Take That is an English pop group formed in Manchester in 1990. The group c… Read Full Bio ↴Take That is an English pop group formed in Manchester in 1990. The group currently consists of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen. The original line-up also featured Jason Orange and Robbie Williams. Barlow is the group's lead singer and primary songwriter, with Owen and Williams initially providing backing vocals and Donald and Orange serving primarily as dancers.
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.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_That
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)
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.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_That
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)
Higher Than Higher
Take That Lyrics
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I used to be broken
Stuck in a cage
I used to be low down
I couldn't be saved
Now I feel like a lion
That cannot be tamed
Cause you brought me back to life, to life again
I was fearless but so easily
I let life fade away the colour of my dreams
Now you're with me, I know I can be
Higher, higher than higher
(You're lifting me up)
If you weren't, you weren't here
I'd be on the ground
If you weren't, you weren't here
I'd be out of my mind
Cause you are, you are here
I can be higher, higher than higher
(You're lifting me up)
If you weren't, you weren't here
I'd be lost in the fire
If you weren't, you weren't here
Couldn't open up my eyes
'Cause you are, you are here
I can be higher, higher than higher
(You're lifting me up)
The sky is a long way
When covered in rain
You gave me my vision
You gave me my faith
And now I'm a fighter
I found the flame
You set me alight, alight again
I was fearless but so easily
I let life fade away the colour of my dreams
Now you're with me, I know I can be
Higher, higher than higher
(You're lifting me up)
If you weren't, you weren't here
I'd be on the ground
If you weren't, you weren't here
I'd be out of my mind
Cause you are, you are here
I can be higher, higher than higher
(You're lifting me up)
If you weren't, you weren't here
I'd be lost in the fire
If you weren't, you weren't here
Couldn't open up my eyes
Cos you are, you are here
I can be higher, higher than higher
(You're lifting me up)
Just one way for us now
The
Stuck in a cage
I used to be low down
I couldn't be saved
Now I feel like a lion
That cannot be tamed
Cause you brought me back to life, to life again
I let life fade away the colour of my dreams
Now you're with me, I know I can be
Higher, higher than higher
(You're lifting me up)
If you weren't, you weren't here
I'd be on the ground
If you weren't, you weren't here
I'd be out of my mind
Cause you are, you are here
I can be higher, higher than higher
(You're lifting me up)
If you weren't, you weren't here
I'd be lost in the fire
If you weren't, you weren't here
Couldn't open up my eyes
'Cause you are, you are here
I can be higher, higher than higher
(You're lifting me up)
The sky is a long way
When covered in rain
You gave me my vision
You gave me my faith
And now I'm a fighter
I found the flame
You set me alight, alight again
I was fearless but so easily
I let life fade away the colour of my dreams
Now you're with me, I know I can be
Higher, higher than higher
(You're lifting me up)
If you weren't, you weren't here
I'd be on the ground
If you weren't, you weren't here
I'd be out of my mind
Cause you are, you are here
I can be higher, higher than higher
(You're lifting me up)
If you weren't, you weren't here
I'd be lost in the fire
If you weren't, you weren't here
Couldn't open up my eyes
Cos you are, you are here
I can be higher, higher than higher
(You're lifting me up)
Just one way for us now
The
song "Higher Than Higher" by Take That is about someone who used to be lost and broken, stuck in a cage and couldn't be saved. But when they met someone special, they found their way back to life, to feeling like a lion that cannot be tamed. This person gave them back their vision, their faith, and their fighting spirit. They set them alight with a flame that made them feel fearless again, and helped them find the color of their dreams. The person they're singing about is someone who lifts them up, someone who gives them the strength to be higher, higher than higher. This person is their savior, their beacon of hope, without whom they would be lost in the fire, unable to open up their eyes.
The lyrics of "Higher Than Higher" are very uplifting and positive. They remind us that sometimes we all need a little help to find our way back. The song is about that special person in our lives who lifts us up when we're feeling down. It's about the power of love and how it can set us free. Take That's lyrics also remind us to never give up, to keep fighting for our dreams, and to always believe in ourselves.
Overall, "Higher Than Higher" is a song that resonates with a lot of people because everyone has someone who has lifted them up when they were down. The song encourages us to cherish those people in our lives and to be grateful for everything they do for us.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: HOWARD DONALD, ROBIN FREDRIKSSON, MATTIAS LARSSON, MARK OWEN, JOE JANIAK, GARY BARLOW
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