This page is for the A-ha licensed song titled Take On Me. For the ANGELA cover of the song that appears in beatmania IIDX 3rd style, please see TAKE ON ME.

Take On Me

Song Information

Take On Me's banner.

Take On Me's jacket.

Artist: a-ha
Composition/Lyrics: Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
Vocals: a-ha
Masterer: Bobby Hata
Mixer: a-ha, John Ratcliff
Producer: Alan Tarney, Tony Mansfield
Album: Hunting High and Low (1985)
BPM: 169 (DanceDanceRevolution), 169-170 (jukebeat)
Length: 1:40 (DanceDanceRevolution), 2:00 (jukebeat), 1:51 (pop'n music)
First Music Game Appearance: Dancing Stage SuperNOVA CS
Other Music Game Appearances:

jukebeat 80's songs pack
pop'n music (Wii)
UBeat

Lyrics

We're 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?

Take on me (take on me)
Take me on (take on me)
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 okay
Say after me
It's no better to be safe than sorry

Take on me (take on me)
Take me on (take on me)
I'll be gone
In a day or two

Song Connections / Remixes

A speed cover of Take On Me by ANGELA, titled TAKE ON ME, appears in beatmania IIDX 3rd style.
Take On Me was sampled in the song Feel This Moment, by Pitbull feat. Christina Aguilera.
The pop'n music series uses a different, longer cut of Take On Me.

Trivia

This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.

Take On Me is one of the best-selling singles of all time, selling over seven million copies worldwide.
Take On Me features its music video in Dancing Stage SuperNOVA CS and DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 CS (North America), eliminating all on-screen dancers.
In Dancing Stage SuperNOVA CS and DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 CS (North America), Take On Me's artist is capitalized as A-ha.
Take On Me received a new banner in DanceDanceRevolution DANCE WARS.
Take On Me's charts and difficulties in jukebeat are different from the charts and difficulties in the location test of UBeat and jukebeat (AC). However, they use the same jacket.

Song Production Information

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CS Information Data

DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 CS (America)

First released in 1985 on their Hunting High and Low album, "Take On Me" was an international hit for this Norwegian band. It reached #1 on charts around the world, including the US and the band's native Norway.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards.
jubeat to clan difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
No difficulty ratings are shown for ポップンミュージック and its American/European counterparts.

DanceDanceRevolution

Dancing Stage SuperNOVA CS charts

Game	Single					Double
Game	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	113 / 8	163 / 10	238 / 3	334 / 0	- / - / -	163 / 10	238 / 1	316 / 4	- / - / -
Dancing Stage SuperNOVA CS	1	4	5	7	-	4	5	7	-
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 CS US	1	4	5	7	-	4	5	7	-

DanceDanceRevolution DANCE WARS Charts

Game	Single					Double
Game	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	58 / 22	143 / 32	277 / 16	353 / 4	- / - / -	- / -	- / -	- / -	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution DANCE WARS	2	5	8	10	-	-	-	-	-

jubeat

UBeat Charts

Game	Level
Game	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	?	?	?
UBeat	2	6	7
jukebeat location test	2	↓5	↓6

jukebeat Charts

Game	Level
Game	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	152	331	541
jukebeat	3	6	8

pop'n music

Game	Game Type
	1 Player		2 Player
	Standard	Challenge	1P	2P
Notecounts	104	164	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}
pop'n music (Wii) / pop'n rhythm	N/A	N/A	N/A