| Take It Back | |
| Cover: | TakeItBack.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Pink Floyd |
| Album: | The Division Bell |
| Released: | 16 May 1994 |
| Recorded: | 1993 |
| Genre: | Progressive rock |
| Length: | 6:13 (album version) 4:55 (single edit) 7:07 (extended version on French promo single) |
| Label: | EMI (UK) Columbia (US) |
| Producer: |
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| Prev Title: | What Do You Want from Me |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | High Hopes |
| Next Title2: | Keep Talking |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
"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.[1] [2] 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."[3] 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.
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.[4]
The lyrics include a common British reading of the nursery rhyme "Ring a Ring o' Roses" during its instrumental section.
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| Chart (1994) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[5] | 64 | |
| US Cashbox Top 100[6] | 65 |
| Chart (1994) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[7] | 71 | |
| US Hot Album Rock Tracks (Billboard)[8] | 23 |