And somewhere there the story of “Take on Me” finally escapes the limits of just another 80s hit. It is a song that began as “Lesson One,” failed in early releases, was reworked, rewritten, changed producers, gained a new sound, found its moment only when it met the right video, and from there passed into charts, movie theaters, television, parody, acoustic reinvention, the cinema of the 21st century, and the memory of many different generations.