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B-side
  
"All I Want Is You"

Recorded
  
1993

Length
  
4:51

Released
  
13 December 1993

Genre
  
Pop

Format
  
Cassette, 7" vinyl, CD single

"Babe" is a song by boy band Take That. It was the fourth single from Take That's second album, Everything Changes. Written by Gary Barlow, it features Mark Owen on lead vocals. The production was led by David Clayton who later spent 10 years as keyboard player and backing vocalist with Simply Red.

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Background

Released on 13 December 1993, it became Take That's third single in a row to go straight to number one in the UK Singles Chart, knocking Mr Blobby's self-titled novelty single from the number one slot in the process. The following week however, Mr Blobby's single climbed back to number one, denying Take That the Christmas number one place. The single sold 350,000 copies in 1993, and was that year's 14th biggest-selling single. The song was certified platinum on 1 January 1994 for shipments of over 600,000 copies in the UK. The song was featured in the Only Fools and Horses episode "Fatal Extraction" broadcast on 25 December 1993, the day that the song had been knocked off number one in the singles chart.

Music video

The music video was the first Take That video to involve the members act out a story and to use drama in. The video runs parallel to the song's lyrics showing Owen trying to track down a loved one after coming back from war. Later in the video it emerges that Owen has fathered a child. The video uses intercut clips of the band standing around Barlow, all performing the song. The last few seconds of the video are somewhat happier showing outtakes of the band from the video.

Personnel

  • Mark Owen – lead vocals
  • Gary Barlow – backing vocals
  • Howard Donald – backing vocals
  • Jason Orange – backing vocals
  • Robbie Williams – backing vocals

    • Track listing

    UK cassette single (74321 18286 2)
    1. "Babe" (Return Remix) – 4:55
    2. "Wasting My Time" – 3:21
    UK 7" vinyl (74321 18213 7)
    1. "Babe" (Return Remix) – 4:55
    2. "All I Want Is You" – 3:21
    UK 7" vinyl (74321 18214 7) (Limited Edition w/ photo sleeve)
    1. "Babe" (Return Remix) – 4:55
    2. "All I Want Is You" – 3:21
    UK CD single #1 (74321 18212 2)
    1. "Babe" (Return Remix) – 4:55
    2. "All I Want Is You" – 3:21
    3. "Could It Be Magic" (Live) – 6:18
    4. "Pray" (Live) – 6:33
    UK CD single #2 (74321 18213 2)
    1. "Babe" (Return Remix) – 4:55
    2. "It Only Takes A Minute" (Live) – 3:47
    3. "Give Good Feeling" (Live) – 3:52
    Japanese CD single (BVCP-7412)
    1. "Babe" (Return Remix) – 4:55
    2. "It Only Takes A Minute" (Live) – 3:47
    3. "Give Good Feeling" (Live) - 3:52
    EU CD single #1 (74321 18286 2)
    1. "Babe" – 4:51
    2. "All I Want Is You" – 3:21
    EU CD single #2 (74321 18285 2)
    1. "Babe" – 4:51
    2. "All I Want Is You" – 3:21
    3. "Pray" (Live) – 6:33
    4. "Give Good Feeling" (Live) – 3:52

    Official versions

  • Album version (4:51)
  • Return Remix (4:55)
  • Live at Berlin Deutschlandhalle (6:25)
  • Live From MTV's Most Wanted (4:41)
  • Live From the Manchester Nynex (7:39)

    • References

    Babe (Take That song) Wikipedia
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