Take Me to Your Heart (Michael Learns to

Rock song)
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"Take Me to Your Heart"

Single by Michael Learns to Rock

from the album Michael Learns to Rock
Released January 12, 2004[1]
Format CD single
Recorded February–September 2003
 Pop rock
Genre  soft rock

Length 3:58
Label EMI
Songwriter(s) Jascha Richter; Philip Yin
Producer(s) Johan Bejerholm
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"Take Me to Your Heart" is a song by Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock and
the first single from their 2004 album Michael Learns to Rock. The song is an adaptation of
the famous Chinese hit "Goodbye Kiss" ("吻别", "Wen Bie") by Hong Kong singer Jacky
Cheung.

Danish pop-rock act Michael Learns to Rock (MLTR) has been a major force in Asia since
1992 and was mainland China's best-selling international act in 2004. Talks are under way to
bring the band back to Asia in June 2005 for more dates in China and several other Asian
countries. MLTR frontman Jascha Richter wrote new lyric's to Jacky Cheung's Mandarin hit
"Kiss Me Goodbye," which became the band's hit "Take Me to Your Heart."[2]

Contents
 1 Track listings
 2 See also
 3 Charts
 4 References
 5 External links

Track listings
Michael Learns to Rock (2004 album) - Album CD-Maxi

No. Title Length

1. "Take Me To Your Heart" (Duet w/ Anson Hu) 4:00

2. "Take Me To Your Heart" (Duet w/ Shin Hye Sung) 3:58

3. "Take Me To Your Heart" (Live) 3:39

4. "Take Me To Your Heart" 3:59

5. "Take Me To Your Heart" (Trance Remix) 4:52

6. "Take Me To Your Heart" (Karaoke) 3:58

7. "Take Me To Your Heart" (Stills Karaoke) 3:57

See also
 Danish pop

Charts
Chart (2004) Peak[3]
Taiwan Top 10 5
China Top 20 14

References
1.
 Take Me to Your Heart - Original release date
  McClure, Steve, and Charles Ferro. "Global: Danes Play, China Buys - Danish Band
Michael Learns to Rock Sells Millions in Asia." Billboard - The International Newsweekly of
Music, Video and Home Entertainment, vol. 117, no. 5, Jan 29 2005, pp. 44. Music
Periodicals Database,

3.  top40charts.com - Take Me To Your Heart

External links
 Music Video on YouTube
 Michael Learns to Rock – Take Me to Your Heart in MetroLyrics

 v
 t
 e

Michael Learns to Rock

 Jascha Richter
 Kåre Wanscher
 Mikkel Lentz

 Søren Madsen

 Michael Learns to Rock (1991)

 Colours (1993)
 Played on Pepper (1995)
 Nothing to Lose (1997)
Studio
 Blue Night (2000)
albums
 Michael Learns to Rock (2004)
 Eternity (2008)
 Scandinavia (2012)

 Paint My Love - Greatest Hits (1996)

 Complicated Heart - Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1999)
Compilation  MLTR (1999)
albums  19 Love Ballads (2001)
 25: The Complete Singles (2014)

 "My Blue Angel"

 "I Still Carry On"
 "The Actor"
 "Sleeping Child"
Singles  "Wild Women"
 "25 Minutes"
 "Out of the Blue"
 "Someday"
 "That's Why (You Go Away)"
  "How Many Hours"
 "Breaking My Heart"
 "Nothing to Lose"
 "Paint My Love"
 "I'm Gonna Be Around"
 "Something You Should Know"
 "Blue Night"
 "You Took My Heart Away"
 "Take Me to Your Heart"
 "Sweetest Surprise"
 "Any Way You Want It"
 "Silent Times"
 "Call on Love"
 "Eternal Love"
 "I'll Wait For You"
 "We Shared The Night"
 "Dream Girl"

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Michael Learns to Rock

Dari Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas
Michael Learns To rock
Asal Aarhus, Denmark
Soft Rock, Balada, Rock, Slow
Genre
Rock
Tahun aktif 1988 – sekarang
Label EMI
Situs web http://www.mltr.dk/
Jascha Richter
Anggota Kåre Wanscher
Mikkel Lentz
Mantan
Søren Madsen (keluar tahun 2000)
anggota
Michael Learns to Rock, sering disingkat MLTR, adalah grup musik sweet pop / soft rock
Denmark. Grup musik ini didirikan pada 21 Maret 1988 oleh penyanyi dan pemain kibor
Jascha Richter (24 Juni 1963), drummer Kåre Wanscher (14 Juni 1969), gitaris Mikkel Lentz
(20 Desember 1968) serta pemain bas dan gitar Søren Madsen (23 April 1967). Pada 2000
Madsen meninggalkan grup musik ini untuk mengembangkan karier solo, sehingga grup
musik ini berubah menjadi tiga personelnya.

