“Take on Me” is a synthpop song that combines various instrumentation that includes acoustic guitars, keyboards, and drums. It was released as a-ha’s debut single in September 1984 to huge success in their homeland of Norway.
The song was then remixed and re-released internationally, but it wasn’t...
[Verse 1]
We're talkin' 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 comin' for your love, okay?
[Chorus]
Take on me (Take on me)
Take me on (Take on me)
I'll be gone
In a day or two
[Verse 2]
So needless to say
I'm odds and ends
But I'll be stumblin' away
Slowly learnin' that life is okay
Say after me
"It's no better to be safe than sorry"
[Chorus]
Take on me (Take on me)
Take me on (Take on me)
I'll be gone
In a day or two
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
All the things that you say
Yeah, is it life or just to play
My worries away?
You're all the things I've got to remember
You're shying away
I'll be comin' for you anyway
[Chorus]
Take on me (Take on me)
Take me on (Take on me)
I'll be gone
In a day
[Outro]
(Take on me) (Take on me)
(Take me on) (Take on me)
I'll be gone (Take on me) (Take on me)
In a day (Take me on) (Take on me)
(Take on me) (Take on me)
(Take me on) (Take on me)
(Take on me)
Take On Me was written by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy & Morten Harket & Magne Furuholmen.
Take On Me was produced by Alan Tarney.
a-ha released Take On Me on Fri Apr 05 1985.
To me it still sounds fresh on the radio. It started out being called ‘Lesson One,’ then we renamed the song ‘All’s Well That Ends Well and Moves With the Sun.’ A very catchy, short title…I have no doubt that the video made the song a hit. The song has a super catchy riff, but it is a song that you...