Recorded in late 1983 alongside several other demos, this demo of Take On Me is very similar to the final version, with minor lyrical and musical differences.
A lower quality mix appeared on The Swing of Things / The Demo Tapes and a remastered mix appeared on the 2010 deluxe and 2015 super-deluxe...
[Intro]
Did you take it?
[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
Shying away
I'll be coming for your love, okay?
[Chorus]
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
That's me stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is okay
Say after me
It's no better to be safe than sorry
[Chorus]
Take on me
Take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
All things that you say
Is it life or just to play my worries away?
You're all the things I forgot to remember
You're shying away
I'll be coming for your love, okay?
[Chorus]
Take on me
Take me on
I'll be gone
In a day
Take On Me (Demo) was written by Magne Furuholmen & Morten Harket & Paul Waaktaar-Savoy.
a-ha released Take On Me (Demo) on Tue Jul 06 2010.