Take It Back

"Take It Back"
Single by Pink Floyd
from the album The Division Bell
B-side
Released16 May 1994
Recorded1993
GenreProgressive rock
Length6:13 (album version)
4:55 (single edit)
7:07 (extended version on French promo single)
LabelEMI (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.

  1. ^ Take It Back (CD single notes). Pink Floyd. Columbia Records. 1994. 38K 77493 – via Discogs.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ Take It Back (CD single notes). Pink Floyd. EMI. 1994. CD EMS 309 – via Discogs.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2004). "Pink Floyd". The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. pp. 1175–1178. ISBN 1-84195-551-5.
  4. ^ Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.
  5. ^ Pink Floyd UK Singles Chart, Official Charts Company, retrieved September 23 2023