Michael Learns to Rock terkenal di Eropa dan juga terkenal di Asia karena banyak albumnya
yang memperoleh emas atau platina.

Michael Learns to Rock atau yang biasa disingkat MLTR ini adalah grup band beraliran pop
atau pop-soft rock yang berasal dari Denmark. MLTR dibentuk pada tahun 1988 saat pemain
keyboard, Jascha Richter ingin membentuk sebuah band untuk menyanyikan lagu-lagu
ciptaannya. Ia bersama teman sekolah menengahnya, Kåre Wanscher, akhirnya sepakat untuk
membentuk sebuah band. Namun karena dirasa janggal bermain hanya dengan dua orang,
mereka mengajak Mikkel Lentz dan Søren Madsen untuk bergabung. Tanggal 15 Maret 1988,
adalah kali pertama mereka bermain bersama. Mereka merekam lagu demo dan
mengirimkannya di kompetisi Rock Grand Prix di Aarhus. Nama Michael Learns to Rock
diambil dari nama Michael Jackson. Tanggal 22 Mei 1988, merupakan penampilan mereka
yang pertama pada kompetisi tersebut dan mereka mendapatkan juara kedua. MLTR
melanjutkan dengan bermain secara live dan pada akhirnya mereka mendapat kesempatan
untuk merekam album pertama mereka yang diberi judul Michael Learns To Rock pada tahun
1991. Album tersebut tidak terlalu sukses di Amerika, namun sangat mendapatkan
antusiasme pendengar di Denmark dan beberapa negara di Asia termasuk Indonesia.

Album kedua MLTR dirilis pada Oktober 1993, Colours yang terjual lebih dari satu juta kopi.
Ini juga menjadi kesempatan pertama MLTR untuk tampil di Asia. Album ke tiga, Played on
Pepper dirilis pada Agustus 1995 yang terjual lebih dari satu juta kopi. Album ini adalah
album pertama mereka yang direkam dan diproduksi oleh mereka sendiri.

Dalam rangka untuk menyempurnakan kesuksesan mereka, MLTR merilis album The
Greatest Hits dengan judul Paint My Love pada Mei 1996. Album ini terjual tiga juta kopi
terutama di Asia. Album ke empat MLTR, Nothing to Lose dirilis September 1997 yang juga
terjual satu juta kopi. Setelah tur mereka ke Afrika, MLTR memilih untuk beristirahat
sejenak utuk menghabiskan waktu bersama dengan keluarga dan juga untuk mengembangkan
ide baru mereka.

Tahun 2000, Søren Madsen memutuskan untuk hengkang dari band untuk bersolo karier.
Dengan tiga anggota yang tersisa, mereka mengasilkan album Blue Night yang terjual dengan
baik di Asia. Tahun berikutnya MLTR meluncurkan biografi mereka Something You Should
Know yang ditulis oleh Poul Martin-Bonde. Biografi tersebut juga diterjemahkan dalam
bahasa Inggris dengan judul It Never Rains on Bali.

Setelah meluncurkan Blue Night, band memilih untuk vakum sejenak, Jascha Richter
mengembangkan proyek album solonya Planet Blue. Tahun 2004, MLTR kembali bergabung
dan merilis album Michael Learns To Rock dan dirilis di Asia dengan nama Take Me To
Your Heart. November 2008, MLTR merilis album ke tujuh mereka dengan judul Eternity di
bawah label mereka sendiri MLTR.
Pada tanggal 11 Juni 2012, MLTR merilis album ke delapan yang berjudul Scandinavia
dengan 11 lagu,yaitu: "Renovate My Life", "Scandinavia", "Hanging On", "Space
Commander", "Heaven Is My Alibi", "Icebreaker", "Shanghaid In Tokyo", "Crazy World",
"Make Me Feel", "Any Way You Want It" dan "Please Forgive Me".

Studio Album
1. Michael Learns To Rock (1991)
2. Colours (1993)
3. Played On Pepper (1995)
4. Nothing To Lose (1997)
5. Blue Night (2000)
6. Take Me To Your Heart (2004)
7. Eternity (2008)
8. Scandinavia (2012)

Album Kompilasi
1. Paint My Love - Greatest Hits (1996)
2. Strange Foreign Beauty - Greatest Hits (1999)
3. 19 Love Ballads/Love Songs (2001)
4. I Walk This Road Alone/The Adventure Of Michael Learns To Rock (2007)
5. Eternity & Beyond (2008)
6. 25 : The Complete Singles (2014)

Pranala luar
 Michael Learns To Rock - Official website
 MLTR on iTunes
 MLTR on Facebook
 MLTR on You Tube
 MLTR on Last FM
 MLTR Universe - Fansite
 Profil di Kapanlagi.com

