During the two years that my husband Richard was ill, he wasn't able to do much except watch TV and listen to music. I made up a favourites list from his old CDs and this track was one of them which we both loved. We always told each other that the day we married was The Greatest Day of our lives. He died in April 2023 and today would have been his birthday so I'm bingeing on all those tracks and crying buckets. They say time is a healer but so is great music. Stay close to me 🙏🏽
@@JerseyRealm1 Also they had a briefing of how they would promote and tour in America and Howard actually said 'I can't be arsed' they talk about it on their vid with james corden
So I'm American and only came across this song and this group from a Brit TV show. These guys are great. I love this song and video. Here we have mostly crap music (current, that is).
Most play count of my ipod 10 years ago!! Now the intro song to my wife and I getting married 2022!! Music is the soundtrack to life lads! Never doubt it!
I woke up this morning and started to pray. At 6am, my alarm went off and "The Flood" played but I had saved "Greatest Day". Only GOD! "Get ready for it", people, "make This Life yours", we will soon see miracles, signs and wonders! GOD has been using Take That all year long to show what is on His Mind. "Get ready for it", "The Flood" is coming sooner than you think. All we can do, is: "PRAY". GOD bless everyone. Have a wonderful day. 🎉❤😊😊
This is the song that was on the radio while I was on my way to my first date with my actual husband, almost 11 years ago. It turned out to be the greatest day of our lives
These gentleman were a boy band that proved to the world they have always had great talent. I'm very impressed that as music tastes changed they adapted and just wrote the best lyrics and sing with such meaning and soul. They have put out numerous albums that make me want to play over and over. Not many musicians put out albums that people want to listen to again and again. Thank you, Take That, for sharing your lives and experiences and making so much great music. :)
Today this could be the best day of our lives Before it's all over, before we run out of time Stay close to me, stay close to me I don't know why, but I always think about Jesus telling me this!!
Or Real God Allah = "When My servants ask you ˹O Prophet˺ about Me: I am truly near. I respond to one's prayer when they call upon Me. So let them respond ˹with obedience˺ to Me and believe in Me, perhaps they will be guided ˹to the Right Way " Baqara 186 ❤
This makes me think. The world is full of life. Now, I wish to hopefully become an actor as my ambition in life but, it’s becoming really difficult and I’m too scared to take the first step. But that’s why I always come back to this song. To always remind me that my life can become how great I make it. All I have is hope. Hope that I can truly make it the greatest day of my life.
Break it down in to do-able chunks/steps; 'I want to be an actor' is way too vague/ethereal to merit action; good luck! Film a 1 minute clip of yourself, go to improv, whatever
Hope you had a great time! Ignore these other miseries who just need to find some meaning in life, rather than berating other folks and their significant life events.
@@markford2988 I played this song when I got berated online by Mark Ford. A truly magical experience, especially when I got to the ‘stay close to me’ section.
Im 14, and i love Take That! I've loved them since i was about 5/6 and mum showed me them, we would play their albums in the car and sing them aloud and then i've seen them live 3 times! they were amazing every single time! I love Take That over any other boyband!
@@TheArcher101 The Flood songwriting and composition was truly amazing to all of their individual vocals strength. Gary knew how to use Robbie's voice to build up his verse's perfectly.
In 2021, a guy (teacher and preacher) from Zambia called Magawa Kaphazi published a book with the title: "The world's greatest day of judgment: are you ready for it?" In his summary, he follows The Bible closely by writing: "In one greatest assembly, every human being who has ever lived, from all corners of the world since Adam and those alive at His coming, will stand before Him. All religions and all Christian Churches will be there". I do not if he was fully or slightly aware of the above song as he wrote that, but in essence he was saying that on the greatest day the world will come alive! !! So, definitely this is a feelgood song, which I have liked for a long time, as many of us have. But it is also a feel-God song, if you just scratch its surface, and the greatest day is not marriage day or school-leaving day in this understanding, but Judgment Day. That is indeed the day at the End Times, before we run out of time. So we do indeed need to make a new start, as everybody knows, before Jesus comes again, and we need our eyes and arms to do it, body and soul. And it is He we are asking to stay close to us, and hold on (maybe several different meanings of that!). And what associations do we have with urging somebody with arms open wide to hold their head up high? Is that not a Crucifixion scene? Describing the moment that even made it possible for us to receive a chance of favourable judgment at the last... There is not much else to the lyrics, and yet they have a quite clear, deeply-religious layer to them. I have no idea if the band know this - partly or fully, but the inspiring Holy Spirit DOES. Of course "Take that" is what they say in comics when the good guy hits back at the bad guy! EXACTLY.
