"Never Forget" is a 1995 song recorded by Take That

Take That

Take That are a British five-piece vocal pop group comprising Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams. Barlow acts as the lead singer and primary songwriter...

, from the album Nobody Else

Nobody Else

- Peak positions :- US Import Version :- Year-end charts :- Personnel :* Gary Barlow – vocals, songwriter, producer, programmer* Robbie Williams – vocals, songwriter* Jason Orange – vocals* Mark Owen – vocals, songwriter...

. It was released on 24 July 1995, and achieved success in many countries, including the UK, Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

 and Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 where it topped the singles chart.

Song information

The song was written by Gary Barlow

Gary Barlow

Gary Barlow is an English singer-songwriter, pianist and record producer. He is frontman and lead vocalist of pop group Take That and is currently the head judge on the eighth series of The X Factor. Barlow is one of Britain's most successful songwriters...

 and sung mostly by Howard Donald

Howard Donald

Howard Paul Donald , is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist, dancer, DJ and house producer. He is a member of English pop band Take That. As well as working with Jason Orange as band choreographers, he sang lead vocals on one of the band's many number one singles first time round, "Never...

. The opening of the song is taken from Verdi's Requiem

Requiem (Verdi)

The Messa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi is a musical setting of the Roman Catholic funeral mass for four soloists, double choir and orchestra. It was composed in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, an Italian poet and novelist much admired by Verdi. The first performance in San Marco in Milan on 22 May...

. It was released on 24 July 1995 and reached #1 in the UK chart, as the band's 7th number one single. The song remained at number one for three weeks in the UK charts. It was also the sixth track on the band's 1995 album Nobody Else

Nobody Else

- Peak positions :- US Import Version :- Year-end charts :- Personnel :* Gary Barlow – vocals, songwriter, producer, programmer* Robbie Williams – vocals, songwriter* Jason Orange – vocals* Mark Owen – vocals, songwriter...

. It was voted #4 in NME

NME

The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...

's "Top 50 Boyband Records" chart in September 2005. Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams

Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...

 left the band during the promotion of this song. It was mimed by the leading characters in the series finale in the fourth series of Shameless. The song was the finale of the Take That : The Ultimate Tour (2006). In 2008, Eoghan Quigg

Eoghan Quigg

Eoghan Quigg is an Irish pop singer and occasional actor from Dungiven in Northern Ireland, who finished third in the fifth series of the British television music talent contest The X Factor in 2008...

 performed a cover of this song on The X Factor

The X Factor (UK series 5)

The fifth UK series of The X Factor was broadcast on ITV in 2008. The series started on 16 August and was won by Alexandra Burke on 13 December, with new judge Cheryl Cole emerging as the winning mentor. Auditions in front of producers were held in April/May, with callbacks in front of the judges...

and it featured on his self-titled album, released on 6 April 2009. The following year it was performed by the final twelve during the final group performance of series 6

The X Factor (UK series 6)

The sixth series of British television music competition The X Factor started on ITV on 22 August 2009 and was won by Joe McElderry on 13 December 2009. Cheryl Cole emerged as the winning mentor for the second consecutive year, the first time in the show's history that a mentor has won back-to-back...

. The song sold over 425,000 copies in the UK and has received a Gold sales status certification.

Music video

The music video is a montage of moments of Take That caught on camera. Most of the footage is taken from the band performing live, backstage at gigs or on tour. Other moments such as the band meeting Prince Charles and TV appearances are also shown.

Live performances

In the original recording of the song, Robbie Williams had a solo bit near the end. When the group reformed in 2006 without him, the first part of Williams' bit was sometimes sung by whoever was supporting the band on tour. The second half was sung by Mark Owen. After Robbie Williams rejoined the group in 2010, the song was performed live by all five members for the first time on BBC Children In Need on Friday 19 November 2010. It was also performed at the beginning of the X Factor Final 2010 featuring the 3 finalists Matt Cardle, Rebecca Ferguson and One Direction.

Track listings

UK CD Single #1 (74321 29957 2)

1. "Never Forget" (Radio Edit) — 5:32
2. "Back For Good" (Live From MTV's "Most Wanted") — 4:10
3. "Babe" (Live From MTV's "Most Wanted") — 4:41

UK CD Single #2 (74321 29958 2)

1. "Never Forget" (Single Mix) — 6:24
2. "Pray" (Live From MTV's "Most Wanted") / Interview - 17:36

EU CD Single #1 (74321 29842 2)

1. "Never Forget" (Radio Edit) — 5:32
2. "Back For Good" (Live From MTV's "Most Wanted") — 4:10

EU CD Single #2 (74321 29843 2)

1. "Never Forget" (Radio Edit) — 5:32
2. "Back For Good" (Live From MTV's "Most Wanted") — 4:10
3. "Pray" (Live From MTV's "Most Wanted") / Interview - 17:36

Japanese CD Single (BVCP 1302)

1. "Sunday To Saturday" - 5:03
2. "Back For Good" (Live From MTV's "Most Wanted") — 4:10
3. "Babe" (Live From MTV's "Most Wanted") — 4:41
4. "Pray" (Live From MTV's "Most Wanted") / Interview - 17:36

UK Cassette Single (74321 29959 2)

1. "Never Forget" (Radio Edit) — 5:32
2. "Back For Good" (Live From MTV's "Most Wanted") — 4:10

UK 7" Viynl - Jukebox Release Only (74321 29960 2)

1. "Never Forget" (Radio Edit) — 5:32
2. "Back For Good" (Live From MTV's "Most Wanted") — 4:10

Official versions

• Album Version (5:13)
• Single Mix Radio Edit (5:32)
• Single Mix (6:24)
• Live At The Manchester Nynex (7:32)
• Live at Wembley (5:28)

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
UK	Gold	1 August 1995	400,000

Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak Position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	12
Austrian Singles Chart	17
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart	8
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	5
Danish Singles Chart	3
Dutch Singles Chart	8
Finnish Singles Chart	5
French SNEP Singles Chart	44
German Singles Chart	8
Irish Singles Chart	1
Italian Singles Chart	5
Latvian Singles Chart	1
Norwegian Singles Chart	14
Spanish Singles Chart	1
Swedish Singles Chart	34
Swiss Singles Chart	6
UK Singles Chart	1

End of year chart (1995)	Position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart	74
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	33
Italian Singles Chart	53
Swiss Singles Chart	50
UK Singles Chart (1995 1995 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995.- January–February :*January 18 – Jerry Garcia crashes his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California, USA, but is not injured in the accident....  Year-End)	27

Chart successions