Take It Back

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{{Infobox song

| name = Take It Back

| cover = TakeItBack.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Pink Floyd

| album = The Division Bell

| B-side = {{ubl|2-track|"Astronomy Domine" (Live){{Cite AV media notes|title=Take It Back|others=Pink Floyd|year=1994|url=https://www.discogs.com/Pink-Floyd-Take-It-Back/release/2207605#images/22878233|publisher=Columbia Records|via=Discogs|type=CD single notes|id=38K 77493}}|3-track|"Astronomy Domine" (Live)|"Take It Back" (Edit){{Cite AV media notes|title=Take It Back|others=Pink Floyd|year=1994|url=https://www.discogs.com/Pink-Floyd-Take-It-Back/release/633334#images/27955096|publisher=EMI|via=Discogs|type=CD single notes|id=CD EMS 309}}}}

| released = 23 May 1994{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=35|date=21 May 1994}}

| recorded = 1993

| studio =

| genre = Progressive rock

| length =

• 6:13 (album version)
• 4:55 (single edit)
• 7:07 (extended version on French promo single)

| label =

• EMI (UK)
• Columbia (US)

| writer =

• David Gilmour
• Bob Ezrin
• Polly Samson
• Nick Laird-Clowes

| producer =

• Bob Ezrin
• David Gilmour

| prev_title = What Do You Want from Me

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = High Hopes

| next_title2 = Keep Talking

| next_year = 1994

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|Y5rde4bRIZA|"Pink Floyd - Take It Back (Official Music Video HD)"}}}}

}}

"Take It Back" is a song by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released as the seventh track on their fourteenth album, The Division Bell (1994).{{Cite book| last = Strong| first = Martin C.| title = The Great Rock Discography| publisher = Canongate Books| location = Edinburgh| isbn = 1-84195-551-5| chapter = Pink Floyd| pages = 1175–1178| date = 2004| edition = 7th}}{{Cite book| last = Mabbett| first = Andy| title = The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd| publisher = Omnibus Press| location = London| isbn = 0-7119-4301-X| date = 1995}} It was also released as a single on 23 May 1994, by EMI (UK) and Columbia (US), the first from the album, and Pink Floyd's first for seven years. The single peaked at number 23 on the UK Singles Chart, the fourth highest in the band's history, below 1979 number 1 hit "Another Brick In The Wall" and 1967 top 20 hits "See Emily Play" and "Arnold Layne".[https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28142/pink-floyd Pink Floyd UK Singles Chart, Official Charts Company, retrieved September 23 2023]

The music for the song was written by guitarist David Gilmour and album co-producer Bob Ezrin, with lyrics by Gilmour, his wife Polly Samson and Nick Laird-Clowes. Its accompanying music video was nominated for Best Clip of the Year in the category for Rock at the 1994 Billboard Music Video Awards.{{cite magazine|first=Deborah|last=Russell|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1994/BB-1994-10-15-P.pdf#page=12|title=Music Video Award Nominees Named|magazine=Billboard|date=15 October 1994|page=12|access-date=30 May 2025}}