The group have had 28 top-40 singles and 17 top-5 singles on the UK Singles Chart, 12 of which have reached number one, including "Back for Good", "Never Forget", "Patience" and "Greatest Day". They have also had eight number-one albums on the UK Albums Chart. Internationally, the band have had 56 number one singles and 39 number-one albums. They have received eight Brit Awards—winning for Best British Group and Best British Live Act. In 2012 they received an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. According to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), Take That has been certified for 14 million albums and 11.4 million singles in the UK.
Williams left the band in 1995 while the four remaining members completed their world tour and released a final single before splitting up in 1996. After filming a 2005 Take That: For the Record about the group and releasing a new greatest hits album, a four-piece Take That without Williams officially announced a 2006 reunion tour around the UK, entitled The Ultimate Tour. On 9 May 2006, it was announced that the group were set to record new material together once again; their fourth studio album, Beautiful World, was released in 2006 and was followed up with The Circus, in 2008. The group achieved new success as a four-piece, scoring a string of chart hits across the UK and Europe while selling over 45 million records worldwide. Williams rejoined Take That in 2010 for the band's sixth studio album, Progress. Released on 15 November of that year, it was the first album of new material to feature Take That's original line-up since their 1995 album, Nobody Else. It became the fastest-selling album of the 21st century and the second fastest-selling album in British history.
In 2014, the band recorded a seventh studio album, this time as a trio without Williams and Orange. The album, titled III, was released in November 2014 and became the band's seventh number one. It was preceded by the single "These Days", which became the band's 12th number one single in the UK.
In 2011, Take That set the new record for the fastest-selling tour of all time in the UK with Progress Live, beating the previous record set by their Circus Live Tour in 2009. At the 2011 Brit Awards they won Best British Group. In 2012, Forbes named them the fifth highest-earning music stars in the world. The group performed at the London 2012 Olympic Games closing ceremony, playing "Rule the World" while the Olympic Flame was extinguished. In the same year, the Official Charts Company revealed the biggest-selling singles artists in British music chart history with Take That currently placed at 15th overall, making them the most successful boy band in UK chart history. Four of their albums are listed in the best-selling albums of the millennium, with three of them among the 60 best-selling albums in UK chart history.
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Studio albums
Take That and Party (1992)
Everything Changes (1993)
Nobody Else (1995)
Beautiful World (2006)
The Circus (2008)
Progress (2010)
Progressed (2011)
III (2014)
Wonderland (2017)
This Life (2023)
Freeze
Take That Lyrics
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And a little bit of conversation
With a head full of hope
And a bit of your self belief
Is it asking too much to
Rely on your imagination
Am I asking too much
To remain in your company
We can stay here if you hold still
We can stay here for life if you say you will
We'll be caught in a moment of time
If we all freeze...
Don't even breathe
Everyone freeze
Then you won't leave
Freeze
With the flicker of a promise
And in view of our situation
I think you should know
That I never wanted this to change
And you're free to say whatever you want to
But whatever you want, whatever you want
Don't change
Please don't change
We can stay here if you hold still
We can stay here for life if you say you will
We'll be caught in a moment of time
If we all freeze...
Don't even breathe
Everyone freeze
Then you won't leave
The words, the words we never say
Don't make a sound till it's too late
Just freeze so we don't have to start again
Before we make the same mistakes
Before we throw it all away
The words, the words we never say
Don't make a sound till it's too late
Just freeze so we don't have to start again
Before we make the same mistakes
Before we throw it all away
Just freeze
Don't even breathe
Everyone freeze
Then you won't leave
Everyone freeze
The song "Freeze" by Take That is a love song about the fear of losing someone and the desire to hold onto them forever. The lyrics suggest that the singer is afraid of change and wants to live in the moment forever. They express the sentiment that if they could just freeze time, they could stay together forever and avoid the pain of separation. The lyrics also suggest a certain level of apprehension and doubt, with lines such as, "Is it asking too much to rely on your imagination?" and "Am I asking too much to remain in your company?"
The opening lines suggest that if the couple puts in a little effort and communication, they can save their relationship. The singer also references the need for self-belief and imagination to make things work. The chorus is a call to freeze the moment, to stay in the moment and avoid any potential problems that might arise. The repeated "Don't even breathe, everyone freeze" line implies that the singer doesn't want anything to change, even slightly, for fear that it will ruin the moment.
Overall, the song "Freeze" is a poignant and emotional reflection on the themes of love, time, and change. The lyrics suggest that we all have a desire to hold onto the people we love forever, but that life's circumstances can get in the way. The final repetition of the line "Everyone freeze" drives home the sense of desperation and hopelessness the singer feels, as they try to cling to the moment and avoid the inevitable passage of time.
Line by Line Meaning
With a little bit of work
By putting in some effort
And a little bit of conversation
And through communication
With a head full of hope
With a positive outlook
And a bit of your self belief
And by having faith in oneself
Is it asking too much to
Is it too much to expect
Rely on your imagination
To use one's imagination
Am I asking too much
Is what I'm asking unreasonable
To remain in your company
To continue spending time together
Stop everything
Let's pause for a moment
We can stay here if you hold still
If we remain still, we can stay here
We can stay here for life if you say you will
If you commit, we can stay here forever
We'll be caught in a moment of time
We'll be frozen in time
If we all freeze...
If we all stay still...
Don't even breathe
Don't even take a breath
Everyone freeze
Everyone stay still
Then you won't leave
So you won't go
With the flicker of a promise
With a hint of a commitment
And in view of our situation
Considering our circumstances
I think you should know
I want to tell you
That I never wanted this to change
That I didn't want things to be different
And you're free to say whatever you want to
And you can express yourself however you'd like
But whatever you want, whatever you want
But whatever your desires are
Don't change
Don't alter how you feel
Please don't change
Please don't change your mind
The words, the words we never say
The things we keep to ourselves
Don't make a sound till it's too late
Let's not speak until it's too late
Just freeze so we don't have to start again
Let's stay still so we don't have to begin anew
Before we make the same mistakes
Before we repeat our past errors
Before we throw it all away
Before we ruin everything
Just freeze
Stay still
Everyone freeze
Every person stay motionless
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: GARY BARLOW, MARK OWEN, HOWARD DONALD
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