I just love This Take That Era ,it was a blast !! The guys were second no none !! And selling millions of CDs and filling arenas ! .and most importantly the music created by this 4 talented musicians ,singer songwriters was out of this world !!! Just Pure Pop perfection !
I just love this music video and the setting for it. Well done to Jason, Mark and Gary who wrote the song. The video is shot on the heliport on the roof of a bank in Downtown Los Angeles. Brilliant idea, so outside of the box.
I was just 3 or 4 years old when my dad showed me this song... It’s one of the first happy memories I have as a human being... The song and the nostalgia it gives me today are beyond meaningful to me...
I have looked for this song! It's what is played sometimes after awesome performances on Britain's Got Talent!! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SONG AND VOICES!!!
This song is nostalgic, I used to play this song back in highschool on my mp3 player and just laying back on my chair while staring outside the window and just letting the time pass by.Those were the good days.
Brilliant song and I am very proud to have met him in the music industry of my childhood when I first started listening and he is the greatest singer composer ever
This was played during our year 6 leavers assembly, all I can think of is being in the hall while this is playing and parents watching. I’m 20 now and this was back in 2013, good time to be alive damn
Listened to this band for the first time this year in Mares Vivas Festival in Portugal, and instantly became a fan! This song is one of my favorites, top 5 alongisde Patience, Back for Good, Get Ready For It and Greatest Day :)
Once covid-19 is gone, once the world is declared free of the coronavirus, I will come out and play this song. Yes, slowly and steadily the world comes alive once again.
It has gone back to normal. Covid is still around us, but not as deadly. We have moved past that dark period in our lives. Thinking of all those we lost but cherishing the ones we have!
It's amazing to watch such a simple video and see them get completely lost in the song, especially from 1:31 on. They don't need anything else but their music and their passion for it. Such a Proud Thatter.
This was played at my daughters leavers assembly I cried my eyes out as she was the last of our 5 children to leave primary school always brings tears to my eyes when this is played at concerts
This song always bring me back to my childhood days. I can't remember how long did it featured in VH1's Top 10 Countdown. Also I can't forget my watching partner my sister. This song will live with me for forever. ❤️
During the two years that my husband Richard was ill, he wasn't able to do much except watch TV and listen to music. I made up a favourites list from his old CDs and this track was one of them which we both loved. We always told each other that the day we married was The Greatest Day of our lives. He died in April 2023 and today would have been his birthday so I'm bingeing on all those tracks and crying buckets. They say time is a healer but so is great music. Stay close to me 🙏🏽
Send you all the positive energy 🤗
Sending you so much love. I lost my darling brother earlier this year to suicide. The love is the thing at least there is the love ❤️
Stat strong 💪 ❤Sending Love.
This song is unbelievably underrated !
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+1000 Agree!
I am literally listening to this because of “Anora”, used this song perfectly.
Me too!
1000%
Hopefully future Best Picture winner 🏆
Who knew take that would agree tobe on a film about a prostitute. Wounderd how much they got paid for this. Sounds better in cinema
It was the remix not this version remix sounds better
HOW DOES THIS BEAUTIFUL SONG ONLY HAVE A MILLION VIEWS YET SONGS LIKE ANACONDA HAS 330 MILLION?!
IT MAKES ME SAD
I even wonder how this song can get 148 dislikes!!!! so unfair
Sammie Wonders i love it to well i have to because im singing it at school for our christmas production
Sammie Wonders ap
Oh cool it
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Arguably the best Take That song?
the Flood??
+Maciej Wojcik The Flood is good but not as good as this IMO :-)
Tyblubearboy hm.Torn between this and back for good
Rule the world tops it
This song always makes Mefeel good
When my great grama died we put this song on thank you for this beautiful song take that 😢
This song should have been number one across the globe. Amazing but sadly underrated.
I agree
@@MiaMolina9543agreed 💯 %
that would have been the greatest day lol
@@alroberts 🤣
Ten years later and this song is still as beautiful as ever. I just wanna be with my friends on a summer evening!
Missy boo fax
I miss it all lads
William Acheson your not the only one man :(
@@oriteolls yes man
This is my mum’s favourite song, used to play it in the car on the way to school
Unfortunately Take That is unknown in the US and that's why their songs don't get hundreds of millions of views.
They said they don’t want to be known in the US bc too much pressure or something like that
Understandable have a good day sir
But do we always have to rely on the US?? They're not the most important country in the world.
