Cover Versions


Click here for cover versions prior to 1998.

Reel Big Fish / Roar Engelberg / Poor Rich Ones / Pearl / Edyta Górniak / Dark Voices / Ellen Lu Trelle / Janez Detd / Multicyde / A1 / Kings Of Convenience / Spin-Up / Reel Big Fish / The Supers / Milk Inc / Susperia / Rainstorm Project / Gardar Thór Cortes / Emou / Jonteknik feat. Martyn Bailey / Other



Reel Big Fish - Take On Me (1998 / 1999)


Reel Big Fish - 3 track single A SKA version was included on the soundtrack for the film "Baseketball" and also released on a 3 track CD-single in the U.S. The cover of the single features a yellow, green, blue and orange swirl with a shot of the band holding their instruments in the centre. "REEL BIG FISH" is printed above in large black letters with green and white outlines. "Take On Me" is printed in green letters with yellow outlines at the bottom. The disc is orange with "REEL BIG FISH" in silver, orange and black at the top plus the track listing and other text in black. The tracks are Take On Me (3:02), Alternative Baby (2:56) and Why Do All Girls Think They're Fat (2:22). The disc is made in the EU with copyright 1999.

Reel Big Fish promo There was also a 2 track promo CD-single featuring the single and instrumental versions. The cover of the 2-track promo is pink with white "swirls" and light pink stars. The disc is black with pink titles plus additional pink stars.


USA   Take On Me / Alternative Baby / Why Do All Girls Think They're Fat MOJO Records UND 56219
USA promo Take On Me / Take On Me (Instrumental) MOJO Records u5p-1308

In 2002, Reel Big Fish released a 3 track E.P. in the UK which included "Take On Me". Click here for more details.



Roar Engelberg - Har En Drøm (09.98)


The Norwegian professional panflutist, Roar Engelberg released the album "Har En Drøm". This album consists of panflute versions of well-known Norwegian hits. It includes a panflute version of "Hunting High and Low", in addition to 13 other instrumental versions.

Har En Drøm

Tracks: Har En Drøm (3:50) / En Natt Forbi (3:15) / Danse Mot Vår (3:52) / Vårsøg (3:30) / Alle Mine Tanker (3:49) / Kjærlighetsvise (4:03) / Samba Loco (2:09) / Nocturne (3:11) / På 'An Igjen (2:26) / Tir N'a Noir (3:53) / Karneval Igjen (2:25) / Hunting High And Low (2:35) / Grågåsa (3:49) / Eg Ser (3:22)

Norway Har En Drøm Tylden & Co GTACD 8080



Poor Rich Ones - Hunting High And Low (02.99)


A three track CD by "Poor Rich Ones" featuring a cover version of a-ha's song "Hunting High And Low" was released in Norway. It features the tracks "Hunting High And Low" (4:32), "Clean And New" (4:44) and "Kindly Country" (5:59). There was also a promo CD of this release.

The bottom two-thirds of the sleeve is light blue whilst the top is white. The title is written in black letters over the white section, with the title underneath in white letters over the blue section. An additional white curved line is printed round the bottom and left sides of the blue section. The reverse of the insert is mustard coloured with white titles and another white curved line. The back insert is white with a blue curved line and titles.

Poor Rich Ones - Hunting High And Low

Norway / England   Hunting High And Low / Clean And New / Kindly Country REC 90 RIDSE 034
Norway promo Hunting High And Low / Clean And New / Kindly Country REC 90 RIDSE 033promo


Pearl - Take On Me (02.99)


Pearl released a pop / rock version of "Take On Me" in Norway. It was available on a Dutch made three track CD-single: "Take On Me" (Radio version) (4:08), "Take On Me" (Club Mix) (5:17) and "Take On Me" (Extended version) (5:59). Pearl - Take On Me

Norway Take On Me EMI Norsk A/S 07243 8866112-6


Edyta Górniak - Edyta Górniak (1997)


The 16 track album by Edyta Górniak includes a techno cover version of "Hunting High And Low" (track 5). The cover features a head and shoulders shot of the artist lying down. The title in white is printed above.

