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.

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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)

Into the Wild
Take That Lyrics

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Up tight, tied up again
Tied up again with my one and only friend
Your voice is all I can hear
All I can hear it’s the music to my ears

Staying out of trouble staying in and out of touch
In and out of touch I can never get enough
Up tight, tied up again

Some things will never change

It’s almost like we go
Dance with desire then we go playing with fire
Then we go into the wild again

It’s almost like we go
Dance with desire then we go playing with fire
Then we go into the wild again

Get back, get back to town
These city lights gonna bring us home tonight
'Cause we knew the color of gold
So long ago it’s a story to be told

Staying out of trouble staying in and out of touch
In and out of touch I can never get enough
Get back, get back to town
Please come around tonight

It’s almost like we go
Dance with desire then we go playing with fire
Then we go into the wild again
Into the wild again
Into the wild again

Let me run with you
Let me run with you my friend
Let me be with you
Running through the wild again

Let me run with you
Let me run with you my friend
Let me be with you
Running to the wild again

It’s almost like we go
Dance with desire then we go playing with fire
Then we go into the wild again
Into the wild
Into the wild again
Into the wild

Into the wild again
Into the wild

Overall Meaning

In Take That's song Into the Wild, the lyrics describe a desire to break free from the monotony and routine of everyday life. The singer expresses a feeling of being tied up and constrained, but also acknowledges that some things will never change. Despite this, the singer longs to break free and go into the wild, to dance with desire and play with fire. The wild represents a place where they can truly be themselves and escape the constraints of everyday life. The city lights may bring them back to reality, but the singer wants to hold onto that feeling of freedom and adventure. In the end, the lyrics suggest a desire for companionship and the desire to share the experience of running into the wild with a friend.

Overall, the lyrics of Into the Wild have a nostalgic and wistful quality to them, evoking a longing for youth, freedom, and adventure. The song suggests that the singer wants to break free from the constraints of everyday life, but also acknowledges the difficulties of doing so. Despite this, there is a sense of hope, and the singer seems to be urging the listener to join them in their quest for freedom and adventure.

Line by Line Meaning

Up tight, tied up again
Feeling anxious and restricted, as if tied up, yet again

Tied up again with my one and only friend
Feeling trapped in a cycle with their only trusted companion

Your voice is all I can hear
Their friend's voice is the only thing that brings them comfort

All I can hear it’s the music to my ears
The friend's voice is so soothing, it's like music to their ears

Staying out of trouble staying in and out of touch
Trying to avoid problems by staying out of trouble, but also isolating themselves from others

In and out of touch I can never get enough
Despite the isolation, they still crave connection with others

Some things will never change
Despite efforts to change, certain things will always stay the same

It’s almost like we go
Their life is a cycle of behaviors they can't escape

Dance with desire then we go playing with fire
They engage in risky behavior despite knowing it's dangerous

Then we go into the wild again
After the danger passes, they feel restless and crave excitement again

Get back, get back to town
Returning to the safety and comfort of civilization

These city lights gonna bring us home tonight
The lights of the city guide them home

'Cause we knew the color of gold
They were once successful and lived a lavish lifestyle

So long ago it’s a story to be told
That success is now a distant memory, something to be remembered and shared like a story

Please come around tonight
Asking someone to visit them for comfort and companionship

Let me run with you
Asking their friend to go on another adventure with them

Let me run with you my friend
Reinforcing the strong bond between them

Let me be with you
Desperately wanting to be near their friend

Running through the wild again
Wanting to escape into danger and excitement once more

Into the wild
The allure of adventure and danger

Into the wild again
Yearning to escape back into the wild

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG Rights Management
Written by: HOWARD DONALD, GARY BARLOW, MARK ANTHONY OWEN, JOHN MARTIN, GO GARY

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