I'm glad, they're a British gem, not American
@@JerseyRealm1 Also they had a briefing of how they would promote and tour in America and Howard actually said 'I can't be arsed' they talk about it on their vid with james corden
So I'm American and only came across this song and this group from a Brit TV show. These guys are great. I love this song and video. Here we have mostly crap music (current, that is).
Most play count of my ipod 10 years ago!! Now the intro song to my wife and I getting married 2022!! Music is the soundtrack to life lads! Never doubt it!
A perfect song to start the New Year
My biggest day will be the one when I finally beat the cancer in my head.
Make it dear cancer patient I Did and God is there just reach out to Him amen 🙏🏻
In the name of Jesus, cancer be gone. When it goes, you will know who removed it. Praise be to God!
Congratulations,dear Collin,very nice new!!👏😍
I'll be expecting someday you'll comeback here and tell us that God saved you.😇
You got this bro 💫😀😀😀
Essa canção é um primor... um espetáculo... uma declaração de amor para a vida... Ademais o clipe é um primor... 2008 foi um ano incrível!!!!!!!
Anora ❤
I woke up this morning and started to pray. At 6am, my alarm went off and "The Flood" played but I had saved "Greatest Day". Only GOD!
"Get ready for it", people, "make This Life yours", we will soon see miracles, signs and wonders!
GOD has been using Take That all year long to show what is on His Mind.
"Get ready for it", "The Flood" is coming sooner than you think.
All we can do, is: "PRAY".
GOD bless everyone.
Have a wonderful day. 🎉❤😊😊
Probably the perfect wedding song 🙈💕
Good idea
Or funeral song, depending on who's died. I'd play it at Fred Phelps' but that's all ready happened
Was my mums wedding song :)
went to three weddings last year and it was at all of them
my mum got married to this song
Be healed in Jesus name all who are sick and need help. In Jesus name. AMEN
This is the song that was on the radio while I was on my way to my first date with my actual husband, almost 11 years ago. It turned out to be the greatest day of our lives
Awesome - the only song that brings me to tears every time.
Makes me feel better after a long day in the NHS thank you 😊
So the world literally comes alive because of you..thank you
i wish Jason was still singing with the group. Whatever he's doing I sure hope he is well and happy.
These gentleman were a boy band that proved to the world they have always had great talent. I'm very impressed that as music tastes changed they adapted and just wrote the best lyrics and sing with such meaning and soul. They have put out numerous albums that make me want to play over and over. Not many musicians put out albums that people want to listen to again and again. Thank you, Take That, for sharing your lives and experiences and making so much great music. :)
My daughter has just survived meningitis. On the the day she woke up , I woke up with this song in my head.❤
That’s beautiful thanks for sharing ❤
@@Deimosviva Love
love
Reminds me of my uni days..
So emotional…
As a 15-year-old teenager, I wish I was born in those times where music was real music!🤘🤘
The best boy/man band since The Beatles, at least to me!
Today this could be the best day of our lives
Before it's all over, before we run out of time
Stay close to me, stay close to me
I don't know why, but I always think about Jesus telling me this!!
Or Real God Allah =
"When My servants ask you ˹O Prophet˺ about Me: I am truly near. I respond to one's prayer when they call upon Me. So let them respond ˹with obedience˺ to Me and believe in Me, perhaps they will be guided ˹to the Right Way "
Baqara 186 ❤
This makes me think. The world is full of life. Now, I wish to hopefully become an actor as my ambition in life but, it’s becoming really difficult and I’m too scared to take the first step. But that’s why I always come back to this song. To always remind me that my life can become how great I make it. All I have is hope. Hope that I can truly make it the greatest day of my life.
Break it down in to do-able chunks/steps; 'I want to be an actor' is way too vague/ethereal to merit action; good luck!
Film a 1 minute clip of yourself, go to improv, whatever
If you’re too scared you have zero shot.
Love you guys, from Serbia.
I had this played for my daughter on her wedding day and we all stood in a circle belting it out!
Corny.
Grow up
Hope you had a great time! Ignore these other miseries who just need to find some meaning in life, rather than berating other folks and their significant life events.
@@markford2988 I played this song when I got berated online by Mark Ford. A truly magical experience, especially when I got to the ‘stay close to me’ section.
The opening of this song used to be my alarm clock noise, it helped to wake me up gently and with positivity 😊
Underrated is a massive understatement, this song is phenomenally good ❤
This song is so underrated!!
Brilliant song, Brilliant video, Brilliant message.