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Michael Learns to Rock

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michael Learns to Rock
Also
MLTR
known as
Origin Aarhus, Denmark
Genres Soft rock, pop rock, alternative rock
Years
1988–present
active
EMI Records
Medley Records
MLTR Music (Most albums and singles
Labels
sold under licence by Warner Music,
except Scandinavia, sold under licence by
Sony Music)
Website www.mltr.dk
Jascha Richter
Members Mikkel Lentz
Kåre Wanscher
Past
Søren Madsen
members

Michael Learns to Rock (also known as MLTR) is a Danish pop/soft rock band, composed
of Jascha Richter, Mikkel Lentz, and Kåre Wanscher. The band was formed in 1988 and have
sold over 11 million records over the course of their career, with the majority sold in Asia.
Despite being Danish, the band performs songs in English. The band has attributed its success
in Asia to their clean-living image and to singing in English as a second language.[1]

MLTR has earned Gold and Platinum status for records in many countries and won many
awards, including the Gold Preis Award from RSH, Germany and "The Best Performing Act
of the Year" at the SEA Grammy Awards in Singapore. In addition, their song "Take Me To
Your Heart" was awarded "most downloaded single of the year 2006" had 6 million or more
paid downloads.[2] The band has recorded nine studio albums as well as a number of live and
greatest hits albums. Their latest studio album, STILL, was released on 21 March 2018.

During the peak of their popularity in the mid-1990s, MLTR was described by critics as
being "as good (if not better) a band as any current big name group out of America or the
UK."[3] According to the band's record label releases, their sound is "the perfect balance of a
Scandinavian glow and the international pop song that has been instrumental in forming the
compelling sound of the band",[4] although the lead singer and songwriter, Jascha Richter,
disagrees with this, maintaining that the music defies geographical categorization.[1]

History
The beginnings — Michael Learns to Rock (1988–1992)

In 1988, singer and keyboardist Jascha Richter, with the intent of forming a band to perform
his songs, asked his high school friend and drummer Kåre Wanscher in Aarhus, Denmark to
perform with him. Realizing the limitations of playing as a duo, they recruited the guitarist
Mikkel Lentz, who was then playing rock music with his group the Rocking Studs. On 15
March 1988, their first night of practice made them realized they needed a fourth musician,
so they asked Søren Madsen, another guitarist who was into Led Zeppelin, to join in on bass
guitar.[1] Although Madsen was not an obvious choice for a pop band, he was invited on the
basis that he had been part of the band Hip Hop that had reached the finals of a Danish
competition to nominate a song to the Eurovision Song Contest.

Since Richter already had a number of original songs, eliminating the need to jam, they were
able to quickly record a demo tape intending it to be sent to the 'Rock Grand Prix'
competition in their hometown Aarhus, they had to hurriedly come up with a name before
posting it; Richter wrote as the name of the sender 'Michael Learns to Rock', partly inspired
by a line from his school English textbook and partly because they were a pop band taking
part in a rock concert. In an interview, Richter admitted that it was named after Michael
Jackson: "Yeah, it was like Johnny Hates Jazz and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Sure, I've
regretted calling ourselves this many times since, but we were successful so quickly, we had
to stick with it and over time I got used to it."[1]

On 22 May 1988, the quartet played their first public show in Aarhus in 'Rock Grand Prix' at
Aarhus's biggest venue, Ridehuset. As one of the two winning teams, MLTR performed that
summer at the Aarhus Outdoor Festival on 20 June, however, only 20 people turned up. The
disappointment was offset by a daily newspaper, Information, describing the unknown group
as "an immensely positive surprise". On 30 July 1988, the group entered and won the city's
famed annual talent shows 'We Have The Stage – Do You Have The Music?' at Aarhus
Musikhus.[5]

Jens Peter (J.P.) Andersen, a member of the contest jury as well as a promoter of Danmarks
Smukkeste Festival (literally, "Denmark’s Most Beautiful Festival") at Skanderborg, was
impressed with the band's talent but was somewhat annoyed at their lack of professionalism,
so he decided to become the band's manager, at the band's request.[5] Michael Learns to Rock
continued playing live throughout Jutland and recording material in order to attract the
attention of Danish record labels. One of these efforts included the band contributing four
tracks for the double album Secrets, a record organised by the Danish Rock Council to create
interest in four talented but 'secret' new bands. They finally signed a record deal with the
Danish label Medley in January 1989.[6] However, the band did not release their first album,
Michael Learns to Rock, until September 1991, backed by the American record label Impact
Records and with much of the album including the first American single, "My Blue Angel",
mixed and produced by the American producers Tony Peluso and Steve Barri.[7]

Although not making any headway at all in America despite airplay for "My Blue Angel", a
later single (the second in Denmark after "I Still Carry On") from the album, "The Actor",
topped the Danish chart and also did well in Norway, Sweden, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Singapore and the Philippines.[5] In January 1992, the album topped the Danish charts,
followed soon after by success in Asia, selling 25,000 copies and earning gold status in
Indonesia alone.[6]

