Child (Mark Owen song)

"Child"
Single by Mark Owen
from the album Green Man
B-side
  • "Confused"
  • "Home"
Released18 November 1996 (1996-11-18)
Length3:48
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Craig Leon
Mark Owen singles chronology
"Child"
(1996)
"Clementine"
(1997)

"Child" is the debut solo single of Take That band member Mark Owen, released on 18 November 1996. It was the first single to be released from Owen's debut album, Green Man (1996). He told in an interview, "It was the first song I wrote, and while I was writing the others I always knew it was going to be the first."[1] "Child" peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart, making it Owen's joint-most-successful single of his solo career. It was certified silver and sold over 200,000 copies. The song reached number one in Lithuania, Spain, and Taiwan and peaked within the top 10 in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ireland, and Switzerland.

  1. ^ Finlay, Lee (16 November 1996). "Mark Owen — Setting His Sights Beyond Teenpop" (PDF). Music Week. p. 12. Retrieved 5 October 2021.