Take On Me
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
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), 1:56 (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.
- 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
None.
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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | |
| Notecounts | ? | ? | ? |
| UBeat | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| jukebeat location test | 2 | ↓5 | ↓6 |
jukebeat Charts
| Game | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 118 | 118 |
| pop'n music (Wii) / pop'n rhythm | N/A | N/A | N/A | |