Edyta Górniak
Edyta Górniak EMI10258902


Edyta Górniak - live '99 (1999)


This 14 track live album by Edyta Górniak includes a live version of "Hunting High And Low" (track 10). The cover is black with a picture of the singer wearing a red outfit, bent over and holding a microphone. The artists name in white and the title in red are printed across the sleeve.

Edyta Górniak live '99

Edyta Górniak live '99 EMI 13008066


Edyta Górniak - Hunting High And Low (2000)


Edyta Górniak realeased the single "Hunting High And Low" in 2000. No further details.

 

Edyta Górniak live '99 EMI ?


Dark Voices - Train Of Thoughts (01.11.99)


The track "(Seemingly) Nonstop July" is included on an album titled "Train Of Thoughts" by German independent-electro-pop-band "Dark Voices".

Dark Voices
Germany CD Train Of Thoughts synthetic


Ellen Lu Trelle - The Sun Always Shines On TV (24.01.2000)


A dance version of "The Sun Always Shines On TV" by Ellen Lu Trelle. The cover shows the sun rising / setting over the water. The title in red letters is printed in the top left hand corner with "Includes: Red Rhythm House Mix" below. The band's name is printed in white on a dark yellow strip at the bottom of the sleeve. There was also a 12" released.

Ellen Lu Trelle - The Sun Always Shines On TV

UK CD The Sun Always Shines On TV / ? Academy Street Records ACST72
UK 12" The Sun Always Shines On TV / ? Academy Street Records DACST72


Janez Detd - Take On Me (03.2000?)


The Belgian rock band "Janez Detd" released a 3 track CD single featuring a cover version of "Take On Me". The cover of the single features a picture of the band with red titles printed over the picture at the bottom of the sleeve. The actual disc has been made to look like a purple vinyl with red disc label.

Janez Detd - Take On Me

Belgium Take On Me / Can't Live In A Living Room / Rock On (Accoustic Version) Virgin 7243 896 914 2 9


Janez Detd


Janez Detd included their cover version of "Take On Me" on their new album. The sleeve is dark blue / grey with the band's name in white printed diagonally across the middle.

Janez Detd
Belgium Virgin 8491342


Multicyde - The Banger (La La) (04.2000?)


The Norwegian rap duo Multicyde have used samples from "Take On Me" in their single called "The Banger (La La)".

The cover is white with a sketch drawing of a man, taken from a-ha's cartoon video for "Take On Me". The titles are in large orange and red letters at the bottom of the sleeve.

Multicyde - The Banger (La La)
Norway The Banger (La La) Warner 857 383 691 2?


A1 - Take On Me (28.08.2000)


The boyband "A1" released a cover version of "Take On Me". Two different CD singles plus a cassette single were released in the UK. Disc 2 features different mixes of "Take On Me" plus the video for their single. The single went to the top of the charts in the UK.

CD1: Tracks: Take On Me / Beatles Medley (previously unreleased) / I Got Sunshine (previously unreleased) / 2 cd multi media trailers a) a1 tour b) a1 website

CD2: Tracks: Take On Me (video version) / Take On Me (Metro Extended Mix) / Take On Me (D-Bop Mix) / Take On Me (video cd extra)

Cassette: Tracks: Take On Me / I Got Sunshine (previously unreleased)

The single was released in many European countries and also in Australia.

Tracks: Take On Me (3:31) / Take On Me (Metro Extended Club Mix) (6:02) / Take On Me (D-Bop - Saturday Night Mix) (7:52) / I Got Sunshine (3:41) / Take On Me (video Extra CD)

"Take On Me" was also included as track 1 on A1's album "The A List"

A1 - Take On Me Disc 1

A1 - Take On Me Disc 2

A1 - The A List
Australia   Columbia 669747 2
UK CD1 Columbia ?
UK CD2 Columbia ?


Kings Of Convenience - Quiet Is The New Loud (29.01.2001)


Kings Of Convenience - Quiet Is The New Loud

The album "Quiet Is The New Loud" by Norwegian duo "Kings Of Convenience" includes a limited edition bonus disc which features a cover version of a-ha's "Manhattan Skyline".

The cover shows a picture of the two guys, sitting outside, one of whom is comforting the woman sitting next to him.

