GARY BARLOW - BACK FOR GOOD

BACK FOR GOOD

GARY BARLOW

SONGWRITER: GARY BARLOW

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: NOBODY ELSE

LABEL: RCA VICTOR

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1995

 

       Gary Barlow OBE (born 20 January 1971) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and television personality. He is the lead singer of the British pop group Take That.

      Barlow is one of the United Kingdom's most successful songwriters, having written fourteen number-one singles (ten with Take That, three solo, one with Robbie Williams "Candy") and twenty-four top-ten hits. As a solo artist, he has had three number-one singles, six top-ten singles and three number-one albums, and has additionally had seventeen top-five hits, twelve number-one singles and eight number-one albums with Take That. Barlow has also established himself as a talent show judge and television personality. He has judged on The X Factor UK (2011–2013) and Let It Shine (2017).

       Barlow has received six Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, including the award for Outstanding Services to British Music. He has sold over 50 million records worldwide. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) at the 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours for his services to the entertainment industry and charity.

        "Back for Good" is a song recorded by British band Take That for their third studio album, Nobody Else (1995). It was written by lead singer Gary Barlow, who also co-produced it with Chris Porter.

       The song topped the UK Singles Chart, whilst also charting at number one in 31 countries, as well as hitting the top ten in many others (including the United States, making it their only hit in that country).

         At the 1996 Brit Awards it won the Brit Award for British Single of the Year. In 2003, Q Magazine ranked the song at number 910 in their list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever" and in a UK poll in 2012, it was voted number 11 on the ITV special The Nation's Favourite Number One Single. In 2015, Idolator called the song a "pop masterpiece".

I guess now it's time

For me to give up

I feel it's time

Got a picture of you beside me

Got your lipstick mark

Still on your coffee cup

Got a fist of pure emotion

Got a head of shattered dreams

Gotta leave it,

Gotta leave it

All behind now

 

Whatever I said,

Whatever I did I didn't mean it

I just want you back for good

Whenever I'm wrong

Just tell me the song and I'll sing it

You'll be right and understood

I want you back for good

 

Unaware but underlined

I figured out this story

It wasn't good

But in the corner of my mind

I celebrated glory

But that was not to be

In the twist of separation

You excelled at being free

Can't you find

A little room inside for me

 

Whatever I said,

Whatever I did I didn't mean it

I just want you back for good

Whenever I'm wrong

Just tell me the song and I'll sing it

You'll be right and understood

I want you back for good

 

And we'll be together,

This time is forever

We'll be fighting

And forever we will be

So complete in our love

We will never be uncovered again

 

Whatever I said,

Whatever I did I didn't mean it

I just want you back for good

Whenever I'm wrong

Just tell me the song and I'll sing it

You'll be right and understood

I want you back for good

 

I guess that now it's time

That you came back for good.