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  • @acool925
    @acool925 Год назад +74

    Kudos to whoever recommended this! Great song&nice to see it made Irina happy w/childhood memories😊

  • @tvgator1
    @tvgator1 Год назад +98

    This is one of the best music videos ever made; still stands up today.

    • @BAXTER7
      @BAXTER7 Год назад +4

      Your right.

  • @Ken-vk8pb
    @Ken-vk8pb Год назад +50

    This is a great and memorable song from 1985.

  • @alonzocoyethea6148
    @alonzocoyethea6148 Год назад +57

    The Video won best of the year at the MTV awards, mostly because of the sensational work done by the comic artist..I've only seen a few guys that could draw that well in Black and White, except for maybe Frank MIller (300, Daredevil, Sin City)

    • @MrPopbottleboy
      @MrPopbottleboy Год назад

      Went to grade school with Frank Miller in Vermont

  • @larey12
    @larey12 Год назад +12

    Forget the song I could just gaze at this woman's eyes all day.

  • @ricosauve5
    @ricosauve5 Год назад +34

    This was a big hit when it came out. I remember the music video being played all the time on MTV

  • @Logan-ed4pu
    @Logan-ed4pu Год назад +23

    I remember being like 4 years old in the 80s and watching this one MTV repeatedly lol. I understand the feel of it taking you back to your childhood.

  • @ahkkariq7406
    @ahkkariq7406 Год назад +23

    The video is hand drawn by using a technique called Rotoscoping, where you film at first, then draw over the frames. It took two drawers 4 months to finish the video, and 3000 drawings. A-ha was huge in the 80's, and later on they became huge in Russia as well. They still sell out stadions for conserts. A great band from Norway, well worth giving a deep dive. The follow up is The sun always shines on TV. I will also recommend Hunting high and low, Manhattan Skyline, Train of Thought, Stay on these roads, Summer moved on... I could go on and on, such a great band.

  • @thatpatrickguy3446
    @thatpatrickguy3446 Год назад +17

    Great reaction to a stellar video!
    This was one of the high water marks on the MTV era. Such an amazing and innovative concept video for a great song. This should be on the list of best videos ever made, and probably in the top 5 if not at the top.
    The song was a very good but fairly standard synthpop song in many ways, but the video just made it so much better, telling a complete and involved story along with a happy ending in spite of the villainous racers who came to hurt the winner of the race.
    I remember being inspired by this to dream up a video for the song The Sun Always Shines On TV from the same album. Never did much beyond a basic storyboard for it, but it was fun to dream up. 🙂

  • @tallicafan85
    @tallicafan85 Год назад +14

    Great song. Never gets old. Came out year i was born.

  • @darkhighwayman1757
    @darkhighwayman1757 Год назад +8

    I was in middleschool when this came out and I loved it so much. It will always have a warm place in my heart.

  • @CombYerLip
    @CombYerLip Год назад +8

    I was 10 years old when this song was released. Loved the video as soon as it hit MTV. Classic.

  • @ronstevens4009
    @ronstevens4009 Год назад +10

    Irina, WOW, what a wonderful, joyful reaction you gave us ❤😊❣ This is such a beautiful song, and it also brings back memories for me, but for you, it is just precious to take you back to your childhood days - I LOVE that for you 🥰🥰❗ It made your New Year's and your reaction made mine too!! Thank you so much 💕😍💟!!!

  • @stevenklein3195
    @stevenklein3195 5 месяцев назад +2

    Your reaction to this and other hit songs is priceless. You have a whole new world of music to hear and listen to and experience. Enjoy it all!

  • @erictaylor5462
    @erictaylor5462 Год назад +5

    It's just a little bit older. I remember when this song came out. Back then your country was called "The Union of Soviet Socialist Republic." It came out in 1984.
    "A-ha" is an exclamation used when you solve a mystery or other problem. (Your first pronunciation was correct)
    "A-ha, It was the butler in the kitchen with a wrench."

