Take It Back

"Take It Back"
"Take It Back"
	File:TakeItBack.jpg
Single by Pink Floyd
from the album The Division Bell
B-side	2-track; "Astronomy Domine" (Live); 3-track; "Astronomy Domine" (Live); "Take It Back" (Edit);
Released	23 May 1994
Recorded	1993
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	6:13 (album version); 4:55 (single edit); 7:07 (extended version on French promo single);
Label	EMI (UK); Columbia (US);
Songwriters	David Gilmour; Bob Ezrin; Polly Samson; Nick Laird-Clowes;
Producers	Bob Ezrin; David Gilmour;
Pink Floyd singles chronology
Music video
	"Pink Floyd - Take It Back (Official Music Video HD)" on YouTube

"Take It Back" is a song by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released as the seventh track on their fourteenth album, The Division Bell (1994).^[4]^[5] It was also released as a single on 23 May 1994, by EMI (UK) and Columbia (US), the first from the album, and Pink Floyd's first for seven years. The single peaked at number 23 on the UK Singles Chart, the fourth highest in the band's history, below 1979 number 1 hit "Another Brick In The Wall" and 1967 top 20 hits "See Emily Play" and "Arnold Layne".^[6] The music for the song was written by guitarist David Gilmour and album co-producer Bob Ezrin, with lyrics by Gilmour, his wife Polly Samson and Nick Laird-Clowes. Its accompanying music video was nominated for Best Clip of the Year in the category for Rock at the 1994 Billboard Music Video Awards.^[7]

Lyrics

The lyrics were written through the point of view of a dysfunctional relationship, used as an allegory for how humans treat the planet.

During its instrumental section, a barely audible rendition of the nursery rhyme "Ring a Ring o' Roses" can be heard.

Equipment

Guitarist David Gilmour used an E-bow on a Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar that is processed through a Zoom effects box, then directly injected into the board.^[8]

Personnel

David Gilmour – lead vocals, guitar, Ebow
Richard Wright – keyboards, Hammond and Farfisa organs
Nick Mason – drums, percussion

Additional musicians:

Tim Renwick – additional guitar
Jon Carin – Synthesizers, keyboards, loops
Guy Pratt – bass
Bob Ezrin – keyboards, percussion
Sam Brown – backing vocals
Durga McBroom – backing vocals
Carol Kenyon – backing vocals
Jackie Sheridan – backing vocals
Rebecca Leigh-White – backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[9]	64
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[10]	43
Canada Retail Singles (The Record)^[11]	8
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[12]	9
France (SNEP)^[13]	50
Germany (GfK)^[14]	75
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)^[15]	19
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[16]	23
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[17]	7
UK Singles (OCC)^[18]	23
UK Airplay (Music Week)^[19]	28
US Billboard Hot 100^[20]	73
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)^[21]	4
US Cash Box Top 100^[22]	65

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[23]	71
US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard)^[24]	23

References

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^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2536." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
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External links

"Take It Back" on YouTube

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