Make It Last

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"Make It Last"
Single by Embrace
from the album If You've Never Been
Released5 November 2001 (2001-11-05) [1]
Length4:43
Label Hut, Virgin, Mobetta
Songwriter(s) Danny McNamara, Richard McNamara
Producer(s) Mike Hunter, Embrace
Embrace singles chronology
"Wonder"
(2001)
"Make It Last"
(2001)
"Gravity"
(2004)

"Make It Last" is a song by English rock band Embrace, released on 5 November 2001. It was the second and final single from their third studio album, If You've Never Been (2001), and peaked at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

Track listings

UK CD1 [2]

  1. "Make It Last" (single version)
  2. "Fight Yer Corner"
  3. "It's You I Make It For"
  4. "Make It Last" (video)

UK CD2 [3]

  1. "Make It Last" (orchestral version)
  2. "Giving Forgiving and Giving In"
  3. "What You've Had You'll Never Have"

UK DVD single [4]

  1. "Make It Last" (live performance at Secret Gig #6—video) – 4:53
  2. "Over" (live recording at Secret Gig #6—audio) – 6:23
  3. "The Good Will Out" (live recording at Secret Gig #6—audio) – 6:01
  4. 4 × 30 second interview clips

Charts

Chart (2001)Peak
position
Scotland (OCC) [5] 34
UK Singles (OCC) [6] 35

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