North Korean A-ha Accordionists 'Destined For Stardom'

A group of North Korean accordionists who took the internet by storm with their version of 80s pop tune Take On Me are destined for stardom, a Norwegian impresario says.

Morten Traavik, who posted a video of them playing on YouTube, told the BBC their version of the A-ha hit had attracted more than one million hits. The video went viral earlier this month. A-ha achieved worldwide fame in 1985 with Take On Me. The single made them Norway's most famous band. "These musicians are among the best I have ever encountered," Mr Traavik told the BBC. "They are talented enough to be successful anywhere in the world. "When I was in North Korea, I lent them a CD of Take on Me on a Monday morning. By the following Wednesday morning they had mastered the song, with no annotation and no outside help. It showed incredible skill."