"Take Her Back" is the fifth single released by British indie

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band The Pigeon Detectives

The Pigeon Detectives

The Pigeon Detectives are an English indie rock band from Rothwell, West Yorkshire, who formed in 2004. They have been championed by such well known DJs as Steve Lamacq and Jo Whiley, and performed at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2006, where they were tagged "the band most likely to leap to...

 from their début album Wait For Me

Wait for Me (The Pigeon Detectives album)

Wait For Me is the platinum selling debut album of Leeds band The Pigeon Detectives. The album was released for CD, 12" and Digital Download on 28 May, and charted in the UK album chart at #3 in its first week of release....

. It was released on 13 August 2007. It became the band's third straight UK Top 20 single, peaking at #20 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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The song is about age difference in relationships, matching the 22-year-old protagonist alternately with a 17-year-old and a 31-year-old.

Track listing

CD DTTR034CD

1. Take Her Back
2. Wouldn’t Believe It (full version)
3. Left Alone (live at Leeds Town Hall)

7" version 1 DTTR034

1. Take Her Back
2. Statik Back

7" version 2 DTTR034VL

1. Take Her Back
2. Take Her Back (live at Leeds Town Hall)