On this day: “Take On Me” hits #1
22 years ago today, A-ha took over the top spot on the Billboard singles chart with "Take On Me". And don’t pretend you don’t know what that has to do with comics…
by Glenn Hauman · October 19, 2007
22 years ago today, A-ha took over the top spot on the Billboard singles chart with "Take On Me". And don’t pretend you don’t know what that has to do with comics…
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Glenn Hauman
Glenn is VP of Production at ComicMix. He has written Star Trek and X-Men stories and worked for DC Comics, Simon & Schuster, Random House, arrogant/MGMS and Apple Comics. He's also what happens when a Young Turk of publishing gets old.
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For whatever reason, this song is always first on Robin’s iPod programmed lists for when we drive somewhere, so I expect I’ll be hearing it in about two hours.
Me either,
I don't have to pretend. I have no idea what it has to do with comics.
I had thought it was like an animated fantasy comic book. It impressed me at the time. Then again, so did "Money for Nothing"…