International breakthrough — Colours, Played on Pepper & Paint My Love

(1993–1996)

Encouraged by the performance of their first album, Michael Learns to Rock released a
second album, Colours, in October 1993 which sold over 1.1 million records.[5] The album
included the singles "Sleeping Child", "25 Minutes" and "Out of the Blue". The band toured
Asia for the first time. At the Phoebus Concert Hall in Bangkok they played to their largest
audience until then of 12,000 people. The performance of this album coupled with the band's
live performances resulted in the band receiving 'The Best Performing Act of the Year' award
in 1994 at SEA Grammy Awards in Singapore for their performance of "25 Minutes",
followed by the 'Gold Preis' from the German radio station RSH (Radio Schleswig-Holstein)
in 1995 for radio hits such as "Wild Women'" and "25 Minutes".[6][8]

In August 1995, Michael Learns to Rock's third album Played on Pepper was released,
selling more than 1.2 million units.[5] Tracks in this album included "That's Why (You Go
Away)" and "Someday". For the first time, the band recorded and produced the whole album
themselves.[9] To promote the album, the group performed 25 shows in ten countries. The
release of this album also increased the band's presence in hitherto untapped markets like
Brazil, South Africa, the UAE and eleven countries in the Far East, including Japan.[10]

To capitalize on the success of Played on Pepper and to curb piracy,[6] Michael Learns to
Rock released the greatest hits album Paint My Love in October 1996, primarily in Asia; the
album sold 3.4 million copies.[5] The song, "Paint My Love", is an English version of "Kun
med dig" by Danish singers Dorthe Andersen and Martin Loft, which was composed by
Jascha Richter. The band was also chosen as the headliner for the 'Celebrate Hong Kong'
concert on 6 July 1997, marking the transfer of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to
China.[5] The album also topped the charts in South Africa with sales of more than 350,000
copies in South Africa alone.

Re-brand band name — Nothing to Lose, MLTR & Strange Foreign Beauty
(1997–1999)

They released their fourth studio album, Nothing to Lose, was released in September 1997,
and also sold more than 1.1 million copies. In an incident that showcased Michael Learns to
Rock's popularity in Asia, 20,000 fake tickets were sold (more than twice the number of real
ones) for a concert in Hanoi, Vietnam, in December 1997 and while the concert was on, those
outside with fake tickets tried to break into the concert hall through the windows, ceilings and
doors, causing riot police to be deployed.[11][12] The band travelled to South Africa in January
1998, playing sell-out concerts in Johannesburg and Pretoria, consequently taking Nothing to
Lose to the top of the charts in South Africa.[6]

Soon after, the band's members took a break to spend time with their families and to develop
projects on their own or in collaboration with other performers. They also decided to re-brand
the band under the simpler name of MLTR.[13] During the break, Richter wrote some new
songs for the band, one of which is "Strange Foreign Beauty" that was later added to the 1999
greatest hits album Greatest Hits – Strange Foreign Beauty. In a process undertaken by
MLTR for the first time, the song was made by compiling the best details from recordings of
ideas made individually by the four members. This album included their previous hits, either
remixed or refined in some way by notable international producers such as Chris Lord-Alge
(for "Someday", "Something You Should Know" etc.), Cutfather & Joe (for "Sleeping
Child") and the Swedish producer Per Magnusson (for the MLTR top hit "The Actor'").[14][15]
This greatest hits album went to the top of the Danish sales charts (the second MLTR album
after their first album to do so), as well in Sweden and Portugal, and logged sales of nearly a
million copies.[6]

Regrouping and new releases — Blue Night & Take Me to Your Heart (2000–
2006)

In 2000, Søren Madsen decided to leave the group to embark on a solo career. The three
remaining members set themselves the challenge of pursuing a sound different from that of
their previous albums and thus produced the album Blue Night, which almost went platinum
in Denmark and sold well in Asia,[3] with sales over one million. The following year a
biography of MLTR, Something You Should Know written by Poul Martin-Bonde, was
published along with a few previously unreleased recordings. The English translation of the
book was called It Never Rains on Bali,[16] a reference to an incident that took place during
the band's 1995 Bali concert, where a no-rain forecast proved wrong and the unexpected rain
stopped the concert.[17]

After the release of Blue Night, the band took a prolonged break, with Richter working on his
solo album Planet Blue. The band later admitted that they even considered disbanding during
this time. They ultimately decided against it, following the success of their greatest hits
album releases, including 19 Love Songs / Love Ballads in 2002, which went to number 2[18]
in Denmark.

