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)
Wasting My Time
Take That Lyrics
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I follow you just everywhere you go
I've heard a whisper, they're telling me you've missed her
I know you're loving someone else
Instead of loving me, so I've been
Wasting my time, running after you girl
Wasting my time, still I feel a sense of love
Always on my mind, that I could steal your love away
Even now I know it doesn't change me
Maybe someday you'll be free again
Till then remember, babe I won't surrender
Still hurts me when I know you're loving someone else
Instead of loving me, so I've been
Wasting my time, running after you girl
Wasting my time, still I feel a sense of love
Never be mine, you're someone else's lady
Always on my mind, that I could steal your love away
You said you've been missing me
But how can that be girl, how can that be girl
Now all our plans that used to be passing us by
You say I want to be free
The lyrics to Take That's song "Wasting My Time" speak about a man who is hopelessly in love with a woman who is already in a relationship with someone else. He follows her around everywhere she goes, trying to win her love and attention. However, despite his efforts, he knows that her heart belongs to another. The lyrics are melancholic and regretful, as the man knows that he is wasting his time on a love that will never be fulfilled.
The chorus of the song emphasizes this sentiment, with the man acknowledging that he is "wasting my time, running after you girl". Despite this, he still feels a sense of love and attraction towards the woman, and harbours the fantasy that he might one day steal her love away and make her his own. However, the refrain of "never be mine, you're someone else's lady" serves as a reminder that this is unlikely to ever come to pass.
The bridge of the song introduces a note of ambiguity, with the woman in question apparently expressing some degree of interest in the singer of the song. She says that she has been missing him, leading him to wonder how this is possible given that she is still in a relationship with someone else. The final lines of the song suggest that the woman is trying to break free of her current situation, hinting at the possibility that she and the singer might one day be together after all.
Line by Line Meaning
You've maybe seen me walk behind you
I've been following you around, but you might not have noticed or realized it.
I follow you just everywhere you go
I am obsessed with you and follow your every move.
I've heard a whisper, they're telling me you've missed her
I heard a rumor that you are still in love with your ex-girlfriend.
I know you're loving someone else
I am aware that you are in love with someone else.
Instead of loving me, so I've been
You chose to love someone else, and I have been left heartbroken and alone.
Wasting my time, running after you girl
I am spending all of my time and energy chasing after you, even though I know it's futile.
Wasting my time, still I feel a sense of love
Despite knowing that you don't feel the same way, I still can't help but love you.
Never be mine, you're someone else's lady
I know that you will never be mine, because you belong to someone else.
Always on my mind, that I could steal your love away
I can't help but think about how I could convince you to love me instead of the other person.
Even now I know it doesn't change me
Even though I know you are with someone else, it doesn't change how I feel about you.
Maybe someday you'll be free again
Perhaps in the future, you will become available and I will have a chance with you.
Till then remember, babe I won't surrender
Until that time comes, I will continue to pursue you and won't give up.
Still hurts me when I know you're loving someone else
It still hurts me to know that you are in love with someone else and not me.
You said you've been missing me
You claimed that you have been missing me and my attention.
But how can that be girl, how can that be girl
I don't understand how you can miss me when you are with someone else.
Now all our plans that used to be passing us by
All of our previous plans for a future together are now slipping away.
You say I want to be free
You claim to want to be free, but I suspect that you are just using that as an excuse to avoid being with me.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: GARY BARLOW
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Terrie Cooke
My favourite Take That Album. I miss the 1990's xx
Krishna Julia Ellis
Yes me too I adore them now loved them since being 12 I'm now 42 there like family now lol can't wait for the big tour next year but I'd love them to do some from this album as well as their new one they will out ❤️😊 I'm a hard core fan xxx
Emma Davies
This song makes me think of Xmas 1993. My sister got this album and played it over and over again. ❤️❤️
Soft Soft
This song is my most favorite song in this album. I still kept this cassette tape till now.
María Royo
I love this song 😍.
Licio Marzio
I was raised with this music. We are more positive that the new generation because or this music. 80/90's forever!
viana L
Love this song. Gary Barlow is a great songwriter
Fiona Scott
Love this song. Love the album
Moody Blues
Loved their performance of this song in their Everything Changes tour - Live in Berlin 1994
Inventor Experiment
I love this song