Quiet Is The New Loud Source/Astralwerks SOURCD019


Kings Of Convenience - Winning A Battle Losing The War (19.02.2001?)


The Single "Winning A Battle Losing The War" by "Kings Of Convenience" features a cover version of "Manhattan Skyline" (4:16). There were two slightly different singles available in the UK. One comes in a digi-pak, the other in a wallet sleeve. The wallet sleeved single features the radio edit of the title track and mentions on the spine that it is an edit. Apart from that, the track list is the same and confusingly, it is listed in reverse order. The sleeves of both singles are almost identical; white with a black and white picture of the guys at the bottom with the title in black and yellow text above.

Winning A Battle Losing The War / Manhattan Skyline / Envoy Source SOURCDGS018
Winning A Battle Losing The War (Radio Edit) / Manhattan Skyline / Envoy Source SOURCDS018


Spin-Up - Heart Arrow Star (10.09.2001)


Spin-Up - Heart Arrow Star

The Norwegian girl group "Spin-Up" recorded a cover version of "The Sun Always Shines On T.V." which was included on their 12-track album "Heart Arrow Star". "The Sun Always Shines On T.V." is the last track on the album.


Heart Arrow Star Tribe Records/Sony Music ?


Emil Bulls - Take On Me (29.10.2001)


Emil Bulls - Take On Me (promo) This cover version of Take On Me (3:41) by German hardrock band "Emil Bulls" was released in Germany and Australia (4 March 2002). The fold-out cover is black with cartoon drawings of angels and a devil. "Take On Me" is glowing yellow in the background with the Emil Bulls logo in orange above.

The one track promo has a similar cover, but with "For promotion only!" printed underneath the cartoon. The disc is black with yellow text.

Australia   5 tracks including Take On Me Universal 588 7742
Germany   Take On Me / Mirror Me / Quiet Night / Angel Delivery Service (live) / Hi It's Me, Christ (live), Hi It's Me, Christ (enhanced live version) Island Records 588 836-2
Germany promo Take On Me Island Records /


Reel Big Fish - Take On Me (25.03.2002)


Reel Big Fish - Sold Out

Reel Big Fish released a 3 track E.P. "Sold Out" in the UK. It includes the Reel Big Fish track "Sell Out" (3:47) and two cover version's: a-ha's "Take On Me" (3:02) and Duran Duran's "Hungry Like The Wolf" (3:39). The cover features a black and white picture of the band standing in front of a wall. The top section of the sleeve is light pink with the title in white and red. The disc is black with a white rim, the yellow fish logo at the top and silver text below.

UK Sell Out / Take On Me / Hungry Like The Wolf mojo 9270002


The Supers - Mystery On Pop Mountain (2002)


The Supers - Mystery On Pop Mountain The Canadian band "The Supers" released the album "Mystery On Pop Mountain" on Tri-Pop Records. It features a mellow country-tinged interpretation of a-ha's "Take On Me". The cover is a "Hardy Boys Mystery" book parody (complete with the crease of any well-read book down the left-hand edge!). The three band members are pictured (Maury, Graham and Tim).

Canada Mystery On Pop Mountain Tri-Pop Records TRICD-0202


Milk Inc. - The Sun Always Shines On TV (01/09/2003)


Milk Inc. - The Sun Always Shines On TV The Belgium dance duo Milk Inc. have released a dance version of The Sun Always Shines On TV. The cover of the single is yellow with a shot of the duo at an angle across the middle. The Milk Inc. logo is printed towards the top right hand corner of the sleeve. The single has been released in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Belgium The Sun Always Shines On TV EMI 0724355304827


Susperia - The Sun Always Shines On TV (2005)


Susperia - Devil May Care This EP features a heavy version of "The Sun Always Shines On TV" and was released in Denmark. The cover is grey with a red and white spikey logo in the centre. "Susperia" is printed in white at the top with "Devil May Care" at the bottom. The disc is of similar design to the front cover.

