Up All Night (Take That song)
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"Up All Night" is the second single from British
United Kingdom
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 group 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...

's fifth studio album, The Circus
The Circus (Take That album)
The Circus is the fifth studio album from the British pop band Take That. The album was released on 1 December 2008.- Album information :...

.

Song information

Released on 2 March 2009, it was the second single from the album The Circus
The Circus (Take That album)
The Circus is the fifth studio album from the British pop band Take That. The album was released on 1 December 2008.- Album information :...

. The single was only released in the UK and Ireland. The band performed "Up All Night" on Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Saturday Night Takeaway
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, is a variety show created by LWT and shown in the UK on Saturday evenings on ITV, presented and executively produced by Ant & Dec. It is broadcast live from The London Studios on the South Bank...

 on 21 February 2009. It was the second live performance of the song, after they performed the song on ITV1's
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 Take That Come to Town. The band also performed the song on BBC's Comic Relief
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 Does Top Of The Pops
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 special on the 13th of March 2009. The track featured on the New Year's Day last ever episode of Gavin and Stacey on which James Corden
James Corden
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 and Mathew Horne
Mathew Horne
Mathew Frazer Horne is an English actor, stand-up comedian, television presenter and narrator best known for appearing on several BBC sketch shows and sitcoms, most notably Gavin & Stacey portraying Gavin Shipman, The Catherine Tate Show, Teachers and Horne and Corden.-Early life:Horne was born...

 could be seen miming the song playing on the radio whilst driving.

Chart performance

The song debuted on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
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 on 14 February 2009 (Valentine's Day
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) 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
Ireland
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 the song debuted on Thursday the 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
Mark Owen
Mark Anthony Patrick Owen , is an English singer-songwriter. He is a member of pop band Take That. The band were hugely successful during the 1990s and have enjoyed even more success since their reunion in 2005...

 on lead vocals. The video was directed by Daniel Wolfe. It features 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...

 performing at a street party in Croydon
Croydon
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, with footage of them on a lorry. 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...

 does not appear in the second half of the music video because his pregnant wife went into labour whilst filming.

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Europe (Hot 100) 49
Irish Singles Chart (IRMA
Irish Recorded Music Association
Irish Recorded Music Association is the Irish record industry association. IRMA is a non-profit association set up to manage and control the music industry in the Republic of Ireland.-Goals and activities:...

)
14
UK Singles Chart (The Official Charts Company 14
UK Airplay Chart (The Official Charts Company) 1

End-of-year charts

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Official Versions

  • Album Version (3:25)
  • Radio Mix (3:21)
  • Live at Wembley (3:58)
  • Abbey Road Version (3:22)
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