Take It Back
| "Take It Back" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| B-side | 2-track "Astronomy Domine" (Live)[1] 3-track "Astronomy Domine" (Live) "Take It Back" (Edit)[2] |
"Take It Back" is a song by the progressive rock group Pink Floyd, released as the seventh track on their 1994 album The Division Bell.[3][4] It was also released as a single on 16 May 1994, the first from the album, and Pink Floyd's first for seven years. The music for the song was written by guitarist David Gilmour and album co-producer Bob Ezrin, with lyrics by Gilmour, his wife Polly Samson and Nick Laird-Clowes.
Equipment
Guitarist David Gilmour used an E-bow on a Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar that is processed through a Zoom effects box, then directly injected into the board.[5]
The lyrics include a common British reading of the nursery rhyme Ring a Ring o' Roses during its instrumental section.
Charts
Year-end charts
| Chart (1994) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] | 71 |
Personnel
- David Gilmour – guitars, Ebow, lead vocals
- Richard Wright – keyboards, Hammond and Farfisa organs
- Nick Mason – drums, percussion
Additional musicians:
- Tim Renwick – additional guitar
- Jon Carin – programming
- Guy Pratt – bass guitar
- Bob Ezrin – keyboards, percussion
- Sam Brown – backing vocals
- Durga McBroom – backing vocals
- Carol Kenyon – backing vocals
- Jackie Sheridan – backing vocals
- Rebecca Leigh-White – backing vocals
References
- ^ Take It Back (CD single notes). Pink Floyd. Columbia Records. 1994. 38K 77493 – via Discogs.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Take It Back (CD single notes). Pink Floyd. EMI. 1994. CD EMS 309 – via Discogs.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Strong, Martin C. (2004). "Pink Floyd". The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. pp. 1175–1178. ISBN 1-84195-551-5.
- ^ Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.
- ^ "Sounds of Silence" interview Archived 2012-06-20 at the Wayback Machine, Guitar World, September 1994. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ^ "RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1994". RPM. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
External links
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