Denmark Venting The Anger (3:56) / Wild Child (5:09) / Devil May Care (5:50) / Lack Of Comprehension (3:33) / The Sun Always Shines On TV (4:47) TABU TABU009


Rainstorm Project - Purple Eyes (30.03.2007)


Rainstorm Project - Purple Eyes In March 2007, the German band / project "Rainstorm Project" released their album "Purple Eyes" which features a cover version of "Scoundrel Days" (track 7). An edit version of the song can also be found on the radio promo single with the track "Lovesong". The promo single was released all over Europe, Japan and Brazil. The cover of the album features two pieces of a jigsaw puzzle with a picture of an eye on each.

Germany Purple Eyes Whiteless Records WRCD-001


Gardar Thór Cortes - Hunting High And Low (16.04.2007 / 23.07.2007)


Gardar Thor Cortes - Cortes

The Icelandic opera singer Gardar Thór Cortes released a classical rework of a-ha's "Hunting High And Low" on 23 July in the UK. This song was also included on the 12 track album "Cortes" on 16 April 2007. "Hunting High And Low" is track 2 on the album. The cover of the album features a shot of the artist sitting down with the title printed in large white letters across the centre.

UK Cortes featuring Hunting High And Low Believer BELIEVECDA2
UK Hunting High And Low / All I Know Of Love Believer BELIEVECDS3



Emou - Spring Is Far To Come (09.2009)


Emou - Spring Is Far To Come This 9 track album features covers by German producer "Emou" (Mario Reinsch) which includes an electronic version of a-ha's "Scoundrel Days" (track 4 - 6:32). The cover features a shot of birds flying against a grey sky with a small lonely tree at the bottom. The titles are printed in grey and black on the left hand side.

Germany Spring Is Far To Come featuring Scoundrel Days Echoes Records ECH1CD009



Jonteknik feat. Martyn Bailey - A boy's adventure tale songs of a-ha (17.09.2010)


Jonteknik feat. Martyn Bailey - A boy's adventure tale songs of a-haThis eight track album features only cover versions of a-ha tracks (The Sun Always Shines On T.V. / Lifelines / Living A Boy's Adventure Tale / Manhattan Skyline / The Blue Sky / Hunting High And Low / (Seemingly) Nonstop July / Stay On These Roads) and was limited to 100 numbered copies. It comes in a jewel case with a 4 page colour booklet and photography postcard. The cover is white with a blue tone shot of the coast with a small inset picture of the artists facing each other, one of whom is in a Morten Harket pose. The artist and title are printed in shades of blue above and below the picture. The booklet and back sleeve feature more a-ha-esque pictures of the artist. The disc features a picture of a purple sea anemone.

UK Jonteknik feat. Martyn Bailey - A boy's adventure tale songs of a-ha The Sun Always Shines On T.V. / Lifelines / Living A Boy's Adventure Tale / Manhattan Skyline / The Blue Sky / Hunting High And Low / (Seemingly) Nonstop July / Stay On These Roads /



Other Cover Versions



  • Hunting High And Low - included on the album "Startrain" by "Time Changers". The album has not yet been released.

    Time Changers - Startrain   Cap'n Jazz

  • Take On Me - by "Cap'n Jazz".
  • Take On Me - by "Acapella".
  • Take On Me - dance version by "Cheryle Curtis".
  • Take On Me - by "Eternal Sadness".
  • Take On Me - techno version by "Intrance". The CD features 3 remixes of the song (851-639-2 - Urban Motor Music). Scoopex
  • Take On Me - by "Machine Head".
  • Take On Me - by "Nyxeria".
  • Take On Me - by "Rockapella".
  • Take On Me - by "Scoopex" - instrumental trance version? (rel. feb. 2000?)
  • Take On Me - by "The Generics".
  • Take On Me - dance version by German band "VM-18".
  • Take On Me - by "Wohlstandskinder". Wohlstandskinder
  • Take On Me - by "You Were Spiraling".
  • The Sun Always Shines On T.V. - by MarioLopez.
  • The Sun Always Shines On T.V. - gothic version by "Manuskrypt".
  • The Sun Always Shines On T.V. - by Re4mation.
  • Manhattan Skyline - By "The Tunics". The London Starlight Orchestra
  • The Living Daylights - by The London Starlight Orchestra, found on the album "Licence To Kill" featuring 18 James Bond Film Hits.
  • The Living Daylights - dance version by K2, found on the album "An Electronika tribute to James Bond" (Hypnotic records).


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