In 2004, the band regrouped again, departing from the name MLTR, and using the original
name for their sixth album called Michael Learns to Rock, released in Asia as Take Me to
Your Heart. The album focused on the Asian market. The single "Take Me to Your Heart"
was a remake of Jacky Cheung's "Goodbye Kiss" ("吻别"), and was popular in China, Hong
Kong, Vietnam, Thailand and Taiwan. By the end of 2006 alone, the single created a record
when it sold over 6 million paid downloads and was awarded the "Most Downloaded Single
of the Year 2006". MLTR sang an English and Chinese duet of "Take Me to Your Heart"
with the Chinese singer Hu Yanbin at a 2005 New Year's Party in Guangzhou, China. The
band also sang the song with the South Korean star Shin Hye-sung, lead vocalist of the
famous boy band Shinhwa. This album has been one of the major successes of MLTR in
Asia, especially China.[19]

Later career — Eternity (2007–2011)

In 2007, MLTR performed at the Formula1 in Shanghai and The 6th Golden Eagle Award
Ceremony.[3] Later in the year, MLTR released The Best of Michael Learns to Rock Live and
in July toured Hong-Kong, Taiwan, Thailand and Malaysia. Elsewhere, this album was
released as The Live Musical Adventures of Michael Learns to Rock / I Walk This Road
Alone, and featured live recordings from their Take Me to Your Heart Asian Tour, mainly
from the September 2005 concerts in India.[1]

In November 2008, MLTR released their seventh studio album titled Eternity under their own
independent label, MLTR Music, in association with the Danish label At:tack. This album
has the distinction of being the first MLTR album to be produced solely by Mikkel Lentz.
The band mention on their website that the name is an indication of the fact that "the band
plan to make music for as long as they still find joy in the process". Although the sales were
slow (admittedly, according to the band), the second single from the album "Sweetest
Surprise" reached No. 1 in Thailand within a few weeks of release.[20] In the following year,
another track "It's Gonna Make Sense" gained popularity in Asia after it was played as the
farewell song on the Philippine reality TV show Pinoy Big Brother. The promotion of the
album took MLTR on the Eternity South East Asia Tour, the response to which, the band
declare, has led them to consider playing more concerts abroad, especially South East
Asia.[21]

Michael Learns to Rock completed touring their home-country Denmark, having played
unplugged concerts in February and March 2010 with fair success. In June 2010, the band
undertook a three-city promotional tour of India playing shows at Mumbai, Delhi and
Bangalore to promote the latest album "Eternity". More Unplugged shows followed in
Denmark in late 2010. The band also did a short promotional tour of China and Macau from
27 September to 1 October 2010 for their upcoming China concerts in December 2010 and to
give a preview of their Chinese Tour Compilation CD.[22] This was followed up with their
first ever international Unplugged concerts at Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou in December
2010. Also the track, Fairy Tale, an English cover version of a song originally performed by
singer Li Jian, and later popularized by Hong Kong pop diva Faye Wong, was released in
conjunction with the CD release.[23] Following this, the band is scheduled to play another
Unplugged tour in Denmark in spring 2011.

New studio album — Scandinavia (2012-2013)

In a blog, dated 13 April 2010 on the band's website, the band announced that they have
started working on their next album. Over the latter part of 2010 and throughout 2011,
Michael Learns to Rock began giving feelers about their next studio album on their official
Facebook page. The album which was till then not named, was set to be released on 11
August 2011 in Europe and Denmark, with releases following in other territories around the
same time, but was subsequently postponed to an unspecified later date.[24] In a teaser
Facebook update, the band revealed the name of one of the tracks to be Ice Breaker.[25]
Elsewhere, in a note on his Facebook page, Jascha Richter had revealed the name of another
song, Hanging On, from the forthcoming album.[26]
On 19 November 2011, Michael Learns To Rock unveiled the song Any Way You Want It
from the forthcoming album at a live concert in Kathmandu produced and organized by ODC
Network (P)LTD. The band also shot footage in and around Kathmandu and during the
performance of the song, to include it on the music video for the same track. The video of the
song was then released formally on 11 June 2012 by the band on YouTube first, and soon
after started airing on TV in India and Nepal.

The studio album Scandinavia was released on 11 June 2012 in India digitally by Virgin
Records on Nokia Music. Subsequently, release of the physical CD of album took place in
many Asian countries, namely India (30 June 2012), Malaysia (2 July), Singapore (4 July),
Thailand (12 July), Korea (12 July), Taiwan (13 July), Hong Kong (17 July), Philippines (19
July) and Indonesia (15 August), with the release in China to follow soon. The album is
released in Denmark by Sony Music Denmark on 3 September 2012. The album is also
available in Asia on iTunes. As in the case of the previous album Eternity, the album
Scandinavia has also been solely produced by Mikkel Lentz.

The first single from Scandinavia, "Renovate My Life", was released on iTunes on 9 June
2012, going on air in Denmark from 11 June. The album release began on 11 June 2012, with
the release of a music video for "Any Way You Want It" on YouTube, as well as the digital
release of the album in India. The music video features different places of Kathmandu valley
and the capital city of Nepal, where the band performed a concert in November 2011. The
physical CD of Scandinavia was first released on 30 June 2012, in India by Virgin Records,
by Warner Music during July in South-east Asia, and by Sony Music on 3 September 2012 in
Denmark.

