Take a Look (song)

1988 single by Level 42

"Take a Look"

Single by Level 42
from the album  Staring at the Sun
B-side| "Man"
Released| 10 October 1988[1]
Recorded| 1988
Genre| Pop rock
Length| 4:41
Label| Polydor
Songwriter(s)|

* Mark King
* Boon Gould
* Mike Lindup
* Wally Badarou

Producer(s)|

* Level 42
* Wally Badarou
* Julian Mendelsohn

Level 42 singles chronology
| "Heaven in My Hands"
(1988)  | "Take a Look"
(1988)  | "Tracie"
(1989)

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Music video
"Take a Look" on YouTube

"Take a Look" is a song by English jazz-funk band Level 42, released in October 1988 as the second single from their eighth studio album, Staring at the Sun (1988). It reached number 32 on the UK Singles Chart.

## Personnel

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* Mark King – bass, vocals
* Mike Lindup – keyboards, vocals
* Gary Husband – drums
* Alan Murphy – guitar
* Wally Badarou – leyboards
* Dominic Miller – guitar

## Charts

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Chart (1988)  | Peak
position

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Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2] | 24
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[3] | 14
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4] | 15
UK Singles (OCC)[5] | 32

## References

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1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 60.
2. ^ "Level 42 – Take A Look" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
3. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 48, 1988" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
4. ^ "Level 42 – Take A Look" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
5. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 March 2024.

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Level 42

* Mark King
* Mike Lindup
* Nathan King
* Pete Ray Biggin
* Sean Freeman

* Phil Gould
* Boon Gould
* Gary Husband
* Alan Murphy

Studio albums|

* Level 42
* The Early Tapes
* The Pursuit of Accidents
* Standing in the Light
* True Colours
* World Machine
* Running in the Family
* Staring at the Sun
* Guaranteed
* Forever Now
* Retroglide

Live albums|

* A Physical Presence

Compilations|

* Level Best
* The Very Best of Level 42
* The Definitive Collection
* Past Lives – The Best of the RCA Years

Singles|

* "Love Meeting Love"
* "Love Games"
* "Turn It On"
* "Starchild"
* "Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?"
* "Weave Your Spell"
* "The Chinese Way"
* "Out of Sight, Out of Mind"
* "The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)"
* "Micro-Kid"
* "Hot Water"
* "The Chant Has Begun"
* "Something About You"
* "Leaving Me Now"
* "Lessons in Love"
* "World Machine"
* "Running in the Family"
* "To Be with You Again"
* "It's Over"
* "Children Say"
* "Heaven in My Hands"
* "Take a Look"
* "Tracie"
* "Take Care of Yourself"
* "Guaranteed"
* "Overtime"
* "My Father's Shoes"
* "Forever Now"
* "Love in a Peaceful World"

Related articles|

* Discography
* Band members
* Influences
* One Man
* Beautiful Wounds
* M
* Wally Badarou
* Jakko Jakszyk

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