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Pretty Things by Take That

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Take That

Pretty Things

Release date: 15th November 2010

From Progress
Track 5
4:04
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About This Track

'Pretty Things' by Take That is a pop track from the album 'Progress', released in 2010. The lyrics lean into youthful infatuation and physical admiration, with lines that talk about getting swept up, staying stuck, and remembering desire, as the narrator insists, “All those pretty things, don’t sweat the pretty things”. There is a playful, slightly frantic energy to the way attraction is framed as something you surrender to, not something you manage. The song’s viewpoint is direct, admiring, and insistently present tense.

"Pretty Things" is a track by Take That, from the album Progress, released 15th November 2010. The track is 4:04 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Take That.

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Take That

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Lyrics

Pretty Things

Down, down, let your crazy out
Boys go crazy over you
Grip like a New York window cleaner
Just staring at you

Youth don't leave me, hair stay on me
God, I love those hips
Oh, memory don't forsake me
Not like this

All those pretty things, don't sweat the pretty things
So collectible, why not collect them all
Obviously cunningly, womanly
All those pretty things, God bless the pretty things

They're still out there somewhere
Making men feel this way
At fallen Broadway station
I see them every day, all day

Download a little meditation
It might pull you through
She blinded me with silence
Anchored here with you

All those pretty things, don't sweat the pretty things
So collectible, why not collect them all
Obviously cunningly, womanly
All those pretty things, God bless the pretty things

All those pretty things, don't sweat the pretty things
So collectible, why not collect them all
Obviously cunningly, womanly
All those pretty things, God bless the pretty things

Does she talk like ooh, ooh, ooh?
Will it feel like ah, ah, ah?
Does she tell you what she wants?
Can you give her what she needs?

Youth don't leave me, hair stay on me
God, I love those hips
Oh, memory don't forsake me
Not like this

All those pretty things, don't sweat the pretty things
So collectible, why not collect them all
Obviously cunningly, womanly
All those pretty things, God bless the pretty things

All those pretty things, don't sweat the pretty things
So collectible, why not collect them all
Obviously cunningly, womanly
All those pretty things, God bless the pretty things

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Track details

From Progress

4:042010
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Album
Progress
Progress
Take That
15th November 2010
Track number
5
Release year
2010
  1. 1The Flood
    4:49
  2. 2Sos
    3:44
  3. 3Wait
    4:15
  4. 4Kidz
    4:42

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen, Robbie Williams
    Producer
    Stuart Price
    Engineer
    Ryan Carline
    Keyboards
    Gary Barlow, Stuart Price
    Assistant Engineer
    Andrew Kitchen, Ghian Wright, Mike Houge, Noah Goldstein
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
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    Mastering Engineer
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    Mixing Engineer
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    Programmer
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    Strings
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    Strings Arranger
    Will Malone
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