Robbie the successful ex Take That member teams up with Gary, the talented one for this banal but somehow charming ditty. It's about patching up their differences, getting over past resentments and all that wise, worthy stuff. Gary Barlow was and still is a highly talented songwriter and one wonders if Robbie stuck his oar in to help out with the lyric since it does feature one god-awful line about 'your poster 30 foot high at the back of Toys For Us' (which conveniently rhymes with 'bus') but setting that aside, the song is quite listenable and pleasant enough.
The video, I'm sorry, is really quite bad. Robbie and Gary sitting at a bar singing lines at each another just looks downright silly and the final scene with them disappearing over a cliff-top, both stripped to the waist, arm in arm, seems like a rather cynical salute to their substantial fan-base of gay men. But then again, maybe it's just me being the cynical one. Anyway, it's a sure bet that this will top the chart either next week or the week after.
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