[wintermutestwin]

On the Song Exploder podcast, Take on Me episode, the artist talks about the producer saying that a male falsetto was a “make this song a hit” button…

[yellowapple]

That tracks with my karaoke singing: the higher the note, the louder the audience cheers.

[jasonfarnon]

doesn't he go really low in that song too? i thought what made that song special was the range in that little chorus.

[rjh29]

Yes. Ironically the non-falsetto portion (low and high notes, particularly belted in the last chorus) is much harder than the falsetto note. Most singers can do the falsetto note. But for whatever reason that impresses people more.