Take It Back

"Take It Back"
Single by Pink Floyd
from the album The Division Bell
B-side
  • 2-track
  • "Astronomy Domine" (Live)
  • 3-track
  • "Astronomy Domine" (Live)
  • "Take It Back" (Edit)
Released23 May 1994
Recorded1993
GenreProgressive rock
Length
  • 6:13 (album version)
  • 4:55 (single edit)
  • 7:07 (extended version on French promo single)
Label
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)
Music video
"Pink Floyd - Take It Back (Official Music Video HD)" on YouTube

"Take It Back" is a song by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, 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 and album co-producer Bob Ezrin, 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 Billboard Music Video Awards.