Lesson One
As Waaktaar-Savoy explained, every week, the song would go up a spot, then up three spots. It would pick up and then slow down. The whole thing was a process. But it proved to be worth it. “To me, it still sounds fresh on the radio,” keyboardist Magne Furuholmen told Rolling Stone. He revealed that “Take on Me” came from discouraging beginnings.
A-Ha – Paul Waaktaar, Morten Harket, and Magne Furuholmen. Source: Shutterstock
The track started out being called ‘Lesson One,’ and then they renamed it ‘All’s Well That Ends Well and Moves With the Sun.’ He joked around, saying, “A very catchy, short title.” The song became a pop-culture touchstone, but apparently, A-ha couldn’t care less. Waaktaar-Savoy admitted that these days, he rarely sees the music video, which scored six MTV Moonmen in 1986, by the way.