25th year anniversary and New singles (2014—2017)

In 2014, the group released 25: The Complete Singles in commemoration of the band's 25
year anniversary, released on October 25, 2014. It includes two new studio recordings, The
first single, Silent Times was released on September 16, 2014. followed by Call on Love
released on December 18, 2014. the group also recorded Eternal Love, the theme song of a
Korean drama called Healer. The song was written by Lee Sang Joon, Denzil “DR”
Remedios, and Ryan Jhun Sewon.[27] In 2015, the group released their new single called I'll
Wait For You released on November 6, 2015. In 2016, they released their new single We
Shared the Night, released on February 5, 2016, their Valentine's Day gift to their fans.

In 2017, The song from the album ETERNITY "Its Gonna Make Sense" has been featured in
Welcome M1LL10NS Directed by Milroy Goes, also Mikkel Lentz contributed partial
background score for the same. The movie is filmed in Goa and Punjab states of India.[28]

New studio album — STILL (2018-present)

The band had been working on their new record over the course of 2017 and into early 2018.
In late January 2018, the band organized a competition over their social media platforms for
the title of their upcoming album. Over the course of the week, they released the titles of the
songs slated to be released through their new record. On February 2, 2018, the band released
a new single titled “Everything You Need”.

After the contest, the band announced its winner, as well as the title of their ninth studio
album, STILL. Released on March 21, 2018 through digital music platforms and on limited
physical copies, the album features songs that sound like “Michael Learns to Rock but [it]
sounds like today,” according to Wanscher.

Touring
As of September 2010, Michael Learns to Rock have played over 450 shows,[29] including
both large and small open-air & closed-hall stage concerts, TV appearances, unplugged and
sing-back gigs, over a period of 22 years. In total, MLTR have played in at least 21 countries
and territories which include Nepal, Denmark, Indonesia, China, Thailand, Malaysia,
Philippines, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, South Africa, Switzerland,
Bangladesh, UAE, Faroe Islands, Vietnam, Cambodia, Norway, South Korea, Sri Lanka,
Papua New Guinea and Sweden.[29] They have also traveled to Hollywood for recording part
of their debut album, to Spain, Finland and Germany to attend interviews, and to the UK to
shoot a video. In Asia, MLTR are one of the few artists to have played more than once in a
country and to have still sustained an audience turn-out comparable to that of their earlier
appearances.[30]

Michael Learns to Rock were also the first international act to have performed in Cambodia
when they played a show (that was also televised live) in front of 700 fans in CTN's Studio
One in Phnom Penh in October 2005.[31] The alternative version of their live album called
The Live Musical Adventures of Michael Learns to Rock-I Walk This Road Alone features 14
live audio recordings mostly from their September 2005 show at Shillong, India, and a few
video recordings from other live shows in Asia.[32]

In various interviews, the band members have admitted that touring and the response from
fans to their concerts, among other reasons, keep them together, in spite of the stresses
associated with traveling. In a recent interview Mikkel Lentz said, "The reason we stay
together is because it makes sense. Our fans come to our shows and we still enjoy playing
and travelling, so why should we stop? There is also the pleasure of making music, even
though sometimes things like television shows or interviews can become a little boring."[32]
Kåre Wanscher has also said in an interview that the highest points of their career have been
when they were out touring Asia over the last few years.[33]

MLTR toured China in December 2010, playing unplugged concerts. The 2011 spring leg of
the Danish tour started on 17 February 2011 and ended on 12 March 2011 with MLTR
playing gigs in most of the Danish cities and towns, many of which were sold out. MLTR
then completed their first full-production concert tour after their extended unplugged stint by
playing on 22 April 2011 at Penang, 24 April 2011 at Kuala Lumpur and 30 April 2011 at
Kuantan in Malaysia.

The Summer tour commenced on 11 August 2011 with the band playing in Skanderborg, and
later on 12 August 2011 at Aarhus and on 13 August at Aabenraa.

The band played on 19 November 2011 for the first time ever in Kathmandu, Nepal at the
Tudikhel Ground, as the headliners of Nepal Rocks.[34] The band were only the second
internationally acclaimed band to play in Nepal, after the Canadian artist Bryan Adams did so
earlier in the year. They also performed in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 22 June 2012 and in
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in October 2012.[35][36]
The band is the first to stream their 25th anniversary concert live to a global audience, using
the Subcell smartphone app. The concert was broadcast live in sound and video from the
Skanderborg Smukfest festival in Denmark on 11 August 2013.[37] In Asia, their MLTR 25
Tour was staged in the Philippines on 19 September 2015.[38]

