"Up All Night"
Single by Take That
from the album The Circus
B-side"84"
Released2 March 2009
Recorded2008
Genre
Length3:21
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Take That singles chronology
"Greatest Day"
(2008) 		"Up All Night"
(2009) 		"The Garden"
(2009)
Music video
"Up All Night" on YouTube

"Up All Night" is the second single from English group Take That's fifth studio album, The Circus (2008).

Song information

Released on 2 March 2009,[2] it was the second single from the album The Circus. The single was only promoted in the UK and Ireland, and given a physical release in those countries.

The band performed "Up All Night" on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway on 21 February 2009. It was the second live performance of the song, after they performed the song on ITV's Take That Come to Town.[3] The band also performed the song on BBC's Comic Relief Does Top of the Pops special on 13 March 2009.[4]

Use in media

The track featured on the New Year's Day series 3 episode 6 of Gavin & Stacey, in which James Corden and Mathew Horne could be seen miming the song playing on the radio whilst driving.

Critical reception

AllMusic described the song as a "cheerfully respectful stomp".[5] BBC Music labelled the song a highlight, "utterly catchy" and with a "skip down the street chorus."[6]

The Daily Mirror favourably likened the track to Simon & Garfunkel.[7]

Chart performance

The song debuted on the UK Singles Chart on 14 February 2009 (Valentine's Day) 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 the song debuted on Thursday 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 on lead vocals. The video was directed by Daniel Wolfe, and features Take That performing at a street party in Croydon, with footage of them on the back of a lorry.[8] Gary Barlow does not appear in the second half of the music video, filmed later in the dark, because his pregnant wife went into labour during filming.[9]

Personnel

Track listing

UK CD single[10]
  1. "Up All Night" (radio mix) – 3:21
  2. "84" – 3:19

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[16] Silver 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ ascap entry for Up All Night
  2. ^ Take That – Single – Polydor Records
  3. ^ "Radio Times – TV listings guide". Radio Times.
  4. ^ "Top of the Pops (UK) – Season 43, Episode 40: Comic Relief Does Top of the Pops – TV.com". TV.com. CBS Interactive.
  5. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-circus-mw0000808201 All Music. The Circus Review. Retrieved 27 March 2022
  6. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/8qp2/ BBC Music. The Circus review. Retreieved 27 March 2022
  7. ^ https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/going-out/music/take-that-the-circus-review-362642 Daily Morror. The Circus review. Retrieved 27 March 2022
  8. ^ "Discopop Directory". www.discopop.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 November 2009.
  9. ^ mirror Administrator (15 January 2009). "Take That's Gary Barlow a dad to baby Daisy after wife goes into labour as he's on a video shoot". mirror.
  10. ^ Take That Up All Night UK 5" CD SINGLE (461861)
  11. ^ Billboard
  12. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Up All Night". Irish Singles Chart.
  13. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  14. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  15. ^ "Charts Plus Year end 2009" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  16. ^ "British single certifications – Take That – Up All Night". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
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