  • @libertarianguy5567
    @libertarianguy5567 8 месяцев назад +2

    This song came out when your mom was around 5 years old. I was in the Navy stationed in TN going through my schools. It was a big hit at the time.

  • @MarkAg47
    @MarkAg47 Год назад +5

    Thanks! Haha, youtube's block failed. Such an 80's song...brings back memories.

    • @RussianReactionReviews
      @RussianReactionReviews  Год назад +1

      I knoooow 😂 they tried to block my video again.. but! I’m here 😂 thank you so much for your support ❤

    • @MarkAg47
      @MarkAg47 Год назад +2

      @@RussianReactionReviews That must be so frustrating for you content creators. I couldn't deal with it.

    • @RussianReactionReviews
      @RussianReactionReviews  Год назад +1

      @@MarkAg47 yessss every week you need to fight them

  • @RetroGameRepublic
    @RetroGameRepublic Год назад +2

    That's why it has a billion views, everyone loves it from their childhood. 😊

  • @alanarakelian5021
    @alanarakelian5021 Год назад +6

    Maybe the best video of all time. And the song isn't too shabby, either.

  • @DannyPrideJr
    @DannyPrideJr Год назад +2

    I don’t think I have heard this song since I was 10 years old I love it thanks for taking me back there again 😊

  • @ericsnare
    @ericsnare Год назад +2

    Another wonderful reaction video Irina!

  • @telsat
    @telsat Год назад +1

    Oooh poor baby you can cry. You’re so adorable great reaction

  • @dcaslick
    @dcaslick Год назад +3

    The 80’s was when cinematic music videos became popularized and this video was the peak of the genre of cinematic music videos. Only a handful of others reached this level. Great song too. I never tire of hearing it.

    • @norwegianblue2017
      @norwegianblue2017 Год назад

      Very true, although a lot of 80s videos were also absolute cringe. But that was okay because they were in uncharted territory and they often had very low budgets. It was actually part of the charm, looking back. 90s videos became a lot more polished, but they also became a lot more predictable.

  • @mattcoyle5867
    @mattcoyle5867 Год назад

    And thats how you make your subscribers day...couldnt get that smile off your face....the inner child immediately came out in you....great reaction x

  • @synseer8484
    @synseer8484 Год назад

    Awesome song... Happy New Year's!!! ❣❣

  • @WaywardVet
    @WaywardVet Год назад +1

    Takes me back to. This was a solid repeat back in my highschool days, tearing down the turnpike in my Ford Thunderbird. Music up, windows down.

  • @Tonycoscione
    @Tonycoscione 11 месяцев назад

    Love your reaction to this, especially since you recognized the song, and it brought back memories for you. That is what music does, it brings you back to an earlier (happier) time! :)
    Love your reaction here, and so glad it made you happy!!!

  • @CarlosReyes-jy2vu
    @CarlosReyes-jy2vu Год назад

    Loved the reactions to this video! ❤

  • @DDuffy143
    @DDuffy143 Год назад +2

    A favorite of all time!!! Such a happy song.

  • @jean-paulaudette9246
    @jean-paulaudette9246 Год назад +2

    YAAY! Hooray hooray! Saw the notification, but the vid was blocked. THANk you for the re-upload! If you want to cry, listen to the "Unplugged" performance of this song. I feel like it is heartbreakingly beautiful.

  • @robbieg416
    @robbieg416 Год назад +3

    This song always brings me back to my childhood too.

  • @darrellray1964
    @darrellray1964 Год назад +6

    That song is almost 40 years old. It is dated 1985.

  • @charlesmaurer6214
    @charlesmaurer6214 4 месяца назад +1

    Back in school in show choir being a tennor this was a song I liked to use to warm up. Fit my range well.

  • @jzen1455
    @jzen1455 Год назад +1

    It’s interesting seeing people react to songs-I’ve heard tens of thousands of times over many decades-with virgin ears.

  • @spudanky
    @spudanky Год назад +1

    What a heartwarming emotional reaction 🥲😊

  • @michaelakers8698
    @michaelakers8698 Год назад +1

    Something tells me this is gonna be in your top five of your playlist

  • @petraleopold2713
    @petraleopold2713 Год назад

    awesome song, i first heard it when my dad blast it in car when we were going on summer vacation, i liked it right away!