On 13 Dec 2015, MLTR performed live for the first time in North East India's prehistoric
ancient city of Guwahati(earlier known as Pragjyotishpur) in Assam in front of a 75,000
strong audience at the huge Sarusajai Stadium, in company of multiple award-winning
popular Assamese-Indian singer-composer Jim Ankan Deka. The musical nite was
inaugurated with multilingual performances by Jim Ankan Deka and his music band VooDoo
Child, wherein they sang their own compositions of Assamese and English songs. The
attendance in the show was unprecedented in the city of Guwahati so far.[39]

On 31 August 2017, MLTR's first stop in their Eternal Asia Tour was staged at the Kia
Theatre in Manila to a sold-out crowd.[40]

Musical style and influences

Michael Learns to Rock follow a basic verse-chorus song-form (which is typical of most pop
songs) with lyrics comprising straight forward and short-length phrasing incorporating very
basic sentence constructions. The verses consist of either one or two couplets and the chorus
often contrasts the verse melodically, rhythmically, and harmonically, assuming a higher
level of dynamics and activity. The essence of this style followed invariably by MLTR is
evident from Jascha Richter's dead-pan response to a query in an interview as to what
constituted the elements of a good song: "You got to have a chorus and a verse".[41] Many
songs incorporate a bridge section following the second chorus section (most notably, 25
Minutes, That's Why (You Go Away), Someday, Paint My Love, Blue Night etc.). Many songs
also contain instrumental solos, more commonly, guitar (e.g. Someday, That's Why (You Go
Away), How Many Hours, The Actor, Something You Should Know, Breaking My Heart,
Watch Your Back etc.) and sometimes the keyboard (e.g. Messages), following the second
chorus or following the bridge, in case the latter is present. Vocal harmonies also constitute a
common feature of their songs.

Mikkel admits that they never really jam to come out with or develop upon a song and most
of MLTR's songs are written and composed by Jascha Richter on the piano.[42] According to
Jascha, however, after he has written the song, Mikkel takes the ideas further and makes it
into a final production.[43] Mikkel Lentz insists that MLTR do not fit to any genre of music
except for having a classic pop-sound.[44] Further, he believes the secret behind MLTR's
sustained music career is the non-conformance to any musical trends, "We never tried to
follow trends. I think that's the reason we are still around. There's been trip hop, grunge, pop.
We never fitted into these trends. What seems to be tough then is now our strength. They're
just songs. The songs don't belong to a musical wave."[42]

Michael Learns to Rock have cited their influences to be Supertramp, Elton John, The
Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder,[32] the Eagles, Billy Joel, ABBA,[1] Bee Gees
and 'all the bands that write good lyrics'[45] (as Mikkel Lentz puts it tongue-in-cheek). Lentz,
however, denies the influence of Michael Jackson on their music.[46]
However, Jascha Richter reveals on his Facebook page in response to a fan's query that
Michael Jackson's music did influence their music, especially the latter's Bad album which
was released in the year preceding MLTR's formation. Also, Jascha Richter has cited Talk
Talk, a-ha and Eurythmics to be his influences. A-ha's international success, in spite of
originating from the small Scandinavian country of Norway, instilled the self-belief in the
MLTR members that even they, hailing from a similarly small Scandinavian country
(Denmark), could carve out a career for themselves in international music.[47]

Despite being branded simplistic, easy-listening and sometimes, down-right cheesy, banal or
even naive by many,[1] Michael Learns to Rock are adamant that these are the very qualities
of their lyrics and music which have found favor with Asian music listeners.[46]

Band members
Current members

 Jascha Richter - lead vocals, keyboards and guitars. (1988–present)

 Mikkel Lentz - lead guitars and add. keyboards. (1988–present)
 Kåre Wanscher - drums and percussion. (1988–present)

Former members

 Søren Madsen - bass, rhythm guitar, backing vocals and percussion. (1988–2000)

Discography
Main article: Michael Learns to Rock discography

 Michael Learns to Rock (1991)

 Colours (1993)
 Played on Pepper (1995)
 Nothing to Lose (1997)
 Blue Night (2000)
 Michael Learns to Rock (2004)
 Eternity (2008)
 Scandinavia (2012)
 STILL (2018)

Awards and certifications

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1. "Gold Preis Award" from RSH, Germany.

2. "The Best Performing Act of the Year" in Singapore at SEA Grammy Awards
3. "Most Downloaded single of the year 2006 for their single" "Take me to your Heart"

4."The 2004 CD-Award" for the best selling International artist in China ever.

5.Certifications for the album Take Me to Your Heart/ Michael Learns to Rock

 (i)'Double platinum' in Denmark, Sweden, South Africa, Thailand

 (ii)'Platinum' in Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia, Hong Kong.
 (iii)'Gold' in Norway.

6.Certifications for the album Blue Night-2000

 (i)'Triple platinum' in Taiwan and Indonesia.

