https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 02 May 2026 07:36:39 +0000 Sun, 11 May 2014 22:29:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=8089 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8089&PID=41408&title=aha-take-on-me#41408 Author: aaronk
Subject: 8089
Posted: 11 May 2014 at 10:29pm

Here's an update on the German 12" copy that Jim references above. The "Single Version" is the same as the US LP/45 version, except that it runs just slightly faster and fades out slightly earlier than the 3:48 length. The actual time of the German 12" is 3:37.]]> Sun, 11 May 2014 22:29:08 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8089&PID=41408&title=aha-take-on-me#41408 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8089&PID=41312&title=aha-take-on-me#41312 Author: Bwci Bo
Subject: 8089
Posted: 04 May 2014 at 11:23pm

aaronk wrote: Wow. I had no idea that there was an earlier-released 1984 recording of this song. It's a completely different recording than the hit LP/45 version.

The 1984 version of Take On Me was a hit here in New
Zealand. It's the version I remember hearing most on the
radio and it's also the version that is most commonly
found on vinyl 45s in second hand music stores here.
Fortunately it made its CD debut a few years back on the
deluxe remastered edition of 'Hunting High And Low',
although oddly enough, the CD version included a short
drum intro that was not present on the original 45. ]]> Sun, 04 May 2014 23:23:42 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8089&PID=41312&title=aha-take-on-me#41312 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8089&PID=41310&title=aha-take-on-me#41310 Author: aaronk
Subject: 8089
Posted: 04 May 2014 at 9:45pm

Wow. I had no idea that there was an earlier-released 1984 recording of this song. It's a completely different recording than the hit LP/45 version. It even has a different music video than the award-winning "comic book" video from '85: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liq-seNVvrM

As for the Extended Version, it's my favorite version of "Take On Me." It has been issued on a handful of import CDs with extended versions of '80s hits.]]> Sun, 04 May 2014 21:45:20 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8089&PID=41310&title=aha-take-on-me#41310 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8089&PID=41304&title=aha-take-on-me#41304 Author: jimct
Subject: 8089
Posted: 04 May 2014 at 5:45am

All current db CDs for this song run between (3:44) and (3:47).

When it was a current, however, my local record shop had a German 12"
single for sale (WB 920 336-0). I bought it. Here are its contents:

Side 1:
1-Take On Me (Extended Version) (listed time 4:45)

Side 2:
1-(another song, "Love Is Reason" (listed time 3:01))
2-Take On Me (says "single version" on outer sleeve) (listed time 3:31)

Since the listed (3:31) version appears to be shorter than all the db CDs, I
wonder if both of the "Take On Me" versions included on this 12" are
unique to it. Again, I will now be looking into this one further....

Edited by jimct]]> Sun, 04 May 2014 05:45:12 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8089&PID=41304&title=aha-take-on-me#41304