This song compares with any of Robbie Williams solo tracks, and it deserved much more recognition at the time. It's catchy as hell and stays in your head. I found myself humming this for ages.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, Mark Owen is the George Harrison of Take That, criminally underrated songwriter who was capable of writing songs on par, if not better than Gary and Robbie's songs. He, much like George, was the first of Take That to release a solo album. The parallels are a little maybe contrived, but they are there.
I still feel this song was hugely overlooked. It's catchy as hell with great lyrics. On par of not better than most of the crap out on the charts at the time!
I completely agree - I've always loved this and it sends shivers down my spine and almost reduces me to tears, and yet it never really got anywhere. Unfortunately, extremely pertinent right now :-(
Fran O'Reilly totally agree only people with great understanding insight to music will realise this I'm not usually into music like this but I recognise the tallent of this tune
Ever so often I suddenly remember this song. It was such an excellent track that was massively underrated. If it had been released as a Take That song for example it probably would have been at No 1 for weeks and remembered as an anthem forever which is kind of unfair to Mark.
I am an American who would've never heard of him or this song (much like I knew nothing about Robbie Williams until I visited the UK) except the school I work at does a special math program and they play the chorus of this song when the kids have 4 minutes left to warn them to finish up and clean up. Great tune about an admittedly dark subject that made me think.
Lyrics [1st Chorus] 4 minutes left to go, is this the end, then? Message on your stereo, four minute warning Everybody wants to know, what should we do then? A few short stories, a four minute warning [Verse 1] Sasha stands in his yellow cafe Yes, the heart of the city is here, so he tells me Sitting on his red leather sofa, he's rolling another "Man, I'll see ya when I see ya" Polly is said to be the next big thing In her high-heeled boots and her two-inch earrings Heart of glass, Blondie sings in her ear You're a rock queen, honey, and we all hear you Come on! [2nd Chorus] 3 minutes left to go, is this the end, then? Message on your stereo, four minute warning Everybody wants to know, what should we do, then? A few short stories, a four minute warning [Verse 2] Lucy had a hard time with love But love recently chose the right time for Lucy Loving when you know it's the final time She now holds time in her own mind Yeah, Jimmy's is the local for Michael A Guinness in one hand, in the other a fable, able I once asked: "Are you a lonely man?" His reply was non-committal: "I am what I am, man." [3rd Chorus] 2 minutes left to go, is this the end, then? Message on your stereo, four minute warning Everybody wants to know, what should we do, then? A few short stories, a four minute warning [Bridge] Cry, laugh, feel love, peace, panic These are your four minutes (I'm counting you down, four minutes of sound It's always a rush when you're around) [Verse 3] The final story is one of me Who with four minutes left has used up three I think of you, I think of me Then I think of nothing, it's the end, you see Yeah! [4th Chorus] 1 minute left to go, is this the end, then? Message on your stereo, four minute warning Everybody wants to know, what should we do, then? A few short stories, a four minute warning [Outro] 30 seconds left to go, is this the end, then? Message on your stereo, four minute warning Everybody wants to know, what should we do, then? What would you do, what would you do, yeah? With a four minute warning, a four minute warning I'm fading away, I'm fading away...If anybody wants to know I'm fading away, I'm fading away...There's only seconds left to go
This is a great song, it’s subject matter and lyrical references really resonated with me as a Gen X kid who grew up in the shadow of the Cold War and a very real possibility of the 4 minute warning at any time. I had to explain this all to my boyfriend (15 years my junior) when he noticed the hairs on my arms standing up whilst listening to this when I was driving us up the A1 to see his mum! Top it all off; I’m a metal head and I truly love this song!
M dad was in the Royal Air Force and we were stationed In RAF Laarbruch at the time at the height of the Cold War in 1983. When the sirens went off especially at night everybody’s house lights went on and the men all put there protective clothing. We were unsure if this was an exercise or the prelude to war. I was only a teenager and got into such a state terrified. 😢😢🇬🇧🏴
I heard thos song on the radio ages ago but didn't know the title or artist..so glad I found it now. Thank you mark..excellent, catchy song!! Wish it had done better in the charts as it deserved more recognition
What a clever way of delivering a message. Thank you! "Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers.....But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years" - 2nd Peters chapter 3. Sooo... 1000 yrs / 24 hrs per day /60 mins per hr x 4 mins = 2.777 years
I love Gary's music and i love robbies aswell.... But marks music is my favourite... He's so overlooked its criminal, one of my favourite solo artists if im being honest 👍
Cracking song ! Highly underatted !I still remember coming home from school and putting on my Now 56 CD and playing this track whilst dancing about my room . Great times!
