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Up All Night (Take That song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Up All Night
| cover = UpAllNight.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Take That
| album = The Circus
| B-side = 84
| released = 2 March 2009
| recorded = 2008
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| venue =
| genre =
| length = 3:21
| label = Polydor
| writer =
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| prev_title = Greatest Day
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = The Garden
| next_year = 2009
| misc =
}}
"'Up All Night'" is the second single from British group Take That's fifth studio album, 'The Circus' (2008).
Song information
Released on 2 March 2009,[http://www.polydor.co.uk/release.php?id=191 Take That Single Polydor Records] it was the second single from the album 'The Circus'. The single was only released in the UK and Ireland. The band performed "Up All Night" on 'Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway' on 21 February 2009. It was the second live performance of the song, after they performed the song on ITV's 'Take That Come to Town'. The band also performed the song on BBC's 'Comic Relief Does Top of the Pops' special on 13 March 2009.
=Use in media=
The track featured on the New Year's Day series 3 episode 6 of 'Gavin & Stacey', in which James Corden and Mathew Horne could be seen miming the song playing on the radio whilst driving.
Critical reception
AllMusic described the song as a "cheerfully respectful stomp".https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-circus-mw0000808201 All Music. The Circus Review. Retrieved 27 March 2022 BBC Music labelled the song a highlight, "utterly catchy" and with a "skip down the street chorus."https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/8qp2/ BBC Music. The Circus review. Retreieved 27 March 2022
The Daily Mirror favourably likened the track to Simon & Garfunkel.https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/going-out/music/take-that-the-circus-review-362642 Daily Morror. The Circus review. Retrieved 27 March 2022
Chart performance
The song debuted on the UK Singles Chart on 14 February 2009 (Valentine's Day) at number 72, four weeks ahead of the release date of the single based purely on downloads. The single peaked at number 14, becoming the band's second single out of their recent six to fail to chart in the UK Top 10. However, it did become their 20th consecutive UK Top 20 single. In Ireland the song debuted on Thursday 26 February 2009 at number 29 based on downloads, a week before the official release. The single peaked at number 14.
Music video
The video for "Up All Night" was debuted on 27 January 2009, with Mark Owen on lead vocals. The video was directed by Daniel Wolfe, and features Take That performing at a street party in Croydon, with footage of them on the back of a lorry. Gary Barlow does not appear in the second half of the music video, filmed later in the dark, because his pregnant wife went into labour during filming.
Personnel
*Mark Owen lead vocals
*Gary Barlow backing vocals
*Howard Donald backing vocals
*Jason Orange backing vocals
Track listing
;UK CD single[http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=461861 Take That Up All Night UK 5" CD SINGLE (461861)]
# "Up All Night" (radio mix) 3:21
# "84" 3:19
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References
Category:Take That songs
Category:2009 singles
Category:Songs written by Gary Barlow
Category:Songs written by Mark Owen
Category:Songs written by Howard Donald
Category:2008 songs
Category:Song recordings produced by John Shanks
Category:Polydor Records singles
Category:Songs written by Jamie Norton
Category:Songs written by Ben Mark
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