Look, I’ll be honest, there need not be a reason to revisit this slice of pop perfection.
A-ha’s classic 1985 music video for “Take On Me” has passed the one billion views threshold on YouTube, earning the Norwegian electro-pop trio a special place in the history books.
As one of the few pre-‘90s music videos to join the billion-views club alongside Guns N’ Roses’ “November Rain” and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”, A-ha become the first continental European act to accomplish this feat.
Even now the video holds up, the only video from its era to use the “rotoscoping” illustration technique.
Originally released in 1984, the track failed to make a lasting impression but was relaunched the following year attached to the groundbreaking, Steve Barron-directed music video, which blends pencil-sketch animation and live action.
Let’s all try and hit that note Morten gets at the 3.28 min mark, but put all your glassware away first.