Man why is he so underrated as a solo artist from Take That and why do they only have the second solo album on sportily and not his 1st, 3rd, and 4th album. Nobody has a unique voice like him that I know. Mark Owen is incredible and not to mention a genius songwriter he is way overlooked and not appreciate for his rare talent. Gary also only has his solo debut album where are his 2nd, 3rd, and 4th album not on Spotify as well?
Totally agree. He is a brilliant songwriter. He could have just followed up his Take That success with standard ballads and pop songs. But I find his songs very different to mainstream pop songs with incredible lyrics. I can't understand - the fans who loved Take That didn't transfer that love to his solo efforts.
lookup the story behind the 4 minute warnig then the lyrics make alot more sence and how fightening life was bck then and could still be today.....love this song too without all that said
I love Mark Owen. I saw him perform this at Live and Loud in Glasgow back in 2004. He's a great performer and songwriter but I think the boys work best together.
@Quarrel47 Eh? This was released way back in 2003 and is a totaly different song to 4 minute warning by Radiohead which was on In Rainbows, which was released after this in 2007. This song is not an 'attempt' at anyhting other than his own song.
I have recently discovered them… weird I know… (living in America) but on my road of discovering Robbie Williams, Take That and specifically Mark Owen… I can safely say he has become my favorite for sure. Such talented and dreamy man. ❣️🎶🙌🏼 Don’t take me wrong, I love all of them! They are amazing but I am crazy about Mark. ❤
I listened to this song about 20 times in a row before my first ever date at the age of 17, back in 2004. GAAAAD damn. Those were the days...scraping date money from friends, tricking dad into dropping me to the theatres where my then GF was waiting lol
Seems like they extended the instrumental part of the bridge to make the „one minute left“ countdown work, but a great song nonetheless! Didn‘t know it until today!
The four minute warning was a public alert system conceived by the British Government during the Cold War and operated between 1953 and 1992. The name derived from the approximate length of time from the point at which a Soviet nuclear missile attack against the United Kingdom could be confirmed and the impact of those missiles on their targets. The population was to be notified by air raid sirens, television and radio, and urged to seek cover immediately.
Pretty much. It's about a nuclear strike. Four minutes from finding out a nuclear missile has been launched to it actually hitting the target. Everyone has just found out they have four minutes to left to live, and this guy is looking around him at the last moments of people's lives.
Holy shit, I can remember when this song came out & I liked it but I guess, dismissed it. Actually really like it, wish markie had a bit more recognition. Reminds me of REM
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This is defo his best...a message that complies to us all.........A four minute warning....MARK, you should of a little more of this direction, you`d of be amazing....
+An Ni . no he did it with them. its on one of the tt cds. if you seen the video you would notest gary barlow playing the piano & mark standing with the other 3 whilst he singing it.
I don't know why people hates him because of his affairs and his drinking problem,it's very easy to start drinking but it's hard to stop it,and I respect him for doing something with his problem,plus everyone had or still have an affair I recpect him also bacause he had the brave to admit on his affairs...
I love this song so much I can't listen to it without feeling nostaligic ...I remember coming home from school when I was in primary 5 and putting on my now 56 cd and skipping to this track and singing and dancing along to it. Take me back. Best days.
2023!! Still love this song so much!
i do to it is the song i have at school to get dressed for P.E
This song compares with any of Robbie Williams solo tracks, and it deserved much more recognition at the time. It's catchy as hell and stays in your head. I found myself humming this for ages.
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Hi,I'm still listening it's a great song 😁👍
Still listening
Totally agree
Such an underrated track, but the case with many true gems, only the lucky few get to hear
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Mark Owen is the George Harrison of Take That, criminally underrated songwriter who was capable of writing songs on par, if not better than Gary and Robbie's songs. He, much like George, was the first of Take That to release a solo album. The parallels are a little maybe contrived, but they are there.
See also Maurice Gibb.
Like Mark Owen and George, a quiet, unassuming talent who takes the sound of their group to the next level.
Not better than Gary. With Robbiie maybe.
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@@tcaudiobooks737Maurice Gibb まさにそのとおりだと思います♪
I still feel this song was hugely overlooked. It's catchy as hell with great lyrics. On par of not better than most of the crap out on the charts at the time!