Im 14, and i love Take That! I've loved them since i was about 5/6 and mum showed me them, we would play their albums in the car and sing them aloud and then i've seen them live 3 times! they were amazing every single time! I love Take That over any other boyband!
I'm 15, soon to turn 16 and even tho this was written 7 yrs, I can't agree more
How’s being an adult
jeezzzz your 20 now 😳
Hi I'm 13. You don't need to know but owell. I just wanted to say I love this song
woahhh you 22
not a massive take that fan in general... but this song is a master class in musical writing and production!!!
Agree completely, not much of a pop fan but you can’t deny the songwriting on this is ridiculously good
This, the Flood and Never Forget
@@TheArcher101 The Flood songwriting and composition was truly amazing to all of their individual vocals strength. Gary knew how to use Robbie's voice to build up his verse's perfectly.
Totally agree... This song is so underrated!
@@TheArcher101 u forgot to mentioned patience!
In 2021, a guy (teacher and preacher) from Zambia called Magawa Kaphazi published a book with the title: "The world's greatest day of judgment: are you ready for it?" In his summary, he follows The Bible closely by writing: "In one greatest assembly, every human being who has ever lived, from all corners of the world since Adam and those alive at His coming, will stand before Him. All religions and all Christian Churches will be there". I do not if he was fully or slightly aware of the above song as he wrote that, but in essence he was saying that on the greatest day the world will come alive!
!!
So, definitely this is a feelgood song, which I have liked for a long time, as many of us have.
But it is also a feel-God song, if you just scratch its surface, and the greatest day is not marriage day or school-leaving day in this understanding, but Judgment Day.
That is indeed the day at the End Times, before we run out of time.
So we do indeed need to make a new start, as everybody knows, before Jesus comes again, and we need our eyes and arms to do it, body and soul.
And it is He we are asking to stay close to us, and hold on (maybe several different meanings of that!).
And what associations do we have with urging somebody with arms open wide to hold their head up high?
Is that not a Crucifixion scene? Describing the moment that even made it possible for us to receive a chance of favourable judgment at the last...
There is not much else to the lyrics, and yet they have a quite clear, deeply-religious layer to them. I have no idea if the band know this - partly or fully, but the inspiring Holy Spirit DOES.
Of course "Take that" is what they say in comics when the good guy hits back at the bad guy!
EXACTLY.
SIM
after all these years...and they're still the greatest pop group in the world.
I just love This Take That Era ,it was a blast !! The guys were second no none !! And selling millions of CDs and filling arenas ! .and most importantly the music created by this 4 talented musicians ,singer songwriters was out of this world !!! Just Pure Pop perfection !
I just love this music video and the setting for it.
Well done to Jason, Mark and Gary who wrote the song.
The video is shot on the heliport on the roof of a bank in Downtown Los Angeles.
Brilliant idea, so outside of the box.
The Beatles "get back", on a roof in Liverpool, 1970, U2 "where the streets have no name" on a roof in Los Angeles, in the mid 1980,s.
I was just 3 or 4 years old when my dad showed me this song... It’s one of the first happy memories I have as a human being... The song and the nostalgia it gives me today are beyond meaningful to me...
Happy 19th or 20th birthday!
One of the finest pop songs ever!
❤ hold on
The greatest Take That song ever
The world loves you take that!!
I almost cried when I saw this only had 1.5 million views, like damn, this song beats most songs nowadays.
3.8 now - hardly any
I listen to this song when I need to feel positivity. I love this song.
This song reminds me of my nana who passed away some years. Gets my whole family emotional.
eines des grossartigsten und euphorischten Videos jemals. Himmelsgnade
This song can crash the Billboard in U.S for months given the chance!! Great Vocals, Great Lyrics, Great Song...EPIC!!!
Remember when bands like these were pure and simply fun in this magical way?! I do.
This song’s hopeful positive energy is through the roof!
My greatest day will be when I meet my lord and saviour jesus in heaven
I so love these guys. Remember the day my parents got me their music. I was 13. Back in a day in Czechoslovakia. Gary is genius. Love them all.
Best songs from westlife,backstreet boys and take that are flying without wings,I want it that way but this song all time best!!!!
I love love this song. I don't know if it lifts the nation's spirits, but it certainly lifts mine!
Questa canzone è troppo sottovalutata STUPENDA
What an absolutely beautiful song!
Thanks be to God and His inspiring Holy Spirit.
Stay close to me,,,,The Future is ours
King
2021
♥️
I have looked for this song! It's what is played sometimes after awesome performances on Britain's Got Talent!! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SONG AND VOICES!!!
