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 Awardsโwinning 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)
J. Why Can
Take That Lyrics
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Yeah, oh baby
Oh girl, oh lady, come to, come to me
Oh I can't decide if I should read or think
I'll keep an open mind, 'til the day sets in
Hear you call me (hear you call me, call me) I'm so willing to call back (willing to call back)
Hear you thinking (hear you thinking, you thinking), hope you hear me thinking too (woah)
Somewhere there when I open my eyes (when I open my eyes)
Baby why can't I wake up with you (why can't I wake up with you)
You're my life, my love
Ooh
You're my life
I feel alive, so I'll just begin (just begin)
Yeah, to read my mind, before you ring me (before you ring me)
Hear you thinking (hear you thinking, you thinking), hope you hear me thinking too
Why can't I wake up with you (why can't I wake up with you)
Somewhere there there when I open my eyes (there when I open my eyes)
Baby why can't I wake up with you (why can't I wake up with you)
You're my life
You're my life, mmh
Oh you're my love, you're my love
So good to be near you (so good to be near you)
So dark when you walk from my side (from my side)
Baby why can't I wake up with you
You're my life, you're my life (you're my life)
Hear you thinking (hear you thinking, you thinking), hope you hear me thinking too
Darling
Why can't I wake up with you
Be there when I open my eyes
Why can't I wake up with you
My love
Why can't I wake up with you (why can't I wake up with you)
Be there when I open my eyes
In "Why Can't I Wake Up With You," Take That sings about their longing to be with someone they deeply love. The singer can't decide whether to read or think and has an open mind until the day sets in. They hear the person they love call and are willing to call back. The singer hopes the other person can hear their thoughts as well. They wonder why they can't wake up with the one they love and want them to be there when they open their eyes.
The song is about the strong desire to be with someone and wake up next to them. The singer hopes that the other person can hear their thoughts and that they can be together when they wake up. The lyrics express a feeling of longing, which is further amplified by the upbeat melody and harmony of the song.
Line by Line Meaning
Uno, dos, tres, quattro
Counting off the start of the song
Oh girl, oh lady, come to, come to me
Inviting a woman to come over
Oh I can't decide if I should read or think
Indecisive about what to do
I'll keep an open mind, 'til the day sets in
Willing to be flexible and adapt to the situation
Hear you call me (hear you call me, call me) I'm so willing to call back (willing to call back)
Eager to respond to the woman's call
Hear you thinking (hear you thinking, you thinking), hope you hear me thinking too (woah)
Wondering if the woman is also thinking about him
Why can't I wake up with you (why can't I wake up with you)
Expressing a desire to wake up beside the woman
Somewhere there when I open my eyes (when I open my eyes)
Wanting the woman to be there when they wake up
Baby why can't I wake up with you (why can't I wake up with you)
Repeating the desire to wake up next to the woman
You're my life, my love
Expressing strong feelings for the woman
I feel alive, so I'll just begin (just begin)
Feeling energized and ready to start their day
Yeah, to read my mind, before you ring me (before you ring me)
Wanting the woman to understand him without him needing to explain
Oh you're my love, you're my love
Repeating how important the woman is to him
So good to be near you (so good to be near you)
Enjoying the woman's company
So dark when you walk from my side (from my side)
Feeling unhappy when the woman leaves
Darling
Affectionate term for the woman
Lyrics ยฉ EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Written by: GARY BARLOW
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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