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a-ha: The Movie

I thought it would be cool to instead just starf at the lowest note you can hitand build...

I thought it would be cool to instead just starf at the lowest note you can hit
and build your way up from there

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I thought it would be cool to instead
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just starf at the lowest note you can hit and build your way up from there.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:31
Uploaded
May 21, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Follows the band on tour, telling the full story of how three young men followed their impossible dream of becoming Norwegian pop stars. When Take On Me reached number 1 on Billboard in the US in 1985 the dream came true. Or did it?
They mostly stay in England, the group that's become famous - a-ha: The Movie 00:16
They mostly stay in England, the group that's become fa...
Tony Mansfield changed much of what we were. - a-ha: The Movie 00:05
Tony Mansfield changed much of what we were.
I end up standing there all alone, hips, shoulders, blue eyes. - a-ha: The Movie 00:05
I end up standing there all alone, hips, shoulders, blue eye...
I think they were worried we'd alienate the female members of the audience. - a-ha: The Movie 00:08
I think they were worried we'd alienate the female memb...
They tried to make us look a little extra macho. - a-ha: The Movie 00:05
They tried to make us look a little extra macho.
Three terrified teenagers with loads of semi-naked women bouncing about. - a-ha: The Movie 00:07
Three terrified teenagers with loads of semi-naked women bou...
It came to a head with a version of Take On Me that we feel isn't there. - a-ha: The Movie 00:08
It came to a head with a version of Take On Me that we feel ...
Had we just wasted the opporfunity, like? - a-ha: The Movie 00:06
Had we just wasted the opporfunity, like?
We'd used up all our money. lnterest in the project was already waning. - a-ha: The Movie 00:06
We'd used up all our money. lnterest in the project was...
But there was a strong feeling in the band that we could do it much better. - a-ha: The Movie 00:07
But there was a strong feeling in the band that we could do ...
And ended up in studio with Alan Tarney. - a-ha: The Movie 00:05
And ended up in studio with Alan Tarney.
A-ha's original demo of Take On Me was the right approach. - a-ha: The Movie 00:06
A-ha's original demo of Take On Me was the right approa...
So l just recreated that in the best way l possibly could. - a-ha: The Movie 00:06
So l just recreated that in the best way l possibly could.
We finished Take On Me in one day. - a-ha: The Movie 00:04
We finished Take On Me in one day.
And cause l was so busy with other things, l didn't think what would happen to it. - a-ha: The Movie 00:07
And cause l was so busy with other things, l didn't thi...
It was just another record. That was that. - a-ha: The Movie 00:04
It was just another record. That was that.
I was the one who fought for that song in the band. - a-ha: The Movie 00:05
I was the one who fought for that song in the band.
I was the one who really believed in it. "This is a worldwide hit." - a-ha: The Movie 00:17
I was the one who really believed in it. "This is a wor...
And our luck was that they'd just hired a guy called Jerf Ayerorf. - a-ha: The Movie 00:06
And our luck was that they'd just hired a guy called Je...
I thought, "This isn't normal rock & roll or pop music. This is something else." - a-ha: The Movie 00:11
I thought, "This isn't normal rock & roll or p...