The English singer and songwriter Gary Barlow has recorded songs for three solo studio albums, a joint album and has also collaborated with other artists on their respective singles. In 1996, Take That, a boy band consisted of five members, including Barlow, disbanded after 6 years recording music together. Three months after the release of their then-final single, the singer launched his solo debut song, "Forever Love"; it was written solely by Barlow and featured more mature sound than the work previously released by Take That. [1] The single has been succeeded by Barlow's 1997 debut studio album, Open Road , a primary pop and blue-eyed soul oriented record. [2] It was mainly written and composed by Barlow himself, however, he listed some songwriters in the penning process. American entertainer Madonna and producer Shep Pettibone wrote "Love Won't Wait" for the album, although it was originally planned for a Madonna project which she later abandoned. [3] Barlow worked with American songwriter Dianne Warren with whom he co-wrote the song "My Commitment" for the album. Howard Perdew and Andy Spooner wrote "So Help Me Girl", a single for which Barlow recorded a Spanish-language version titled "Ayúdame" (English: Help Me). [2]
In 1998 the singer released Open Road in America with a slightly altered track listing. For that version of the record, he collaborated with Swedish producers Max Martin and Kristian Lundin and co-wrote the track, "Superhero".
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Song | Other performer(s) | Writer(s) | Originating album | Year | Ref. |
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"6th Avenue" | N/A |
| Since I Saw You Last | 2013 | [4] |
"Actress" | N/A |
| Since I Saw You Last | 2013 | [4] |
"All That I've Given Away" | N/A |
| Twelve Months, Eleven Days | 1999 | [5] |
"Always" | N/A |
| Open Road | 1997 | [2] |
"Amazing Grace" | The Commonwealth Band Hayley Westenra | Sing | 2012 | [6] | |
"Are You Ready Now" | N/A |
| Open Road | 1997 | [2] |
"Arms Around Me" | N/A |
| Twelve Months, Eleven Days | 1999 | [5] |
"Ayúdame" | N/A |
| Open Road | 1997 | [7] |
"Before You Turn Away" | N/A |
| Twelve Months, Eleven Days | 1999 | [5] |
"Cuddly Toy" | N/A | Open Road | 1997 | [8] | |
"Don't Need a Reason" | N/A |
| Twelve Months, Eleven Days | 1999 | [5] |
"Dying Inside" | N/A |
| Since I Saw You Last | 2013 | [4] |
"Everybody Hurts" | Helping Haiti | N/A | 2010 | [9] | |
"Everything I Wanted" | N/A |
| Open Road | 1997 | [2] |
"Face to Face" | Elton John |
| Since I Saw You Last | 2013 | [4] |
"Fast Car" | N/A |
| Twelve Months, Eleven Days | 1999 | [5] |
"For All That You Want" | N/A |
| Twelve Months, Eleven Days | 1999 | [5] |
"Forever Love" | N/A |
| Open Road | 1997 | [2] |
"God" | N/A |
| Since I Saw You Last | 2013 | [4] |
"God Save the Queen (National Anthem)" | The Commonwealth Band Laura Wright | Sing | 2012 | [6] | |
"Hang On in There Baby" | N/A | Open Road | 1997 | [2] | |
"Here Comes the Sun" | The Commonwealth Band | Sing | 2012 | [6] | |
"I Fall So Deep" | N/A |
| Open Road | 1997 | [2] |
"I Should've Followed You Home" | Agnetha Fältskog |
| A | 2013 | [10] |
"Jump" | N/A |
| Since I Saw You Last | 2013 | [4] |
"Land of Hope and Glory" | The Commonwealth Band Alfie Boe Military Wives | Sing | 2012 | [6] | |
"Lay Down for Love" | N/A |
| Open Road | 1997 | [2] |
"Let Me Go" | N/A |
| Since I Saw You Last | 2013 | [4] |
"Lie to Me" | N/A |
| Twelve Months, Eleven Days | 1999 | [5] |
"Love Won't Wait" | N/A |
| Open Road | 1997 | [2] |
"The Meaning of a Love Song" | N/A |
| Open Road | 1997 | [8] |
"More Than Life" | N/A |
| Since I Saw You Last | 2013 | [4] |
"Mr. Everything" | N/A |
| Since I Saw You Last | 2013 | [4] |
"My Commitment" | N/A |
| Open Road | 1997 | [2] |
"Never Knew" | N/A |
| Open Road | 1997 | [2] |
"Nothing Feels the Same" | N/A |
| Twelve Months, Eleven Days | 1999 | [5] |
"Open Road" | N/A |
| Open Road | 1997 | [2] |
"Requiem" | N/A |
| Since I Saw You Last | 2013 | [4] |
"Shame" | Robbie Williams |
| In and Out of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990–2010 | 2010 | [11] |
"Since I Saw You Last" | N/A |
| Since I Saw You Last | 2013 | [4] |
"Sing" | The Commonwealth Band Military Wives |
| Sing | 2012 | [6] |
"Sing" | The Commonwealth Band |
| Sing | 2012 | [6] |
"Small Town Girls" | N/A |
| Since I Saw You Last | 2013 | [4] |
"So Help Me Girl" | N/A |
| Open Road | 1997 | [2] |
"The Song I'll Never Write" | N/A |
| Since I Saw You Last | 2013 | [4] |
"Stronger" | N/A |
| Twelve Months, Eleven Days | 1999 | [5] |
"Stronger as One" | The Commonwealth Band Laura Wright |
| Sing | 2012 | [6] |
"Superhero" | N/A |
| Open Road | 1998 | [12] |
"This House" | N/A |
| Since I Saw You Last | 2013 | [4] |
"Walk" | N/A |
| Twelve Months, Eleven Days | 1999 | [5] |
"We Like to Love" | N/A |
| Since I Saw You Last | 2013 | [4] |
"Wondering" | N/A |
| Twelve Months, Eleven Days | 1999 | [5] |
"Yesterday's Girl" | N/A |
| Twelve Months, Eleven Days | 1999 | [5] |
"Forever Love" is the debut solo single released by British singer-songwriter Gary Barlow, taken from his debut solo album, Open Road (1997). It debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 14 July 1996, becoming Barlow's first of three number-one singles away from Take That. Worldwide, "Forever Love" topped the charts in Lithuania, Spain, and Taiwan while reaching the top five in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, and Switzerland. The song was used as the official theme for the film The Leading Man (1996).
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