Take It Back

"Take It Back" is a song by the progressive rock band 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.

For other uses, see Take It Back (disambiguation).
"Take It Back"
Single by Pink Floyd
from the album The Division Bell
B-side
Released16 May 1994
Format7", CD, CT
Recorded1993
GenreProgressive rock
Length6:13 (album version)
4:55 (single edit)
7:07 (extended version on French promo single)
LabelEMI (UK)
Columbia (US)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Bob Ezrin
  • David Gilmour
Pink Floyd singles chronology
"What Do You Want from Me"
(1994)		 "Take It Back"
(1994)		 "High Hopes" / "Keep Talking"
(1994)

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

Additional musicians:

References
  1. Take It Back (CD single notes). Pink Floyd. Columbia Records. 1994. 38K 77493 – via Discogs.CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. Take It Back (CD single notes). Pink Floyd. EMI. 1994. CD EMS 309 – via Discogs.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. Strong, Martin C. (2004). "Pink Floyd". The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. pp. 1175–1178. ISBN 1-84195-551-5.
  4. Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.
  5. "Sounds of Silence" interview Archived 2012-06-20 at the Wayback Machine, Guitar World, September 1994. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  6. "RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1994". RPM. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
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