8 Demo Versions Of Famous Songs You'll Barely Recognise
7. A-ha Take On Me
A-ha are a Norwegian pop-rock band formed in Oslo in 1982. Their most famous song is undoubtedly Take On Me (appearing on the album Hunting High And Low) which won countless awards upon release, sold phenomenally well and spawned an iconic music video that featured a combination of live-action and pencilled animation.
Featuring vocalist Morten Harket howling like a wild animal and completely lacking the famous Take on me, Take on me, I'll be gone, In a day or two chorus, this demo shows how such a key element of a song can be sorely absent until fairly far along the process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc6MumuychA