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)
Lady Tonight
Take That Lyrics
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And I must hold now my baby date
So glad to see you fine you're always on my mind
But before it gets too late
We can try love, but if love is not enough
Then we can take a little walk
Just to find if our intentions are in time
Then I can make you baby see that
Lady tonight I am gonna make it happen
Lady tonight I'm gonna take this love to new heights
Lady tonight we are gonna feel emotion
Maybe tonight I will love you and hold you tightly
Life is what you make it you must shake it to make it right
Time will always make you see if you believe
Then things will be alright
We'll try love and if love is not enough
We must be destined to be free
In time you'll feel like giving up
Then I must make you baby see that
Lady tonight I am gonna make it happen
Lady tonight I'm gonna take this love to new heights
Lady tonight we are gonna feel emotion
Maybe tonight I will love you and hold you tightly
The lyrics of "Lady Tonight" by Take That suggest a sense of urgency to seize the moment with a lover. The singer appears to be anxious about the night being cold and wanting to hold his date close. He expresses his affection for her, saying that he is glad to see her and that she's always on his mind. The singer then suggests that they "try love," but acknowledges that love may not be enough, so he proposes taking a little walk to gauge their compatibility.
The song encourages seizing the moment and taking risks with love, suggesting that life is what you make it, and the key to success is "shaking things up" and being faithful to oneself. The chorus encourages taking love to new heights and feeling emotions to the fullest. The lyrics describe the possibility of an intense passion that may only happen once and emphasizes the importance of seizing that moment. The song seems to reflect the band's image of being young men in their prime and seizing the opportunities that life has to offer.
Overall, this song's message is about seizing the moment with a loved one and taking risks with passion and emotion. It encourages us to live our lives to the fullest and make the most of relationships with others. The song's upbeat tempo, catchy melody, and inspirational lyrics make it a great tune for anyone looking for motivation and inspiration in their relationships.
Line by Line Meaning
The night is feeling cold now
The atmosphere around us is very gloomy and morose
And I must hold now my baby date
I need to take care of my partner tonight
So glad to see you fine you're always on my mind
I feel overjoyed to meet my partner and I keep thinking about them
But before it gets too late
Before it's too late and we miss the opportunity
We can try love, but if love is not enough
We should give love a chance, but if it's not sufficient we need to find other ways
Then we can take a little walk
We can go for a short walk and talk about our relationship
Just to find if our intentions are in time
To know if our feelings match each other's
Then I can make you baby see that
I can make you understand and realize
Lady tonight I am gonna make it happen
Tonight I'm going to make everything work out between us
Lady tonight I'm gonna take this love to new heights
Tonight I'm going to elevate our love to another level
Lady tonight we are gonna feel emotion
Tonight we are going to experience a lot of emotions
Maybe tonight I will love you and hold you tightly
I might express my love and affection towards you tonight by holding you tightly
Life is what you make it you must shake it to make it right
You have to work hard to make your life better
Time will always make you see if you believe
If you wait patiently, everything will fall in place
Then things will be alright
Then everything will be fine
We'll try love and if love is not enough
We'll give our relationship a chance, but if it's not enough we'll try something else
We must be destined to be free
We might have been made to be independent
In time you'll feel like giving up
At times you might feel discouraged and be willing to give up
Then I must make you baby see that
I'll have to convince you to keep going
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: GARY BARLOW
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Lucy Price
Love Take that and still listening in 2021 the best boy band ever and still are
Me G
I just love this after all these years 😍😍
Redz Akim
Love it still in year 2020! Salute to all of you guys!
HONEYBOO
The one and only true boy band ever!
HONEYBOO
2021 and still lit! 🥰🥰🥰
Jo Tattersall
LOVE THIS!
Andrea Phelps
Love the old take that
Retrenders
Dope track.
elmin82
this song is too funky, i like it
Andy Rock
Highschool memories..Rock on