Take It Back

"Take It Back" is a song by the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released as the seventh track on their 1994 album The Division Bell. It was also released as a single on 16 May 1994, 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.

Equipment
Guitarist David Gilmour used an E-bow on a Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar that is processed through a Zoom effects box, then directly injected into the board.

The lyrics include a common British reading of the nursery rhyme "Ring a Ring o' Roses" during its instrumental section.

Personnel

 * David Gilmour – lead vocals, guitar, Ebow
 * Richard Wright – keyboards, Hammond and Farfisa organs
 * Nick Mason – drums, percussion

Additional musicians:


 * Tim Renwick – additional guitar
 * Jon Carin – Synthesizers, keyboards, loops
 * Guy Pratt – bass
 * Bob Ezrin – keyboards, percussion
 * Sam Brown – backing vocals
 * Durga McBroom – backing vocals
 * Carol Kenyon – backing vocals
 * Jackie Sheridan – backing vocals
 * Rebecca Leigh-White – backing vocals