A Million Love Songs

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"A Million Love Songs"
Single by Take That
from the album Take That & Party
Released28 September 1992 (1992-09-28)[1]
GenrePop
Length3:52
LabelSony Music
Songwriter(s)Gary Barlow
Producer(s)
Take That singles chronology
"I Found Heaven"
(1992) 		"A Million Love Songs"
(1992) 		"Could It Be Magic"
(1992)
Music video
"A Million Love Songs" on
YouTube

"A Million Love Songs" is a song by English

UK Singles Chart
that October. It also reached number 50 in the Netherlands.

Song information

Written by lead vocalist

airplay in the United States
in September 1993, but it failed to chart.

The song was performed in the final of

James Arthur
at the bootcamp, playing an uptempo rendition on acoustic guitar.

Critical reception

Staffordshire Sentinel described it as "swooning".[6]

Music video

The music video for the song is shot in

watercolour" video editing effect which effectively blurs the image. The video is simple and shows the band performing the song with Barlow at the piano. Two versions of the video exist; one has the watercolour effect fading in and out and the other features a hand-drawn cartoon storyline with the members of the band trying to woo an emperor's daughter.[7]

Track listings
  1. "A Million Love Songs" (7-inch edit) – 3:53
  2. "Still Can't Get Over You" – 4:10
  3. "How Can It Be" – 4:57
  4. "Don't Take Your Love" – 4:04
  • UK 7-inch and cassette single; European 7-inch single; Japanese mini-CD single[10][11][12]
  1. "A Million Love Songs" (7-inch edit)
  2. "A Million Love Songs" (Lovers mix)
  • Japanese maxi-CD single[13]
  1. "A Million Love Songs" (live version)
  2. "Satisfied" (live version)
  3. "Take That Medley" (live version)
  4. "Why Can't I Wake Up with You" (radio edit)
  5. "A Million Love Songs" (Lovers mix)

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[20] Silver 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 26 September 1992. p. 25. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. ^ http://www.smoothradio.com The Story of... A Million Love Songs by Take That
  3. ^ Flick, Larry (16 October 1993). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 61. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Mainstream: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 3 October 1992. p. 22. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  5. ^ Williams, Simon. "TAKE THAT – Greatest Hits". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  6. Staffordshire Sentinel
    . 29 July 1993. p. 25. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Take That - A Million Love Songs (Official Music Video)". 25 October 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2021 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ A Million Love Songs (UK & European CD EP disc notes). Take That. RCA Records. 1992. 74321116002.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ A Million Love Songs (UK & European 7-inch EP sleeve). Take That. RCA Records. 1992. 74321116307.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ A Million Love Songs (UK & European 7-inch single sleeve). Take That. RCA Records. 1992. 74321116007.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ^ A Million Love Songs (UK cassette single sleeve). Take That. RCA Records. 1992. 74321116004.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. ^ A Million Love Songs (Japanese mini-CD single liner notes). Take That. RCA Records. 1992. BVDP-85.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ^ A Million Love Songs (Japanese maxi-CD single liner notes). Take That. RCA Records. 1992. BVCP-1022.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 45. 7 November 1992. p. 47. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  15. ^ November 3, 1992
  16. ^ "Take That – A Million Love Songs". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  17. ^ "Take That – A Million Love Songs" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  18. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  19. ^ "Year End Charts: Top Singles". Music Week. 16 January 1993. p. 8.
  20. ^ "British single certifications – Take That – A Million Love Songs". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
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