a-ha - TAKE ON ME (EXTENDED VERSION) 1985 UK 12” VINYL/MAXI w/ LOVE IS REASON NM

Description: a-ha - Take On Me (Extended Version) 1985 UK 3rd release 12” Vinyl/Maxi-Single containing 3 total tracks: Take On Me (Extended Version) on Side 1 (Photo #9) b/w (backed with) Love Is Reason and Take On Me on Side 2 (Photo #12). The Original ‘Take On Me’ version failed to chart in the United Kingdom, as did the second version in the first of its two 1985 releases, the second of those 1985 releases became an international smash hit and charted in September 1985, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart the next month finishing at #9 on its Year-end Chart Of 1985 then has been Certified 4x Platinum from digital sales then Certified Gold from physical sales by the BPI (British Phonographic Industry). In the United States in October 1985, the single topped the US Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart finishing at #10 on its Year-end Chart Of 1985, #139 on the US Billboard Global 200 Year-end Chart Of 2022 and #109 for 2023 then has been Certified Platinum from digital sales, no doubt bolstered by the wide exposure on MTV of director Steve Barron's innovative music video featuring the band in a live-action pencil-sketch animation sequence and the video won six awards and was nominated for two others at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards. It also went to #1 of the Singles Charts in the following countries: Australia (Kent Music Report) finishing at #12 on its Year-end Chart Of 1985, Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40), Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders), Europe (European Hot 100 Singles), Greece (IFPI), Italy (Musica e dischi) then has been Certified 2x Platinum by FIMI from sales+streaming sales, Netherlands (both on Dutch Top 40 and Single Top 100), Norway (VG-lista), Sweden (Sverigetopplistan), Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) and West Germany (Official German Charts). Love is Reason was released as a single in 1985 in Norway and the Philippines from their debut album Hunting High and Low then was released as the B-side of "Take On Me" in the UK. This vinyl is the 3rd UK release which is the worldwide smash hit pressing. NM/M Play Grade for majority of the time. Each track was listened to from start to finish. No jumps/skips nor repeats (needle getting stuck in the groove). Please see below for specific details. Vinyl is conservatively and visually graded Excellent. Photos #9-14 were taken directly under a fluorescent lamp. Vinyl will be housed in a new anti-static plastic inner sleeve (Photo #15). Condition is "Used". Album cover graded Excellent due to a front left bottom corner crease (Photo #16). Shipped with USPS Media Mail. Payment is due within 5-7 days from the purchase date. Thanks for stopping by. Side 1 Take On Me (Extended Version) NM/M Playback except at the following time mark: 0:43 sec. mark (E+ for a minimal single soft tick just after the start of the fast keyboard intro) Side 2 1.) Love Is Reason NM/M Playback except at the following time mark: 1:12 (E+ for a very minimal single soft tick) 2.) Take On Me NM/M Playback The vinyl will be one of the following pressing variants: Matrix / Runout - Label Side A: W9006(T) A Matrix / Runout - Label Side B: W9006(T) B Matrix / Runout - Run-out Side A: W 9006 T-A MT.1 DAMONT Matrix / Runout - Run-out Side B: W 9006 T-B MT.1 DAMONT -OR- Matrix / Runout - Label matrix, Side A: W9006(T) A Matrix / Runout - Label matrix, Side B: W9006(T) B Matrix / Runout - Runout, A-side, stamped: XW 9006 TA - 2U - 1 - 1 - Matrix / Runout - Runout, A-side, etched: NW Matrix / Runout - Runout, B-side, stamped: XW 9006 T B- 3U - 1 - 1 - 3 -OR- Matrix / Runout - Label Side A: W9006(T) A Matrix / Runout - Label Side B: W9006(T) B Matrix / Runout - Run-out Side A: W9006 T A//1 V420 T 1 J [the J is backwards] Matrix / Runout - Run-out Side B: W9006 T B//1 V420 V 1 |

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