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Sometimes, it takes a couple tries before a song or a group catches fire. That was underlined once again this week with news that A-ha’s Take On Me rotoscopic video has now surpassed one billion views on YouTube. Although it’s not the only video to surpass that enormous total, it has one of the more unique stories…

The song was recorded in two versions and went through three releases, and the video was done twice, but A-ha’s  classic 1985 music video for Take On Me has now passed the one billion views mark on YouTube. The Norwegian group’s biggest hit and one of the staples of early MTV took wings thanks to the vision of Warner…