Take That's latest single Up All Night makes the always ill-advised move of giving Mark Owen lead vocal duties. Nothing against Marky, but it's immediately obvious that Up All Night is this album's Shine.

Therefore, I hate it.

Before all you housewives start shouting at your computer screens, hold on a minute. I'm generally a supporter of the Take That reunion. I've been to see them live twice. It's great to hear all the old tunes again.

But the new material, barring a couple of amazing singles has been dreadfully pedestrian. Up All Night falls into that category. It starts off with a folksy intro, then quickly segues into that Beatles-by-numbers sing-along chorus. Because Take That were/are as bug as The Beatles, and tunes that sound like The Beatles remind us of the frenzy of the 90's.

To make matters worse, the group further try to integrate themselves into British culture by the tried and tested route of setting the video in an old-fashioned postwar-style street party: as previously exploited by the Spice Girls in their Stop video and by Doctor Who (a lot).

The guys dress up as regular barrow-boys, all scruffy like, and play their instruments to the locals as they no doubt tuck into spam sandwiches. They lay on the cheese so thick (I'm talking about the video now, not the sandwiches) that I'm surprised they didn't have Barlow playing the washboard, Donald on an old tea chest and Orange playing the spoons.

I hate to rag on Take That like this, but I get the feeling that they won't stop until they find their Hey Jude. Maybe they should just release a cover of Hey Jude?

And to be fair, it's a decent track, infuriatingly catchy. But it sounds so much like Shine and any rousing Beatles number to be likeable. I hate it when bands repeat themselves, and that's what the boys are doing on this extremely safe track. I'm sure they're capable of better.