"Take It Back" is a song by English

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band

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, released as the seventh track on their fourteenth album, '' The Division Bell'' (1994). It was also released as a single on 23 May 1994, by EMI (UK) and Columbia (US), the first from the album, and Pink Floyd's first for seven years. The single peaked at number 23 on the UK Singles Chart, the fourth highest in the band's history, below 1979 number 1 hit " Another Brick In The Wall" and 1967 top 20 hits " See Emily Play" and " Arnold Layne". The music for the song was written by guitarist

David Gilmour David Jon Gilmour ( ; born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who is a member of the rock band Pink Floyd. He joined in 1967, shortly before the departure of the founder member Syd Barrett. By the early 1980s, Pink F ...

and album co-producer

Bob Ezrin Robert Alan Ezrin (born March 25, 1949) is a Canadian music producer and keyboardist, best known for his work with Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Kiss, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Peter Gabriel, Andrea Bocelli and Phish. As of 2010, Ezri ...

, with lyrics by Gilmour, his wife Polly Samson and Nick Laird-Clowes. Its accompanying music video was nominated for Best Clip of the Year in the category for Rock at the 1994 ''

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'' Music Video Awards.

Equipment

Guitarist

used an

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on a Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar that is processed through a Zoom effects box, then directly injected into the board., ''

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'', September 1994. Retrieved 28 July 2010. The lyrics include a common British reading of the nursery rhyme " Ring a Ring o' Roses" during its instrumental section.

Personnel

– lead vocals, guitar,

Ebow The EBow is an electronic device used for playing string instruments, most often the electric guitar. It was invented by the American guitarist Greg Heet in 1969 and introduced in 1976. The EBow uses a pickup and a magnetic feedback circuit to ...

* Richard Wright – keyboards, Hammond and Farfisa organs * Nick Mason – drums,

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Additional musicians: *

Tim Renwick Timothy John Pearson Renwick (born 7 August 1949) is an English guitarist. He is best known for his association with Al Stewart in his early career and for his long-standing role as lead guitarist for the Sutherland Brothers & Quiver. His single ...

– additional guitar * Jon Carin – Synthesizers, keyboards, loops * Guy Pratt – bass *

– keyboards, percussion * Sam Brown – backing vocals * Durga McBroom – backing vocals * Carol Kenyon – backing vocals *Jackie Sheridan – backing vocals *Rebecca Leigh-White – backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1994 singles 1990s ballads Pink Floyd songs Rock ballads Songs written by David Gilmour Songs written by Bob Ezrin Songs written by Nick Laird-Clowes Song recordings produced by Bob Ezrin Songs with lyrics by Polly Samson Song recordings produced by David Gilmour 1994 songs EMI Records singles Columbia Records singles