Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. On Wednesday, A-ha's "Take On Me" became the second music video from the '80s to pass one billion views on YouTube, after ...

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Released in the mid-80s, the Norwegian band’s song found great success both on the charts and with awards. It spent 27 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at No. 1. The song also nabbed ...

Weezer has released a super meta video for their cover of a-ha’s “Take On Me” and it stars Calpurnia. Calpurnia, fronted by Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard, takes it back to the ‘80s with this ...

The first time a-ha singer Morten Harket heard the now-famous synthesizer hook in “Take on Me,” a bell rang in his head. He knew the fleet, perky melody would launch him into a noteworthy music career ...

The song was recorded in two versions and went through three releases, and the video was done twice, but A-ha’s classic 1985 music video for Take On Me has now passed the one billion views mark on ...

The best covers are when bands take the original material and make it their own. Different tempo, different key, maybe a different playing style altogether. One such example of this was a recent ...