Take It Back

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"Take It Back"
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Single by Pink Floyd
from the album The Division Bell
B-side
Released16 May 1994
Recorded1993
Genre Progressive rock
Length6:13 (album version)
4:55 (single edit)
7:07 (extended version on French promo single)
Label EMI (UK)
Columbia (US)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Bob Ezrin
  • David Gilmour
Pink Floyd singles chronology
"What Do You Want from Me"
(1994)
"Take It Back"
(1994)
"High Hopes" / "Keep Talking"
(1994)
Music video
"Pink Floyd - Take It Back (Official Music Video HD)" on YouTube

"Take It Back" is a song by the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released as the seventh track on their 1994 album The Division Bell . [3] [4] It was also released as a single on 16 May 1994, 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." [5] 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.

Contents

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. [6]

The lyrics include a common British reading of the nursery rhyme "Ring a Ring o' Roses" during its instrumental section.

Personnel

Additional musicians:

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 64
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [8] 43
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [9] 9
France (SNEP) [10] 50
Germany (Official German Charts) [11] 75
Italy Airplay ( Music & Media ) [12] 8
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [13] 23
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [14] 7
UK Singles (OCC) [15] 23
US Billboard Hot 100 [16] 73
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [17] 4
US Cashbox Top 100 [18] 65

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM) [19] 71
US Hot Album Rock Tracks (Billboard) [20] 23

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