A1 Version
| "Take on Me" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by A1 | ||||
| from the album The A List | ||||
| B-side | "I Got Sunshine" | |||
| Released | 14 August 2000 | |||
| Format | CD single, 7" | |||
| Recorded | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Dance-pop | |||
| Length | 3:46 | |||
| Label | Epic, BMG | |||
| Certification | Silver | |||
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In August 2000, British-Norwegian boyband A1 released a cover of "Take on Me" for their second studio album The A List. Despite being panned by music critics, who called it a "lame cover version", and a "note for note copy" that seems like "a re-release of the original"; it was commercially successful, topping the charts in the United Kingdom and Norway, where it was certified silver by the BPI.
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