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

 
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:

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
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 {{{3}}} {{{4}}}
pop'n music (Wii) / pop'n rhythm N/A N/A N/A