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"A Million Love Songs"
Single byTake That
from the albumTake That & Party
Released	28 September 1992 (1992-09-28)
Genre	Pop
Length	3:52
Label	Sony Music
Songwriter(s)	Gary Barlow
Producer(s)	Billy Griffin Ian Levine
Take That singles chronology
"I Found Heaven" (1992) "A Million Love Songs" (1992) "Could It Be Magic" (1992)
Music video
"A Million Love Songs" onYouTube

"A Million Love Songs" is a song by Englishboy bandTake That that appeared on their debut studio album,Take That & Party (1992). The song was written by lead vocalistGary Barlow. It was released in the United Kingdom on 28 September 1992 bySony Music and peaked at number seven on theUK Singles Chart that October. It also reached number 50 in the Netherlands.

The song was one of three by Take That nominated forBritish Single at theBrit Awards in1993 but lost to their version of "Could It Be Magic".^[1]

Written by lead vocalistGary Barlow at the age of 15, it was released as the sixthsingle from the band's debut studio album,Take That & Party, peaking at number seven in theUK Singles Chart. The two primary instruments arepiano, played by Barlow, with asaxophone in the bridges originally scored, performed and recorded by Snake Davis. Take That's longtime saxophonist and music director,Mike Stevens went on to perform these sax parts live, many of them using the extended saxophone part written by Davis, at the end of the song.

The song was performed in the final ofThe X Factor'sthird series in 2006 by eventual winnerLeona Lewis, who was joined on stage halfway through the song by all four members of Take That. It was also performed in thesecond series ofThe X Factor by eventual winnerShayne Ward and byJLS on thefifth series ofX Factor and insixth series byLloyd Daniels. Ward's version was released as aB-side to his single "No Promises". The song was alsocovered byAlexander O'Neal on his 2008 album,Alex Loves.... On theninth series ofThe X Factor, the song was performed by eventual winnerJames Arthur at the bootcamp, playing an uptempo rendition on acoustic guitar.

Larry Flick fromBillboard wrote "the boys drip with toothy sincerity. Fluttering harp fills are a bit too much for weak stomachs, while the sax lines give the song a '50s retro pop tone that makes you think of sockhops and make-out point. Too bad it's not prom season."^[2] British magazineMusic Week commented, "Take That change tack with theballad A Million Love Songs, all Philadelphia creamy harmonies and poignant phrasing, that's bound to cause another stampede among the teenies. A nagging sax that is given free reign [sic] to roam is a minor annoyance, but that won't stop this from renewing the group's acquaintance with the Top 20."^[3] Simon Williams fromNME called it "weepsome", stating the song is "impeccably manufactured", and "one of the few times Take That sound remotely genuine".^[4] A reviewer fromStaffordshire Sentinel described it as "swooning".^[5]

The music video for the song is shot inblack and white, and makes use of the "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.^[6]

• UK and European CD and 7-inch EP^[7][8]

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^[9][10][11]

1. "A Million Love Songs" (7-inch edit)
2. "A Million Love Songs" (Lovers mix)

• Japanese maxi-CD single^[12]

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)

• Gary Barlow – lead vocals
• Howard Donald – backing vocals
• Jason Orange – backing vocals
• Mark Owen – backing vocals
• Robbie Williams – backing vocals

• Songs about music
• Take That songs
• 1992 singles
• 1992 songs
• Black-and-white music videos
• Pop ballads
• Songs written by Gary Barlow
• Sony Music UK singles

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