When the singer hit the high note on “Take on Me”

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  • Опубліковано 23 лип 2022

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  • @nandoc1328
    @nandoc1328 Рік тому +7817

    The older you get the more you realize how much a piece of art this music is 🤣

  • @leme3503
    @leme3503 Рік тому +4157

    Hitting an E5 in falsetto isn't hard. It's doing it beautifully stable, powerful and controlled like this that is the challenge and what makes it so incredibly iconic.

    • @YTiswoke
      @YTiswoke Рік тому +63

      Thank you , im not a singer and i can hit it pretty close.....anybody with any talent should be able to do it with no problem

    • @DraconicMordred
      @DraconicMordred Рік тому +5

      What?

    • @thecarrierpigeon6657
      @thecarrierpigeon6657 Рік тому +42

      Yes it fucking is lmao, my vocal cords only allow about a 1 millimeter difference in vocal pitch 😂

    • @leme3503
      @leme3503 Рік тому +52

      @@thecarrierpigeon6657 Don't comment on what you clearly don't understand... And if it's intended sarcasm, you need _any_ level of singing capability and knowledge to understand what I mean.

    • @thecarrierpigeon6657
      @thecarrierpigeon6657 Рік тому +1

      @@leme3503 don't comment when you feel the need to be a prick then mate 😁

  • @victorjozek5384
    @victorjozek5384 Рік тому +1298

    Growing up is realising the high notes said "in a day or twoooo"

  • @iwantthe80sback59
    @iwantthe80sback59 Рік тому +274

    Almost 40 years later and Morten can still do it.

  • @mariem8705
    @mariem8705 Рік тому +6

    I love 80s music.

  • @Lazuray666
    @Lazuray666 Рік тому +449

    "I'll be gone in a day or two" - that line has so much more meaning now

  • @mariannerognerud
    @mariannerognerud Рік тому +357

    "the singer" is called Morten Harket! 🇳🇴

    • @eliasgonzalez5357
      @eliasgonzalez5357 Рік тому +10

      And he is not blonde

    • @Gottenhimfella
      @Gottenhimfella Рік тому +1

      SO is everyone else in the clip

    • @ArthurMorgna
      @ArthurMorgna 11 місяців тому

      Did you make that up or real?

    • @mariannerognerud
      @mariannerognerud 11 місяців тому +2

      ​@@ArthurMorgnaIf I made up the singers name? No. He is the vocalist in a norwegian band named A-ha. And yes, he is not blonde! 😊

    • @Hopp5ann
      @Hopp5ann Місяць тому +1

      Not to flex but I live so close to him that I can walk to him (yes I know where he lives, and no I wont be telling it because of security reasons)

  • @Skeletor96ba
    @Skeletor96ba Рік тому +9

    I can feel everyone’s soul ascending on that high note

  • @MsMetal-xe6el
    @MsMetal-xe6el Рік тому +20

    Hitting the "in a day" at the end is so much higher than the E5 note during the chorus

  • @arildnyttingnes1971
    @arildnyttingnes1971 Рік тому +256

    I'm really proud of norway whit this band

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE Рік тому +4

      E‎‎

    • @S1V3RT
      @S1V3RT Рік тому +2

      Me too

    • @dasreicht
      @dasreicht Рік тому +2

      I'll always be disappointed they never recorded a Norwegian version of any of their songs.

    • @hyacintholuna
      @hyacintholuna Рік тому +1

      Jeg antar du er norsk, siden du heter Arild

    • @d.b.2671
      @d.b.2671 Рік тому

      ​@@hyacintholuna 🤭😂😂😂👍

  • @user-tf9il4yl1d
    @user-tf9il4yl1d Рік тому +14

    Morten Harket is a unique combination of a great talent, striking beauty and solid personality❤

  • @apurbaguhathakurta9855
    @apurbaguhathakurta9855 Рік тому +123

    True. Morten ❤👑 is still so brilliant and doing shows. Legend.

  • @murraychadwick9362
    @murraychadwick9362 Рік тому +1

    Great job😂!!! 80's music will always rule😎. Keep the videos coming👍🤗

  • @bodyzergcasting
    @bodyzergcasting Рік тому +30

    Before I became dumb enough to start smoking, I remember singing this song for a musical audition. And the faces were pretty much IDENTICAL to those 🤣.
    E5, what a beautiful note

    • @dillongage
      @dillongage Рік тому +5

      I'll never forget running into my old vocal coach.... while I was smoking a ciggarette. She looked at me with pure disgust, literally said "for shame" and then walked away like I was the scum of the earth.

