[1] It was written by Gary Barlow (who also sang lead vocals) and engineered by keyboard player Phil Coxon of OMD.

[3] Just prior to the release of "Back for Good", the group had done a photo shoot for Vogue Italia with designer Gianni Versace.

[7][better source needed] It is Take That's biggest selling single from the 1990s and second overall behind "Rule The World", with UK sales of 1.2 million as of September 2017.

[13] Steve Baltin from Cash Box stated Take That had "a massive hit on its hands with this very straight-ahead blue-eyed soul ballad."

[19] The magazine later added, "Expect to hear this beautifully-arranged, classic pop ballad on the radio and jukeboxes for many years to come".

[20] Ian McCann from NME said, "'Back for Good' is just too classy, too like a Cliff Richard Christmas adult ballad about how he misses the wife he's never actually had, and what a painful divorce, which he's never actually had, is.

[28] The music video for "Back for Good" was shot in black and white on 27 February 1995 and directed by British directors Vaughan Arnell and Anthea Benton.

In an effort to mock his boy band roots, group member turned solo artist Robbie Williams performed a 'hard rock' live version in the style of the Sex Pistols, which was a B-side to his single "Angels" (1998).

It also featured in the final episode of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's The Office as a love theme for characters Tim (Martin Freeman) and Dawn (Lucy Davis).

It's featured in British hospital comedy series Green Wing as a dream sequence with Julian Rhind-Tutt's character Mac enacting all members of Take That.

Gary Barlow stated on ITV1's An Audience with Take That Live broadcast on 2 December 2006 that there were 89 versions recorded by other artists.

Coldplay performed the song with Gary Barlow at Shepherd's Bush Empire, London in aid of War Child in 2009.