 (ii)'Double platinum' in Singapore, Denmark, India.
 (iii)'Platinum' in the Philippines, Korea and Hong Kong.
 (v) 'Gold' in Switzerland, United Arab Emirates and South Africa.

7. Certifications for the album Nothing to Lose-(1997)

 (i)'Triple platinum' in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.

 (ii)'Double platinum' in India.
 (iii)'Platinum' in Denmark, Singapore, Thailand, South Africa, Taiwan, United Arab
Emirates, Korea, Hong Kong.
 (iv)'Gold' in Switzerland.

8. Certifications for album Played on Pepper-1995

 (i)'5 times platinum' in Thailand.

 (ii)'4 times platinum' in Malaysia.
 (iii)'Triple platinum' in Taiwan and Indonesia.
 (iv)'Double platinum' in Singapore, Denmark, India.
 (v)'Platinum' in the Philippines, Korea and Hong Kong.
 (vi)'Gold' in Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, Japan and South Africa.

9. Certifications for the album Colours-1993

 (i)'7 times platinum' in Thailand.

 (ii) '4 times platinum' in Indonesia, Singapore.
 (iii)'Triple platinum' in Malaysia.
 (iv)'Platinum' in the Philippines.
 (v) 'Gold' in Korea, India, Denmark and Germany.

10. Certifications for album "Michael Learns to Rock"- 1991

 (i)'Double platinum' in Denmark.

 (ii)'Platinum' in Indonesia.
 (iii)'Gold' in Norway.

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Retrieved 2014-08-05.

External links
 Official website

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 Jascha Richter
 Kåre Wanscher
 Mikkel Lentz

 Søren Madsen

 Michael Learns to Rock (1991)

 Colours (1993)
 Played on Pepper (1995)
 Nothing to Lose (1997)
Studio
 Blue Night (2000)
albums
 Michael Learns to Rock (2004)
 Eternity (2008)
 Scandinavia (2012)

 Paint My Love - Greatest Hits (1996)

 Complicated Heart - Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1999)
Compilation  MLTR (1999)
albums  19 Love Ballads (2001)
 25: The Complete Singles (2014)

 "My Blue Angel"

 "I Still Carry On"
 "The Actor"
 "Sleeping Child"
 "Wild Women"
 "25 Minutes"
 "Out of the Blue"
 "Someday"
 "That's Why (You Go Away)"
 "How Many Hours"
 "Breaking My Heart"
Singles
 "Nothing to Lose"
 "Paint My Love"
 "I'm Gonna Be Around"
 "Something You Should Know"
 "Blue Night"
 "You Took My Heart Away"
 "Take Me to Your Heart"
 "Sweetest Surprise"
 "Any Way You Want It"
 "Silent Times"
 "Call on Love"
  "Eternal Love"
 "I'll Wait For You"
 "We Shared The Night"
 "Dream Girl"

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I'll admit that I was

prepared to be bored out of my skull at the Michael Learns To Rock concert held at Fort Canning
Park on that sweltering Friday night. I've always thought their songs to be sappy and the lyrics made
no sense whatsoever.

Sappy songs, but nice guitar.

And MLTR is the band you do not cite as a musical influence, even if you like their guitars.
However, either I'm getting soft or MLTR managed to really pull a couple of good ones out
of their bag.

MLTR get funky witcha.

 Michael Learned To Funk. Halfway through the show, guitarist Mikkel Lentz, drummer Kare
Wanscher and touring bassist Nina (Ina? Mina?) decided to funk it up with some awesome
slappin' bass runs and a sterling solo from Mikkel. Unfortunately, they only did that for like
three minutes before lapsing back into melodramatic ballads again.
 "Thank you, thank you. And now for my next joke..."

 Singer/keyboardist Jascha Richter can be quite a funny guy. While introducing 25 Minutes,
Jascha intoned, "We've never played this song before", and launched into the familiar intro.
When fans started screaming their approval, Jascha deadpanned, "How did you know this
song? We never played it before. Oh, but then all our songs sound alike, don't they?"

Funky-ass bass from Nina (Ina? Mina?)

 And it's always good to have a babe on bass.

Despite consisting primarily of mid-tempo tunes and ballads, the fans obviously enjoyed themselves,
singing along and dancing - yes, dancing - to whatever they played. When they introduced a new
song, Final Destination, they screamed. When Jascha removed his jacket, they hooted. When the
show ended, they actually asked for an encore.
"But we don't know any more songs," said Jascha the Joker, before leading the band into like Paint
My Love and That's Why You Go Away.

Kare in throes of drumming ecstasy.

All in all, a fair show: It was a little muddling in the middle, when they fluffed up a couple of songs -
their early song Nothing To Lose - Nina's (Ina's? Mina's) solo performance - but highlights such as the
funky jam and Take It To My Heart (their cover of Jacky Cheung's song) and the fact that the sound
was actually crystal clear won me over, but only just. Of course, the free booze may have helped a
little.

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