ARTIST · POP / DANCE

Take That

Harmony stacks and hip-hop aware beats—blueprint for UK pop industrial complex.

Pop
Dance-pop

Updated 27 October 2026

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Biography

Everything Changes set boy-band sweetness against slick R&B rhythm beds.

Back for Good sealed their dominance before hiatus mythology.

Progress-era returns traded innocence for widescreen electronics yet kept hook mastery.

High-bitrate streams preserve tap delays, sub drops, and multi-part blends.

Take That was formed in Manchester in 1990 by manager Nigel Martin-Smith, with Gary Barlow, Robbie Williams, Mark Owen, Howard Donald, and Jason Orange. Barlow wrote most of the songs, and Everything Changes (1993) and Nobody Else (1995) delivered Pray, Relight My Fire, and Back for Good.

Williams left in 1995 and the group split in 1996. They reunited without him in 2005 for Beautiful World (2006), which included Shine and Patience. Williams rejoined for Progress (2010). Orange left in 2014, and the trio has continued.

Interesting facts about Take That

01 American rock band formed in Chicago in 1978.
02 Eye of the Tiger (1982) reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was tied to Rocky III.
03 Won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by Duo or Group with Vocal for Eye of the Tiger in 1983.
04 Gary Barlow wrote most of the band’s songs, including Back for Good.
05 Jason Orange left the group in 2014.