  • @invisiblepsycho3985
    @invisiblepsycho3985 Рік тому +1

    🥲The song just....FOLLOWS me everywhere. Can't escape. CAN'T ESCAPE. ELLIE!!!

  • @catarinazs
    @catarinazs Рік тому +17

    Morten is an amazing singer 😍

  • @SINGLE4LIFE82
    @SINGLE4LIFE82 Рік тому +2

    The best 80s song imo

  • @tims2585
    @tims2585 Рік тому +2

    I just noticed this song, and liked it on Spotify now it pops up very many times

  • @joebsniffs
    @joebsniffs Рік тому +115

    As I get older and I'm 47 years old I look back now at all the music from the '80s even the one hit wonders how good and talented they actually were.

    • @wierdalien1
      @wierdalien1 Рік тому +5

      A-ha weren't really one hit wonders

    • @joebsniffs
      @joebsniffs Рік тому

      @@wierdalien1 absolutely they were name me a second hit that equaled take on me? And don't look it up even though you will

    • @wierdalien1
      @wierdalien1 Рік тому +1

      @@joebsniffs they were in the anglosphere, but not in their native Norway. But ok

    • @aurelia1083
      @aurelia1083 Рік тому +4

      ​@@joebsniffs the Sun always shines on TV.

    • @Jolteon0163
      @Jolteon0163 Рік тому +1

      I googled it and only knew one other song. Absolutely one-hit wonders but they were quite good

  • @williammarnga6102
    @williammarnga6102 Рік тому +468

    This song is a classic I didn't see that coming when Morten hit the high note I was in a reaction like ' damn that was sharp ' 💥 ✌🏾

  • @humptydumptysat
    @humptydumptysat Рік тому +2

    Real. Absolutely real.

  • @dexthedog4633
    @dexthedog4633 Рік тому +4

    Literally my favorite song right now, love this

  • @zdwlees
    @zdwlees Рік тому +33

    As a baritone who finally perfected this songs soprano I am proud of my achievement. Never as good as the real deal of course but it's so fun having the whole songs range under your belt

    • @funcionapramim
      @funcionapramim Рік тому +2

      Im in the same situation, but still cant make the Last note stand long and stable enough.
      Congratz for u.

  • @John-ip3xm
    @John-ip3xm Рік тому +21

    Aha is a great band from Norway. The lead singer still has the voice today. A rare find!

    • @dillongage
      @dillongage Рік тому +2

      Jesus thats crazy. I thought they were all dead!

  • @Freddy_Fazbear1993
    @Freddy_Fazbear1993 Рік тому +2

    Watching the music video got me tearing up bro

  • @Yusukesspiritgun
    @Yusukesspiritgun Рік тому +1

    As I got older the more I loved this song. I use to think it was weird but now is one of the best songs in history

  • @dylanfields6878
    @dylanfields6878 Рік тому +4

    Amazing song

  • @misspotatohead_1
    @misspotatohead_1 Рік тому +2

    I don’t know how I’m the only person I know who realises how smooth it sound when he says take 😭

  • @Sweetheartx74
    @Sweetheartx74 Рік тому +3

    Seriously the chills they must have gotten 🙂

  • @gilbertlizama8448
    @gilbertlizama8448 Рік тому

    I discovered this song in 2016 when I was 11 and it reshaped my media consumption. Still a banger

  • @outkast2603
    @outkast2603 Рік тому +5

    I love this song

  • @Chenx4
    @Chenx4 Рік тому +3

    I can listen to this for the whole day

  • @dianabeurman364
    @dianabeurman364 Рік тому +1

    LOVE IT!!

  • @elora4723
    @elora4723 Рік тому +1

    I am 13. And all my life I have lived this song. It is so amazing

  • @steamedzara
    @steamedzara Рік тому +2

    One of my favorites.

