Adele Writer(s) Adele, Eg White Producer(s) Jim Abbiss Length 3:48 21 track listing "He Won't Go" "I'll Be Waiting" This box: view • talk

"Take It All" is the seventh track off of Adele's 21. "Take It All", which incorporates a more soulful gospel sound, is accompanied by a choir and piano. Written with Francis "Eg" White, who worked with Adele on "Chasing Pavements", the song's lyrics focus on the protagonist's devotion to an unappreciative lover. ^[1] Adele said that the music for the song just kind of came to her one day. ^[2] The only known live performance of the song is when Adele performed it with "Rolling in the Deep", "Don't You Remember", and "Set Fire to the Rain" at Jools Holland on May 3, 2011 (this doesn't include her performances of it during her Adele Live tour).

BackgroundEdit

"Take It All" was written with Eg White, who also co-wrote "Chasing Pavements". It was the first song written for 21 and upon entering into the studio together, Adele and Eg White had intended to write a song similar to "Chasing Pavements", and although Adele wasn't sure she wanted to write another "Chasing Pavements", the two managed to come up with "Take It All", a ballad that consisted only of piano and vocals and was quite different from "Chasing Pavements". ^[3]

Adele stated about the song that she wrote it about the man who inspired 21 and a few days after writing it, she performed it for him, and he broke up with her two weeks later, sparking the inspiration for the record. ^[4]

Adele debuted the song at one of her shows on the An Evening with Adele Tour; during her performance at the Hollywood Bowl on June 28, 2009, Adele performed the song live for the first time; the only other song she had written for 21 at this point was "I Found a Boy", which was a bonus track. ^[5]

Cover versionsEdit

Television star Jennette McCurdy (from the popular TV show iCarly) performed a cover of the song. ^[6]

LyricsEdit

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