  • @Hockeyguycarl
    @Hockeyguycarl Год назад +3

    Classic song not sure how old but I think it’s from the 80’s maybe early 90’s I remember seeing this video on MTV when I was a kid. So cool you know this from Russia when you were young. It’s amazing how much you have accomplished in life I can’t believe how young you are. ❤

    •  Год назад +6

      1985.

  • @zachuram
    @zachuram Год назад +1

    Irina is such a lovely name. My Polish Gramma is Irene. She died 5 years ago and I miss her very much.

  • @3DJapan
    @3DJapan Год назад +1

    As an animator I've always loved this music video. Every bit of the animation had to be drawn by hand tracing over the live video. That's called rotoscoping.

  • @Golfzilla70
    @Golfzilla70 Год назад +1

    Irina has to be the sweetest girl on all of youtube. Love watching your vids

  • @charleswilliams6236
    @charleswilliams6236 Год назад +1

    A ha is a very great group and singer

  • @Workrategetschingy
    @Workrategetschingy Год назад

    Childhood memories for me , remember playing in the street and it was playing on the radio in the kitchen and my mum was singing along 😂 all the way back in 88 😂 yeah am old

  • @GuardianTiger
    @GuardianTiger Год назад

    That's amazing, I know the feeling of knowing a song but not knowing the name at all and you were 5 at the time! That's insane that you still remember the melody! Very Cathy melody at that!

  • @Gothguy1961
    @Gothguy1961 Год назад +1

    I have always loved this song!

  • @Anon_571
    @Anon_571 Год назад

    Everything about it is perfection

  • @Christobanistan
    @Christobanistan 11 месяцев назад

    From MY childhood too! But in 1985, I was 9! :)))))))))) Loved watching and reminiscing with you!

  • @devonvergiels5185
    @devonvergiels5185 Год назад

    This video was cutting edge when it aired. Waaaay long ago. Still so much fun.

  • @jodytollefson7187
    @jodytollefson7187 Год назад

    When this song came out in 1985 I was ten and I loved it then and still do at 47 soon to be 48. Cheers from Alberta Canada.

  • @totomomo18
    @totomomo18 Год назад +2

    A-ha is a great band and this song is one of the best song in the 80's. You should alsp listen to A-ha in The Sun always Shine On Tv , Crying In The Rain, Hunting High and Low, I have ben losing you, Stay on this Roads, Touchy, You are the one. Summer move on, Forever Not Yours

  • @francisconavarro669
    @francisconavarro669 Год назад +1

    That song is almost 40 years old, maybe the radio station kept playing it after it was new cause it is such an iconic song.. also that music video is one of the best of all times, imagine the fact that then they did not have the technology of today.. And by the way, there is a newer acoustic version about 5 years old that you would really like... That guy sings almost as he was young... and to be fair, he doesnt look that old at all. They still do amazing concerts. You should check them out!... Great reaction, I had fun watching you!

  • @clevelandcbi
    @clevelandcbi Год назад +3

    *Now PLEASE watch the literal version of this song. Same video but words changed to fit the crazy video. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" also has a crazy video and hilarious literal version.*

  • @Denspion
    @Denspion Год назад

    Nostalgia is a POWERFUL emotion!

  • @tomking1890
    @tomking1890 Год назад +1

    Sometimes you never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

  • @chrismaw5117
    @chrismaw5117 Год назад +1

    this is one of my favorite songs when I was a kid and the video made it a lot better or talking head's sledgehammer song and a really good video also

  • @jacksonebendick9592
    @jacksonebendick9592 Год назад +1

    Love this song.

