When “Take on Me” was released in October 1984, it sold 300 copies. It was an inauspicious beginning, for both the song and the band—who tried again with a remixed version of "Take On Me ...

Wearing a clingy, floor-length red dress, the pink-haired singer shot her shot with a piano lounge cover of A-Ha’s iconic 1985 smash hit “Take on Me,” slowing down the frantic Norwegian ...

Adele‘s new single, “Easy on Me,” turns out to be ballsy in at least a couple of different ways. First and foremost: When she issued that 40-second preview earlier this week, and you were ...

“Take On Me” has all the giddy charm of “Sweet Caroline,” but doesn’t feel half as hokey. It’s much trickier — hence, more fun — to sing.

a-ha's "Take On Me," which 34 years ago today reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, has two signatures. The first is that riff — that bright, uber-caffeinated motif, created by keyboardist ...

And Take On Me continues to evolve as new audiences take it to their hearts. A moment of hope as the world falls apart in apocalyptic drama The Last Of Us, a mournful piano lament in their MTV ...

We’d already written Take on Me but hadn’t recorded it. Paul [Waaktaar-Savoy, guitarist] had first played it to me in his parents’ house, down in the basement.

At this point, Warner Brothers America offered to finance yet another version. This latest attempt was built around a LinnDrum beat, a DX7 bass, and PPG Wave.The main riff was played on a Roland ...