Take on Me

Why it's moving

Why it's here

"Take On Me" was a-ha's debut single and reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on 19 October 1985, the Norwegian trio's only chart-topper there. [1] Its rotoscope-animated video, directed by Steve Barron, won six prizes at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards, which keeps the 1985 recording in continuous catalogue rotation rather than tied to any 2026 news event. [2] The song was reissued as a 40th-anniversary limited-edition 12-inch for Record Store Day (catalogue 081227808570), an anniversary campaign around the single and the Hunting High and Low album. [3]

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

• Written by Magne Furuholmensource
• Written by Morten Harketsource
• Written by Paul Waaktaar-Savoysource
• Covered MxPxsource
• Covered The Feelingsource
• Covered Ronald Reagansource
• Covered Sambôsource
• Covered Shaloshsource
• Covered Goosesource
• Covered Wendy Wang feat. Inga Robertssource
• Covered Orebolosource
• Covered The Dreggssource
• Covered Leproussource
• Covered WillRocksource
• Covered Walt Ribeirosource
• Remixed by Avilon, Take On Mesource
• Remixed by The One AM Radio, Take On Me (A-Ha)source
• Remixed by Pixelydian, Take On Me (Chiptune Cover)source
• Remixed by a‐ha, Take On Me (Kygo remix)source
• Sampled by Apathy featuring Black Thought, Disgustingsource
• Sampled by The Speed Freak, Good 4 Usource
• Sampled by Cacola, Sally Can Waitsource

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 1 other handle of this record (remasters, official videos).

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. Belgiumbe · deezer shazam spotify2026-06-152026-10-06#18096#51
   #180
3. Switzerlandch · deezer shazam spotify2026-06-152026-10-04#9091#78
   #90
4. Chilecl · deezer shazam spotify · 1 city2026-06-162026-10-06#74106#17
   #74
5. Perupe · deezer shazam spotify · 1 city2026-07-082026-10-06#3682#10
   #36
6. Germanyde · deezer spotify2026-07-112026-10-04#5567#55
   #55
7. Luxembourglu · spotify2026-07-122026-07-17#1974#197
   #197
8. Austriaat · deezer spotify2026-07-152026-09-27#9939#65
   #99
9. Netherlandsnl · deezer spotify2026-07-152026-10-04#9668#77
   #96
10. Show all 62 markets

Worldwide feeds · not markets

A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. Global feedglobal · deezer spotify2026-06-202026-10-06#8882#53
   #88
3. World feedworld · shazam2026-07-202026-10-06#6865#68
   #68

City pickups

City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.

1. us 15 cities · best #15 oklahoma city
2. ca 1 city · best #41 vancouver
3. cl 1 city · best #34 santiago
4. gb 1 city · best #29 newcastle upon tyne
5. pe 1 city · best #43 lima

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Editions

1. 2026-10-04Chart-only edition#48
2. 2026-10-02Chart-only edition#34
3. 2026-10-01Chart-only edition#38
4. 2026-09-30Chart-only edition#35
5. 2026-09-29Chart-only edition#29
6. 2026-09-27Chart-only edition#40
7. 2026-09-25Chart-only edition#39
8. 2026-09-21Chart-only edition#43
9. 2026-09-20Chart-only edition#44
10. 2026-09-18Chart-only edition#47
11. 2026-09-16Chart-only edition#36
12. 2026-09-14Chart-only edition#39
13. 2026-09-13Chart-only edition#36