  • @lenny_len
    @lenny_len Год назад

    Never get tired of that song🥰

  • @robertmartin1807
    @robertmartin1807 Год назад

    I was born when this song came out haha. But I remember songs when I was 4-5 in 1989-1990 great music back than. You look younger

  • @shawnhorning2125
    @shawnhorning2125 Год назад

    When I read these titles, I usually don’t recognize them, but then when I hear it, I do haha nice 👍

  • @JeffreyCantelope
    @JeffreyCantelope Год назад

    The video was the first of its kind and played over and over on MTV back in the day

  • @golfr-kg9ss
    @golfr-kg9ss Год назад +2

    Great song great video. This is what art is supposed to do move you in some way. The group is from Norway which you don't see very often.

  • @Mark-vq9sy
    @Mark-vq9sy Год назад

    Such a great song and video!!! 🙂

  • @Nastyfinger1444
    @Nastyfinger1444 Год назад

    Such an iconic song.

  • @phildicks4721
    @phildicks4721 Год назад

    In the video game Saint's Row 2, this is one of the songs that the player character will sometimes sing along when it comes on the in-game radio while driving around the city.

  • @daleclark2376
    @daleclark2376 28 дней назад

    The band chose the name A-Ha because it was universally known as an exclamation of surprise. Great choice!✌️❤️

  • @TakezoMusashi
    @TakezoMusashi 6 месяцев назад

    80's music is something else

  • @MrPhope
    @MrPhope Год назад +1

    There is a sequel (sort of) called the Sun Always Shines on TV. Perhaps another reaction?

  • @Seanadun
    @Seanadun Год назад

    I was 13 and when I heard it. I was love at 1st sight.

  • @tjsogmc
    @tjsogmc 3 месяца назад

    This song makes me cry because I want to go back to the 80's so bad.....

  • @arsimahmetaj6272
    @arsimahmetaj6272 Год назад

    Excellent song & Video 👌

  • @Boodieman72
    @Boodieman72 Год назад +1

    A song in which the video is a must.

  • @dalee72
    @dalee72 Год назад +1

    Those two guys with the wrench and helmets who were going after the lead singer and the girl were the motorcyclists who lost the race at beginning of the music video. Their worlds collided when the cafe lady owner crumpled up the comic book and threw it into the trash can.
    The last scene where the lead singer was thrashing his body against the walls of the girl's apartment was reminiscent of a scene from the movie Altered States with William Hurt when the main character was fighting to not sucked into another dimension and stay in the earthly realm.

  • @veronikka074
    @veronikka074 Год назад

    Thank you for having made this reaction to Take on me which is a fabulous song ! The two men who attack Morten and the girl are not policemen, they are the opponents who lost in the motorcycle race who want revenge !

  • @mattmorrow7777
    @mattmorrow7777 Год назад +2

    I love this song. The girl is so pretty.

  • @protonneutron9046
    @protonneutron9046 Год назад +1

    a Classic song

  • @rozzie101
    @rozzie101 Год назад

    Classic song, best video EVER!!!

  • @carlograziani9321
    @carlograziani9321 10 месяцев назад

    Hi. You should also see the final part of that story of that video and it appears at the beginning of another video of that group in the song called the sun always shines on tv

  • @pendragnx
    @pendragnx 11 месяцев назад

    such a classic from the 80s

  • @MM-pl5ed
    @MM-pl5ed Год назад +2

    we would love to recommend:
    NENA "99 Luftballons" [1983]
    Giorgio Moroder - The Chase (1978)
    Donna Summer - I feel Love (1977)
    Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
    Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walkin' (Official Music Video)
    Shocking Blue - Venus
    Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
    Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
    Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
    Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
    Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge (Lyrics)
    James - Born Of Frustration (classic MTV videoclip)
    Born to Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez
    Sonic Youth - Bull in the heather
    Marie Laforet - Viens Viens

  • @modelito68
    @modelito68 11 месяцев назад

    Eres maravillosa me encantan tus reacciones ❤

  • @pedrogappalli4489
    @pedrogappalli4489 Год назад +9

    Morten Harket tem a mais bela voz da história da música pop.

    • @Workrategetschingy
      @Workrategetschingy Год назад +3

      And the most beautiful face 😂 I’d simp so hard for him when I was watching top of the pops 🤣

  • @erictaylor5462
    @erictaylor5462 Год назад

    7:30 By the time my parents were the age I am now, I was already 27. It's wild to think if I had had a child at the same age my parents were, I would already be a grandfather.

