Take That, "Back For Good" & Winning a Boyband Breakup | New British Canon

In the 80s, the biggest British boyband was Wham! 5 UK Number Ones, they broke America and then broke up. Afterwards George Michael went on to be a very big popstar, and other Wham! member Andrew Ridgeley did not. It set in the pop-consuming public’s minds that only one member can win a boyband breakup. In the 90s, Take That were the biggest British boyband. The five working-class lads from the North of England earned 8 UK Number Ones in three years. However when in 1996 they split up, there could only be one George Michael. This is New British Canon and This is The Story of “Back For Good”. #takethat #robbiewilliams #musicdocumentary Fact-checking by Chad Van Wagner. 00:00 Introduction 00:42 Gary Barlow & The Start of Take That 07:40 Take That vs The UK Charts 17:10 Writing Back For Good 24:27 Robbie Leaves & Take That Split 32:39 The Wilderness & The Return Soundtrack Luar - Citrine (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats) Jesse Gallagher - The Golden Present Luar - Anchor (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats) You can also follow me here: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/trashtheory.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrashTheoryYT Or support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TrashTheory My Take by Gary Barlow, 2006, Harper Collins Entertainment Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands by Maria Sherman, 2020, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers A Better Me by Gary Barlow, 2018, Blink Publishing A Different Stage by Gary Barlow, 2022, Penguin Books For The Record (2005) dir. David Notman-Watt Robbie Williams (2023) dir. Joe Pearlman Boybands Forever (2024) dir. Martin Fuller Gary Barlow: Desert Island Discs (Dec 2018) Lauren Laverne, BBC Radio 4 Gary Barlow “MR BLOBBY, I Took Him DOWN!”: Magic's Memory Lane (2021) Magic Radio, YouTube “What Take That Had to Do To Get Famous” Johnny Dee, Smash Hits, Nov 1991 “Life’s A Beach” Alex Kadis, Smash Hits, Jun 1992 “The Impossible Dream: The Take That Story Part One” Mark Frith, Smash Hits, Sep 1992 “Fame At Last: The Take That Story Part Two” Mark Frith, Smash Hits, Oct 1992 “No Sleep til Teatime” Alex Kadis, Smash Hits, Nov 1992 “Have a nice day” Alex Kadis, Smash Hits, Mar 1993 “TAKE THAT - THEY STRIP AND TEASE” Sue Wheeler, Looks Magazine, Apr 1993 “The King of Pop!” Mark Frith, Smash Hits, Oct 1993 “Take That and Parody” Steven Wells, NME, Oct 1993 “Whataloudacrap!” Pete Stanton, Smash Hits, Jan 1994 “You Called! They Answered!” Smash Hits Readers, Smash Hits, Apr 1994 “Mark: His most revealing interview ever” Pete Stanton, Smash Hits, May 1994 “Come On In!” Claire Isaacs, Smash Hits, Jul 1994 “Take That and Indie?” Siân Pattenden, Select, Dec 1994 “Goodbye Robbie!” Leesa Daniels, Smash Hits, Aug 1995 “Take That split (if you say so)” Caitlin Moran, The Times, Sep 1995 “Robbie Williams: The Wild One” Sheryl Garratt, The Face, Oct 1995 “Where Have You Been?” Mark Frith, Smash Hits, Nov 1995 “Unfortunately the rumours are true” Kate Thornton, Smash Hits, Mar 1996 “The Whole Truth and Nothing But The Truth” Kate Thornton, Smash Hits, Mar 1996 “Gary Barlow: Interview” Giles Smith, Arena Magazine, May 1996 “Gary Barlow: The Interview” Kate Thorton, Smash Hits, Jul 1996 “Robbie Williams - Back For Good” Ben Marshall, Attitude, Jul 1996 “Gary Barlow: Gary Takes it All” Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, Jul 1996 “The 100 Greatest Singles Of All Time” Mojo Staff, Mojo Magazine, Aug 1997 “Gary Barlow: Stronger, Faster, Better — and Taller” Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, Jul 1999 “Cash For Questions: Take That” Nick Duerden, Q Magazine, Dec 2006 “The hidden gems that have pop stars hooked” Jude Rogers, The Guardian, Aug 2009 “The Fifth Element” Paul Rees, Q Magazine, Dec 2010 “Gary Barlow: the sexy one” Barbara Ellen, The Observer, Oct 2011 “TAKE THAT – "Back For Good"” Tom Ewing, Freaky Trigger, Jun 2013 “Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees: 'I want to keep the music alive'” Alexis Petridis, The Guardian, Aug 2013 “Gary Barlow opens up about his weight issues and daughter’s death” Mark Brown, The Guardian, Oct 2018 “Gary Barlow: 'I'm not as confident as I was at 21'” Mark Savage, BBC News, Nov 2020