Once You've Tasted Love
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{{Infobox song
| name = Once You've Tasted Love
| cover = Once You've Tasted Love (Take That single - cover art).jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Take That
| album = Take That & Party
| B-side = Guess Who Tasted Love
| released = {{start date|1992|1|27|df=y}}{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=23|date=25 January 1992}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|House|dance}}
| length = 3:33
| label = RCA
| writer = Gary Barlow
| producer = Duncan Bridgeman
| prev_title = Promises
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = It Only Takes a Minute
| next_year = 1992
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| type = single
| cover = Take that once you've tasted love 7 inch vinyl.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = UK limited-edition 7-inch vinyl
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{{Extra album cover
| type = single
| cover = Take that once you've tasted love picture disc.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = UK limited-edition 12-inch vinyl
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|bC-K2zKushk|"Once You've Tasted Love"}}}}
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"Once You've Tasted Love" is a dance song by boy band Take That. Written by Gary Barlow and produced by Duncan Bridgeman, "Once You've Tasted Love" was released on 27 January 1992 as the third single from the band's debut album, Take That & Party (1992). It peaked at number 47 on the UK Singles Chart.
Critical reception
Music Week wrote, "Irrespressibly bouncy with a sheen borrowed from PWL, it's actually a fairly decent song, but it tries a little too hard to steer a middle course between being a pop record and being a dance record, so could fail to realise its full potential. A tighter mix, geared in either direction, could do the trick."{{cite magazine|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1992/MW-1992-02-01.pdf |title= Mainstream: Singles |magazine= Music Week |date= 1 February 1992 |page= 8 |access-date= 1 October 2020}} Simon Williams from NME said, "The synth-mungous likes of 'Once You've Tasted Love' and 'Promises' are amiably crass hi-NRG rompalongs, sort of Kajagoogoo gone Italian House."{{cite web|first= Simon |last= Williams |title= TAKE THAT – Greatest Hits |url= http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000474reviews.html |work= NME |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20000817152546/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000474reviews.html |access-date= 24 November 2020|archive-date= 17 August 2000 }}
Music video
The music video for the song was shot on a low budget in a warehouse. The band is shown performing the song against a white backdrop.
Track listings
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Austrian CD single (PC45257)
- "Once You've Tasted Love" (Aural Mix) – 8:12
- "Guess Who Tasted Love" (Guess Who Mix) – 5:25
- "Once You've Tasted Love" (Radio Version) – 3:33
UK 7-inch vinyl (PB45257)
- "Once You've Tasted Love" – 3:43
- "Guess Who Tasted Love" – 5:25
UK 7-inch vinyl (PB45265) (Limited Edition w/ desktop pop-up 1992 calendar)
- "Once You've Tasted Love" – 3:43
- "Guess Who Tasted Love" – 5:25
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UK 12-inch vinyl (PT45258)(Limited Edition picture disc)
- "Once You've Tasted Love" (Aural Mix) – 8:12
- "Guess Who Tasted Love" (Guess Who Mix) – 5:25
- "Once You've Tasted Love" (Radio Version) – 3:33
UK cassette (PK45257)
- "Once You've Tasted Love" – 3:43
- "Guess Who Tasted Love" – 5:25
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Personnel
- Gary Barlow – lead vocals
- Howard Donald – backing vocals
- Jason Orange – backing vocals
- Mark Owen – backing vocals
- Robbie Williams – backing vocals
Charts
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!Chart (1992) !Peak |
| Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2023/03/week-commencing-16-march-1992.html |title=Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing March 16, 1992|website=Bubbling Down Under|access-date=March 17, 2023}}
|align="center"|188 |
| United Kingdom (OCC)[http://www.everyhit.co.uk/ "UK Chart Archive"]. everyHit.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2007
|align="center"|47 |
References
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{{Take That}}
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Category:Songs written by Gary Barlow