  • @raymondedmonds-ob8wl
    @raymondedmonds-ob8wl 4 месяца назад

    Was about 6 or 7 yrs old when this came out miss the 80s

  • @grisetmartir7004
    @grisetmartir7004 Год назад

    Aha tiene muchas canciones hermosas no solo esa música,voz, letras son diferentes por eso me gustan mucho soy su fan desde los 80 y ellos son Noruegos.

  • @rokit430
    @rokit430 3 месяца назад

    Morten the singer also dated the lady in this video. Model Bunty Bailey..bit of trivia. Great song and reaction🎉

  • @bart1024
    @bart1024 Год назад +1

    Irina, you look really young to have been five in 1984 when this song was released. This song remains fresh and entertaining. Thank you for your insights and anecdotes.

    • @AndrewSmoot
      @AndrewSmoot Год назад +1

      I'm guessing that her parents listened to stations that played the song when she was younger; I'm a mid-80s baby, and my parents listened to radio stations that played Take On Me years after its original release. Edit: also, growing up in Russia, it's highly possible that music like this didn't come to Russia for a while after it was originally released.

    • @jessieball6195
      @jessieball6195 Год назад +2

      Actually came out in 1985.

    • @LastlyMore
      @LastlyMore Год назад +1

      I'm pretty sure the song was played a lot on the radio in the 90s and still is.

  • @martintaylor9962
    @martintaylor9962 Год назад

    Love that top you're wearing.

  • @runejenssen5110
    @runejenssen5110 Год назад +1

    A ha is a norwegian group, a very popular group in the 90ts,after this...try react to Angelina Jordan,also from norway,but this is a shocking one,,Angelina Jordan, i put a spell on you, 9 years old in beast mode,the barefoot princess of jazz,but she can sing any genre of music,next superstar

  • @bwilson5401
    @bwilson5401 Год назад

    This was the chorus to my first crush in 85.

  • @dave80trkr
    @dave80trkr Год назад

    This was way before your childhood. 😆 I was 4. Now 42!

  • @jeffwotherspoon3867
    @jeffwotherspoon3867 Год назад

    this song is from the album "Hunting High and Low" released October 1984 yes I still have the Record and the Cassette Tape lol

  • @HectorRojas-he8g
    @HectorRojas-he8g 9 месяцев назад

    Love song,love a ah

  • @tomswanson7446
    @tomswanson7446 5 месяцев назад

    Irina. You will enjoy the song "Hunting high and low " by A-ha. You are absolutely darling ❤️

  • @pookymouse2
    @pookymouse2 Месяц назад

    your childhood was full of good music

  • @wilgarcia1
    @wilgarcia1 Год назад

    Such a classic!!! The animation style if so unique Family guy made a skit out of it.

  • @randieandjodistrom854
    @randieandjodistrom854 Год назад

    Thank you for your reaction. I think I've watched every reaction video to this song and It astounds and disappoints me that those reacting aren't able to connect that those assaulting the main characters in the middle of the video were the competitors from the motorcycle race (team no, 13) at the beginning of the video as it's so important to the overall story. Nonetheless, this has to one of the best music videos of all time--it's my favorite.

  • @martinsv9183
    @martinsv9183 Год назад

    I like "The Living Daylights" also. Although "The Sun Always Shines On TV" is probably more known.
    Almost everything 80's is good. Since that's when I grew up :)
    Most viewed 80's music video ever is probably "Europe - The Final Countdown". Has exceeded 1 billion views.

  • @ORagnar
    @ORagnar Год назад

    This song is from the 1980s and won an award for the video. A-ha is a Norwegian group, but I remember this as being a big hit song in America. 4/9/23

  • @michellelanteri6897
    @michellelanteri6897 Месяц назад

    The song Take On Me by the Swedish group A-HA was made in 1987

  • @billstein2
    @billstein2 Год назад

    Best Music Video EVER!!!