  • @Lem8.
    @Lem8. Рік тому +2

    Last guitarist be like:😱

  • @TheGyroBarqusShow
    @TheGyroBarqusShow 7 місяців тому +1

    I listened to the whole album, the dude's voice is magnificent

  • @TheZombunnehLives
    @TheZombunnehLives Рік тому +1

    When I was an early teenager, I got into singing and I could legitimately hit that beautiful tone perfectly. Puberty hit me like a freight train and by 16, if I tried to move the air to hit that sound again, the air would suddenly get like... trapped? It's so strange and frustrating!

  • @504bootcamp3
    @504bootcamp3 Рік тому +3

    Ok , now I want to hear this song over and over and over today .

  • @kayesdigginit1519
    @kayesdigginit1519 Рік тому +12

    I fell in love with the song and band when they dropped this awesome song internationally. I was in the UK at the time 😃

  • @ItsBAndBees
    @ItsBAndBees Рік тому +13

    Morten is a LEGEND

  • @WrenchLLBozo
    @WrenchLLBozo Рік тому +1

    Bro sounded like an angel

  • @LeonKennedy06
    @LeonKennedy06 Рік тому +1

    Legit one of my favorite songs

  • @teaonwednesday
    @teaonwednesday Рік тому +3

    The song and music video was always my favorite, so much work got put into both

  • @Blackdragondaniel2012
    @Blackdragondaniel2012 Рік тому +1

    Oof and that part is the part that is stuck in my head 🤣

  • @hi-de-roo
    @hi-de-roo Рік тому +1

    best song ever exist

  • @susannorman4476
    @susannorman4476 Рік тому +2

    Lovely rendition

  • @oldmanconklin
    @oldmanconklin Рік тому +1

    Unlike most of you, I was alive when this song came out. Heard it so many times on the radio in high school. 80s music for the win. 💯 😎

  • @g00seness
    @g00seness Рік тому +8

    I love singing that song so much, hitting the high note is so fun

  • @user-gk6xe4sk2q
    @user-gk6xe4sk2q Рік тому +1

    When this comes anywhere you just have no choice but sing along

  • @lancehobbs8012
    @lancehobbs8012 Рік тому +4

    That's how the whole 80s reacted

  • @user-wd4yv1mh8y
    @user-wd4yv1mh8y Рік тому +1

    E5 in falsetto isn’t hard, but when you can hold it out smoothly without marking sound like you’re reaching for it is what makes it so amazing. Love this song with my life btw!!

  • @g4mmalotus937
    @g4mmalotus937 Рік тому +9

    I had the widest range of anyone in my middle school choir and I still couldn't do this part. It took hitting puberty and getting my bass voice to do it, lol

  • @JJJOSIA
    @JJJOSIA 3 місяці тому +1

    a ha are my fav band ever❤

  • @sheers5337
    @sheers5337 Рік тому +1

    Genuinely an easy note to do, especially given he's a tenor. It still sounds very beautiful.

  • @malamalamalamalamalamalamala
    @malamalamalamalamalamalamala 8 місяців тому +1

    this song is so good it makes me cry

  • @jethroxdd
    @jethroxdd Рік тому

    How beautiful this song is still

  • @tbiytc3330
    @tbiytc3330 Рік тому +1

    After much consideration over the years I think I'm starting to come to the conclusion that "Take on me" is the greatest song ever.

  • @MinB.
    @MinB. Рік тому +1

    LoL that's so true, but the most people doesn't know that "Take me On" part is really really hardest 😂

  • @IamSamisMe
    @IamSamisMe Рік тому +1

    this song is now the pain of my existence, knowing I'll never again get that high.

  • @SilasShorts
    @SilasShorts Рік тому +1

    I was just listening to that song and now this pops up! It’s hilarious 😂 I thought of that when I was listening to it earlier today lol.

  • @itsJustBasicallyWhatever
    @itsJustBasicallyWhatever Рік тому

    This is one of my favorite songs ever for some reason. I'm a 2008 baby, but I love this kind of music. Me and my mom be jamming

  • @shakal_
    @shakal_ Рік тому +1

    his voice is so clean damn

  • @missmonkey8477
    @missmonkey8477 Рік тому +2

    the music video for this song was a cultural reset

  • @jamesy69002
    @jamesy69002 Рік тому

    IKR he goes from so low to do hiiiigh😱
    Love this song❤❤

  • @GabrielleGove
    @GabrielleGove Рік тому +1

    The group I was in Junior year of highschool. This one kid could hit the note perfectly.

