"Patience" is a song by British boy band

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. It was released on 13 November 2006 as the first single from their comeback album, '' Beautiful World''. The single peaked at the top of the

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, and also topped the charts in Germany, Spain and Switzerland, as well as peaking in the top ten of the charts in Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Austria and Sweden.

Chart performance

"Patience" debuted at number four on the

and rose to number one in its second week, staying there for four weeks. It was the UK's eighth best-selling single of 2006 and spent eleven weeks in the top ten, making it the longest that any Take That single had spent in the top ten until the release of 2007's " Rule the World". The song also became the 30th best selling single of 2007, the following year. The song just missed out on being the UK

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of 2006, being knocked off the top spot on Christmas Eve by ''

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'' winner

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' " A Moment Like This". The song was also the 20th best selling single of 2006 in Ireland. On 18 February 2007, it re-entered the UK top 10 after 14 weeks in the charts and on 11 August 2007, following the band's performance at the

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, the single reentered the UK top 40. The song debuted at number one on the German Singles Chart,Germany Top 100 Singles
and since its release it has sold over 150,000 copies being certified Gold by the

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. The song, as of March 2017, has sold 713,000 copies in the UK.

Accolades

The song also won the Best British Single Award at the 2007 BRIT Awards and was voted

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for 2006, polling 15.5% of the final vote.

Usage in media

The song is used as the opening theme for the German-Austrian medical drama television series '' Der Bergdoktor''.

Reception and legacy

In 2009,

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of the

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hailed "Patience" as "the greatest comeback single in history. If

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had written it, people would be calling it a masterpiece." He praised the dark lyrics of the chorus and concluded: "You get so many

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bands banging on about how to make perfect pop, and Patience'kicks all their arses." Tom Eames of Digital Spy felt similarly, saying in a 2016 article that "'Patience' remains one of pop's greatest ever comeback songs." In 2015,

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of ''

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'' wrote that the song "remains one of the strongest songs ake Thathave ever put out."

Music video

The video was directed by David Mould and was shot in Iceland. The video shows each of the members trekking across the rough terrain dragging their microphone stands. After the middle eight, the band are shown on top of a cliff singing the song together at night whilst a storm occurs behind them.

Track listing

;Digital download single (Released 13 November 2006) # "Patience" – 3:20 ;UK CD single (1714832) # "Patience" – 3:20 # "Beautiful Morning" – 3:37 ;Worldwide (except UK) maxi single, UK iTunes E.P. # "Patience" – 3:20 # "Beautiful Morning" – 3:37 # "Trouble With Me" – 3:24 # "Patience" (Video) – 3:21

Personnel

Gary Barlow Gary Barlow (born 20 January 1971) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He is the lead singer of the British pop group Take That. Barlow is one of the United Kingdom's most successful songwriters, havi ...

– lead vocals *

Howard Donald Howard Paul Donald (born 28 April 1968) is an English singer, songwriter, drummer, pianist, dancer and record producer. He is a member of English pop-group Take That. Donald was also judge on the German reality talent show ''Got to Dance'' fro ...

– backing vocals *

Jason Orange Jason Thomas Orange (born 10 July 1970) is an English former singer and dancer, known for being a member of Take That. He departed from the group in September 2014. Early life Jason Thomas Orange was born on 10 July 1970 in Manchester, Lancashi ...

– backing vocals *

Mark Owen Mark Owen (born 27 January 1972) is an English singer and songwriter best known for being a member of pop group and band Take That; as of 2019, the group have sold 14 million albums and 11.4 million singles in the UK. In Owen's solo career, he ...

– backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications

Cover versions

Indie-rock band

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also chose to cover this song on 9 January 2008 for

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also covered this song on his 2007 album '' Guitar Man'' and

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released a version as a single in the US.

References

External links

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