Exactly the same..those impressionists
GARY YOU ARE THE BEST
Who's listening in 2024?
Love this ❤
Me!
Of course! ❤
People who saw the movie "Anora".
Great tune reminds me the day my yougest son wa 3:56 s born
Play this one to uplift my soul. If you are reading this then I wish happiness and peace in your heart and mind.
Amen. Perfect my brothers. Love you all. xxx 🔥💎🔥
Let's make a new start. The future is ours to find.
Before the greatest day (Judgment Day, when the whole world comes alive)
@@sidpheasant7585 Amen. Love you.
@@PWR2023AOC Right back at you, my friend! Carpe diem.
This song is nostalgic, I used to play this song back in highschool on my mp3 player and just laying back on my chair while staring outside the window and just letting the time pass by.Those were the good days.
Everyday can be the Greatest, keep Strong People
2022 🌏
Let's go England ❤my home🏴❤️
StY close me can u see it in my eyes tonight beuitful song this is 🥰
Love this one so much, it was played at my sons graduation ceremony after receiving his diploma, so holds many special memories for me
Brilliant song 🎵 from my favourite band of all time Gary Barlow from my collection on CD 💿
Brilliant song and I am very proud to have met him in the music industry of my childhood when I first started listening and he is the greatest singer composer ever
I just heard this song for the first time and i can not control the goose bumps
Songs are time machines...
This is one of those songs that the changes just hit you right in the feels, from the first build up to everyone after. Great punch in the gut song.
The best song in the world's,peace no war
This song motivates the day of anyone.
This was played during our year 6 leavers assembly, all I can think of is being in the hall while this is playing and parents watching. I’m 20 now and this was back in 2013, good time to be alive damn
Miss jason 😢
the golden buzzer brings me here. damn
100% true!
Me too!!!!!
Ya that Hungarian singer right
best school leavers song of all time
We are using this for our school leavers song and I almost cried
Time flies dude... it’s so sad...
It was used for my leavers last year in primary and I cried lol (soz that I’m late)
People got to sing this as their leavers song?! I use a crappy one my teacher found online
It was the Greatest Day of our lives.
This song was stuck in my head the day my daughter was born. ❤
I remember hearing this on my radio years back, Ahh it's so incredibly beautiful ❤️😭
Listened to this band for the first time this year in Mares Vivas Festival in Portugal, and instantly became a fan!
This song is one of my favorites, top 5 alongisde Patience, Back for Good, Get Ready For It and Greatest Day :)
Once covid-19 is gone, once the world is declared free of the coronavirus, I will come out and play this song. Yes, slowly and steadily the world comes alive once again.
Mhm 💕
8 months ago jeeezzzz this is never gonna end
@@isabelledare5533 it will end. It might take time but it will. I have hope in humanity :)
Lets just hope that covid-19 ends i can imagine how the world will start to be normal again
It has gone back to normal. Covid is still around us, but not as deadly. We have moved past that dark period in our lives. Thinking of all those we lost but cherishing the ones we have!
It's amazing to watch such a simple video and see them get completely lost in the song, especially from 1:31 on. They don't need anything else but their music and their passion for it. Such a Proud Thatter.
This was played at my daughters leavers assembly I cried my eyes out as she was the last of our 5 children to leave primary school always brings tears to my eyes when this is played at concerts
How happy id be to see take that live. ahhhhhh . life would be made
such a positive song! Always makes me feel good...Love it!!
Bretter jagen Bretter....
And the World comes alive.....
Kuss❤
What a great song my daughter who is 31 now loved this band and so did I and still do timeless
It wouldn't surprise me if this has been the alarm of a lot of people in England this morning.
This song always bring me back to my childhood days. I can't remember how long did it featured in VH1's Top 10 Countdown. Also I can't forget my watching partner my sister. This song will live with me for forever. ❤️
This song was in anora. Great song. Btw, I love that film so much and Mikey Madison is hot af
Still get goosebumps till this day😭
Your not alone awesome song.
I Came back after 23 years. Its an amazing feeling. Take That. I still have your letter from my 4th grade school. Best wish from Slovenia ❤️
Mark is just gorgeous!
It’s COMING HOMEEEEE
Can't believe this song is five years old brings back memories
To make you feel more old, it's actually 7 years! Time flys by
@@matteopesci4058 to make yall feel old its 12 yrs now
Jason is perfection in this video
This is totally fabulous! makes me want to get up and dance!!! 10 out of 10