"Reach Out" is a song from Take That's fourth album, '' Beautiful World'', released as the album's fourth single on 22 June 2007. ''Reach Out'' was released exclusively in

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, as an alternative to the British-only single " I'd Wait for Life".

Background

It performed well across Europe, peaking inside the top twenty in the Danish charts and narrowly missing the top ten in the Italian charts, peaking at number 11. No official music video was produced for the release, although, the Italian division of

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ran a competition for people to produce a music video based on the song, and the winning entry, directed by Alisha Antylla, was aired once on '' Total Request Live (Italy), Total Request Live'' on

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Critical reception

Alexis Petridis from

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described the song as a "dazzingly effective pop song."

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mentioned that the uptempo track showed the group "were obviously enjoying every minute of the comeback".

Personnel

* Gary Barlow – lead vocals * Howard Donald – 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 – backing vocals

Track listing

* CD single # "Reach Out" – 4:16 # "We All Fall Down" (acoustic) – 3:51 * Limited edition CD single # "Reach Out" – 4:16 # "We All Fall Down" (acoustic) – 3:51 # "Shine" (BBC Radio 2 'Live & Exclusive') – 3:36 # "Back for Good" (BBC Radio 2 'Live & Exclusive') – 4:11

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reach Out (Take That Song) 2007 singles Take That songs Songs written by John Shanks Songs written by Gary Barlow Songs written by Mark Owen Songs written by Jason Orange Songs written by Howard Donald 2006 songs Polydor Records singles