''Take a Minute'' is the 21st studio album by British rock band Smokie, released in 2010. The album arrived in stores initially in Denmark on 9 August 2010 and went straight up to No. 6 in the charts. It finally reached No. 3 and spent eight weeks there. The album was also successful in Norway, where it peaked at No. 6 during a six weeks chart run. ''Take a Minute'' was released in Germany on 15 October 2010 and internationally in February 2011. The first single from the album is "Sally's Song (The Legacy Goes On)". It can be downloaded on iTunes since 10 September 2010. The song is a continuation of the story of the other character, Sally, in "

Living Next Door to Alice "Living Next Door to Alice" is a song co-written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. Originally released by Australian pop band New World in 1972, the song charted at No. 35 on the Australian chart. The song later became a worldwide hit for British ...

". The second single is "Nothing Hurts Like a Broken Heart".

Track listing

CD: ''Take a Minute''

#"Take a Minute" (Martin Hansen / Mikael Nord-Andersson / Wayne Hector / Lee McDougall) – 3:55 #"Sally's Song (The Legacy Goes On)" (Ole Evenrud) – 3:50 #"If I Can't Love You" (Jan Lysdahl / Peter Malmrup) – 3:40 #"Let's Do It Again (The Hangover Song)" (Lars Pedersen / Nikolaj Christensen) – 3:31 #"Nothing Hurts Like a Broken Heart" (Amir Aly / Maciel Numhauser / Robin Abrahamsson) – 3:21 #"Celtic Days" (Mick McConnell) – 2:56 #"Friends Will Be Friends" (Nikolaj Christensen / Mads Haugaard) – 3:24 #"The Biggest Lie" (Terry Uttley / Mick McConnell) – 4:18 #"I Don't Want to Lose You" (Billy Cross / Mick McConnell) – 3:03 #"Can't Change the Past" (Miqael Persson / Eric Mårtensson / Peter Karlsson) – 3:37 #"This is Wot I Did" (Mike Craft) – 3:32 #"'Til the Grass Grows over Me" (John Davis / Mick McConnell / Conor McGuire) – 3:29

Bonus DVD: ''Live in South Africa''

Something's Been Making Me Blue "Something's Been Making Me Blue" is a song by the British rock band Smokie from their 1976 studio album ''Midnight Café''. It first came out in January 1976 as a single and later appeared on the album, which was released in April. Background ...

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Lay Back in the Arms of Someone "Lay Back in the Arms of Someone" is a song co-written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, performed by the English band Smokie. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Cover versions *The song was covered by American country music artist Randy ...

" #"Tomorrow" #"Medley: It's Your Life,

Take Good Care of My Baby "Take Good Care of My Baby" is a song written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin. The song was made famous by Bobby Vee, when it was released in 1961. Bobby Vee versions While searching for material for Bobby Vee to record, Vee's producer Snuff ...

Mexican Girl "Mexican Girl" is a song by the British rock band Smokie from their 1978 studio album ''The Montreux Album''. It was the album's third and final single. The song first came out in September 1978 as a single and later appeared on the album, which ...

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If You Think You Know How to Love Me "If You Think You Know How to Love Me" is a song by British rock band Smokie. It was first released in June 1975 as a single and appeared later on the album '' Changing All the Time''. Like the band's first single "Pass It Around", the song was c ...

" #"Home is Anywhere You Are" #"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" #"Baby It's You" #" And the Night Stood Still" #"Don't Give Me That" #"

I'll Meet You at Midnight "I'll Meet You at Midnight" is a song by the British rock band Smokie from their 1976 studio album ''Midnight Café''. In September of the same year it was released as a single. It was the third and final single from the album, after "Something's ...

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Have You Ever Seen the Rain "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" is a song written by John Fogerty and released as a single in 1971 from the album ''Pendulum'' (1970) by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival. The song charted highest in Canada, reaching number 1 on the ...

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Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me "Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" is a song by British rock band Smokie. It was released in early September 1975 as a single and appeared later on the album ''Changing All the Time''. Like the band's previous two singles "Pass It Around" and ...

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Credits

Smokie

*Mike Craft – lead vocals, backing vocals and acoustic guitar *Terry Uttley – Fender bass and backing vocals *Martin Bullard –

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, piano, organ and

Mellotron The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which pushes a length of magnetic tape against a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. ...

*Mick McConnell – electric and acoustic guitars,

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and backing vocals *Steve Pinnell – drums and percussion

Additional musicians

*Pat McManus – fiddle on "Celtic Days"

Production

*Recorded at The Chairworks, Chairworks Studio in

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*Engineer – James Mottershead *Edited and cleaned up at Chiefment Studio in

Vanløse Vanløse is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It lies on the western border of the municipality. Vanløse covers an area of 6.69 km², and has a population of 36,115, making Vanløse the smallest district of Copenhage ...

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establishe ...

by Lars Pedersen *Mixed at Hansa Mix Room in

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, Germany by Michael Ilbert *Mastered at Cutting Room in Stockholm, Sweden by Björn Engelmann *Producer – Lars Pedersen *Co-produced by Smokie *Executive producer – Jakob Deichmann *Photography – Mike & Julie *Artwork – Martin B. Dennis

Charts

References

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