  • @keithcleveland
    @keithcleveland Рік тому +1

    This song is a work of art

  • @deplorable0074
    @deplorable0074 Рік тому

    I love this song!!

  • @corgiqueen6482
    @corgiqueen6482 Рік тому

    I am 10 and grew up with only music like this from 60's to 90's

  • @SamDalorian1875
    @SamDalorian1875 Рік тому +1

    The whole earth stood still for a second

  • @tristankloppers3026
    @tristankloppers3026 Рік тому

    This song is twice my age and more and i know it and appreciate it as a masterpeace as most of the music from the 80s also the 70

  • @yio7789
    @yio7789 Рік тому +2

    My favorite song 🎶 ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @reaganlongsine7298
    @reaganlongsine7298 Рік тому +4

    "Bro, you're not a soprano, you can't hit tha-
    I stand corrected."

  • @myla9978
    @myla9978 Рік тому

    Tbh this is my fav song from 80s era

  • @purplepinterestgirl
    @purplepinterestgirl Рік тому

    he’s amazing fr

  • @Official_Mr_Genual
    @Official_Mr_Genual Рік тому

    I grew up with "take on me" it's such a good song

  • @NateLewis2222
    @NateLewis2222 Рік тому +1

    You know what’s amazing is that at 50 - 60 Morten can still hit the note

  • @knowwearneresquare3177
    @knowwearneresquare3177 Рік тому

    the break down in the song is metal asf 😂😂

  • @Asi_de_bello
    @Asi_de_bello Рік тому +1

    Lov that song!

  • @naturelove1317
    @naturelove1317 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for introducing this song 😀
    I listen it many times from yesterday... Love from India 🔥🎉🎊

  • @omarcarmona5079
    @omarcarmona5079 Рік тому

    how to forget the moment when i sing like an angel

  • @Cosmic_Lemon
    @Cosmic_Lemon Рік тому +1

    My mom listening to me singing this song out of nowhere:

  • @Junior-ux8jh
    @Junior-ux8jh Рік тому

    Love that song too

  • @theno3354
    @theno3354 Рік тому +2

    Pre puberty I hit that note no problem but now it’s like that option was deleted and my voice just cracks and dies

  • @HonorKnight
    @HonorKnight Рік тому

    It’s beautiful we know he had the voice of an angel

  • @helidasouza7766
    @helidasouza7766 Рік тому +9

    Música maravilhosa!

  • @Thatoneguy0007
    @Thatoneguy0007 Рік тому

    I played this once with 500 other people in Indiana’s INpact band. I play trumpet. The trumpets had melody. The melody had that fateful G. That note nearly killed me, a trumpet with just over a year of experience.

  • @Zollowsixthy4
    @Zollowsixthy4 11 місяців тому +2

    It would have been amazing if Morten had really blown Påul and Magne away in the studio with that vocal.

  • @daggyag9613
    @daggyag9613 Рік тому +2

    Falsetto is a wonderful skill to master

  • @lailapreston4025
    @lailapreston4025 Рік тому

    I love this song so much

  • @zachmach9588
    @zachmach9588 Рік тому +1

    *Helium;”What about me,where is my credit”*

  • @incognito2567
    @incognito2567 Рік тому +1

    Born after 2010 but my fav song

  • @SIG.M
    @SIG.M Рік тому

    fantastic song

  • @marlaflores1754
    @marlaflores1754 Рік тому +1

    You know there was no synthesizer back then! He hit that note for real!

  • @penelopedamitz-gv7ve
    @penelopedamitz-gv7ve Рік тому

    Love this song

  • @willc3697
    @willc3697 Рік тому +1

    Bro feckin’ ascended with that high note

  • @KENNEDYismine
    @KENNEDYismine 11 місяців тому

    Just imagine how many people have never heard this song 😊❤# I love this song

  • @theoliveoilman.8198
    @theoliveoilman.8198 Рік тому +2

    Ah yes, the karoke killing note.

  • @p1nk3rt0n5
    @p1nk3rt0n5 Рік тому

    The second I saw the text I knew exactly what part of the song it was talking about

  • @RevanCanEditTwo
    @RevanCanEditTwo Рік тому +2

    I used to be able to get my voice higher than that even after I hit puberty. But now I don’t even get close to it