- published: 25 Oct 2009
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Take That are an English pop group from Manchester, formed in 1990. The group currently consists of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, and Mark Owen. The original line-up also featured Jason Orange and Robbie Williams. Barlow acts as the group's lead singer and primary songwriter, with Owen and Williams initially providing backing vocals and Donald and Orange serving primarily as dancers.
The group have had 28 top 40 singles and 17 top 5 singles in the United Kingdom, 12 of which have reached number 1, as well as having seven number 1 albums. Internationally the band have had 56 number 1 singles and 37 number 1 albums. They have received eight Brit Awards—winning awards for Best British Group and Best British Live Act.
Robbie 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 documentary 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 taking the number of records sold to 45 million worldwide.
Up and down
I love a merry-go-round
You went your way, I went my way
Said you'll see me down life's highway
Not black or white
As chrystal clear as a cloudy night
Traveling in the name of lonely
I was only home when you held me
Yeah it's a hell, a hell of a time
To emerge from the shadows
Yeah it's a hell, a hell of a time
To come knocking at my door
And it's here,
Where I've come home to.
Right here
Everything I hold on to is here
All the things I keep so dear.
Flying home tonight
As far away as a satelite
Keeping your heart in my pocket
Hope to God that I don't drop it
Yeah it's a hell, a hell of a time
To emerge from the shadows
Yeah it's a hell, a hell of a time
To come bursting through my door
And it's here,
where I've come home to
Right here
Everything I hold on to is here
All the things I keep so dear
I hear
Oh what a time to come back
Oh what a time to come home
Oh what a time to come back
Oh what a time
Up and down,
I love a merry-go-round
You went your way, I went my way
Said you'll see my down life's highway
yeah it's a hell, a hell of a time
To emerge from the shadows
yeah it's a hell, a hell of a time
To come knocking at my door
And it's here,
Where I've come home to
Right here
Everything I hold on to
Is here
All the things I keep so dear I hear
Everybody's talking now
Everybody's walking 'round