Take That - Why Can't I Wake Up With You

What this video is

Released on 8 February 1993 as the lead single from Take That's second album Everything Changes, this video arrived at the precise moment the group was transitioning from teen novelty act to credible UK pop force. The song's revision from a saxophone ballad on the debut album into a swingbeat-inflected mid-tempo track reflected the broader UK pop absorption of American New Jack Swing influences. The château setting…

Why it matters

A key document of UK boy band pop's early-90s stylistic pivot toward swingbeat and R&B-influenced production. The video's aesthetic — warm interiors, isolated male figures, romantic longing — established a visual grammar that would define the mid-90s British pop promo template, influencing how…

The director

Grant Hodgson and Liam Kan are a British directing duo credited on this 1993 Take That music video per IMDb and Songfacts. Their collaborative work on this video marked one of their documented UK pop promo projects of the early 1990s. No extensive solo…