway, including 8 weeks at number 1.
好愛好愛A-Ha這張專輯
因為每一首都好聽
而其MV也超級經典
A-ha的紀錄片要上映囉 https://www.facebook.com/SideProjectFilmTW/photos/a.121947175973303/528469038654446