Top 10: Robbie Williams Songs
Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995 and again from 2009 to 2012. He has also had commercial success as a solo artist. Williams has received a record eighteen Brit Awards—winning Best British Male four times, and two awards for Outstanding Contribution to Music and the 2016 Brits Icon for his "lasting impact on British culture", eight German ECHO Awards, and three MTV European Music Awards.In 2004, he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame after being voted the "Greatest Artist of the 1990s". According to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), Williams has been certified for 19.8 million albums and 6.6 million singles in the UK as a solo artist. He is also one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold 75 million records worldwide. Williams also topped the 2000–2010 UK airplay chart, racking up almost 50% more plays than the Sugababes at number 2. In 2014, he was awarded the freedom of his home town of Stoke-on-Trent, as well as having a tourist trail created and streets named in his honour.
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She's The One
#11.0British band World Party first released this song in 1997, a year before Robbie covered it and took it to number one in the UK. It won him two BRIT Awards, including one for its ice skating-inspired music video.
Feel
#22.0Co-written with his longtime songwriting partner Guy Chambers, this was the lead single from his 2002 album Escapology, and features most of the vocals recorded in the demo version. "I just couldn't sing it as well as I did on that day," he said.
Love My Life
#33.0A top 40 for Robbie in 2016, he said that it is "about positivity and making the most of your life. I have a son called Charlton Valentine and a daughter called Theodora Rose Williams. I have been to rehab twice and had lots of therapy. "I realised that what happens to you when you become older is because of you when you were a kid. So this song is about hope and spreading positivity instead of negativity."
No Regrets
#44.0This song was written about Robbie's feelings about his time in (and departure from) Take That. After reconciling with the band years later, he replaced the final line ‘I guess the love we once had is officially dead’ with ‘officially alive!’. Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys and Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy provide backing vocals for the song.
Angels
#55.0This was the song that saved Robbie's career, after his first few songs that had lackluster chart runs. Despite only reaching number four, it is his best-selling single, shifting over a million copies after its release in 1997.
Kids
#66.0Robbie decided to turn this song into a duet, and was written when Kylie approached him to write her some songs for what would be her album Light Years. It was then that Robbie noticed their chemistry and decided to include it on his album too.
Let Me Entertain You
#77.0The fifth and final single from Robbie's debut album, this song was written a certain homage to The Who, Kiss and The Rolling Stones. To this day, it his is bombastic concert opener.
You Know Me
#88.0This was the second single from his 2009 comeback album Reality Killed the Video Star. In the video, he falls asleep and wakes up dressed as a rabbit in a waistcoat, and explores a fantasy world based on Alice in Wonderland.
Candy
#99.0Co-written with his Take That bandmate Gary Barlow, this provided Robbie with his seventh solo number one in 2012. While most of the lyrics are nonsensical, it tells the story of a girl who thinks she’s perfect. He said: “Some songs take an age to write and some songs just fall out of your mouth completely formed, and you don’t have to think about it. I don’t know why that fell out of my mouth and out of my brain at that particular time – it just did.”
Supreme
#1010.0This song famously samples elements from Gloria Gaynor's iconic disco anthem 'I Will Survive'. Its music video sees Robbie as a 1970s race car driver, in a tribute to Jackie Stewart.
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