I completely agree - I've always loved this and it sends shivers down my spine and almost reduces me to tears, and yet it never really got anywhere. Unfortunately, extremely pertinent right now :-(
Fran O'Reilly totally agree only people with great understanding insight to music will realise this I'm not usually into music like this but I recognise the tallent of this tune
fan shadoe9 riley. 👍. i agree.
Fran . yeah i agree.
This is the music.
Ever so often I suddenly remember this song. It was such an excellent track that was massively underrated. If it had been released as a Take That song for example it probably would have been at No 1 for weeks and remembered as an anthem forever which is kind of unfair to Mark.
Concordo plenamente!
this song was well crafted. its exactly a countdown of the song as well as it goes. just look at the time when the song goes...brilliant
The rest of Take That should have been scared by this solo master piece !!!!!
I've loved this song since the moment I first heard that chorus. I'm a sucker for soaring melody and harmony.
And maybe the best singer in the group, just listen to the rest singing solo and you will get what i mean, just brilliant
I am an American who would've never heard of him or this song (much like I knew nothing about Robbie Williams until I visited the UK) except the school I work at does a special math program and they play the chorus of this song when the kids have 4 minutes left to warn them to finish up and clean up. Great tune about an admittedly dark subject that made me think.
Listening in 2021 and had to show my other half how good this song still is 😍
Seriously.. why is this song so underatted ? Definitely one of my favourites songs ever !
Thanks for being a fan and for the support you showered on me, I hope you never stop listening to my music and watching my musical videos.
Lyrics
[1st Chorus]
4 minutes left to go, is this the end, then?
Message on your stereo, four minute warning
Everybody wants to know, what should we do then?
A few short stories, a four minute warning
[Verse 1]
Sasha stands in his yellow cafe
Yes, the heart of the city is here, so he tells me
Sitting on his red leather sofa, he's rolling another
"Man, I'll see ya when I see ya"
Polly is said to be the next big thing
In her high-heeled boots and her two-inch earrings
Heart of glass, Blondie sings in her ear
You're a rock queen, honey, and we all hear you
Come on!
[2nd Chorus]
3 minutes left to go, is this the end, then?
Message on your stereo, four minute warning
Everybody wants to know, what should we do, then?
A few short stories, a four minute warning
[Verse 2]
Lucy had a hard time with love
But love recently chose the right time for Lucy
Loving when you know it's the final time
She now holds time in her own mind
Yeah, Jimmy's is the local for Michael
A Guinness in one hand, in the other a fable, able
I once asked: "Are you a lonely man?"
His reply was non-committal: "I am what I am, man."
[3rd Chorus]
2 minutes left to go, is this the end, then?
Message on your stereo, four minute warning
Everybody wants to know, what should we do, then?
A few short stories, a four minute warning
[Bridge]
Cry, laugh, feel love, peace, panic
These are your four minutes
(I'm counting you down, four minutes of sound
It's always a rush when you're around)
[Verse 3]
The final story is one of me
Who with four minutes left has used up three
I think of you, I think of me
Then I think of nothing, it's the end, you see
Yeah!
[4th Chorus]
1 minute left to go, is this the end, then?
Message on your stereo, four minute warning
Everybody wants to know, what should we do, then?
A few short stories, a four minute warning
[Outro]
30 seconds left to go, is this the end, then?
Message on your stereo, four minute warning
Everybody wants to know, what should we do, then?
What would you do, what would you do, yeah?
With a four minute warning, a four minute warning
I'm fading away, I'm fading away...If anybody wants to know
I'm fading away, I'm fading away...There's only seconds left to go
Great song, excellent lyrics
This is a great song, it’s subject matter and lyrical references really resonated with me as a Gen X kid who grew up in the shadow of the Cold War and a very real possibility of the 4 minute warning at any time. I had to explain this all to my boyfriend (15 years my junior) when he noticed the hairs on my arms standing up whilst listening to this when I was driving us up the A1 to see his mum!
Top it all off; I’m a metal head and I truly love this song!
M dad was in the Royal Air Force and we were stationed In RAF Laarbruch at the time at the height of the Cold War in 1983. When the sirens went off especially at night everybody’s house lights went on and the men all put there protective clothing. We were unsure if this was an exercise or the prelude to war. I was only a teenager and got into such a state terrified. 😢😢🇬🇧🏴
Great story
This is an incredibly awesome song! Pure pop! Happy birthday,Mark!
+Tatucu Adina The song is about 'the end times', end of the world.
I heard thos song on the radio ages ago but didn't know the title or artist..so glad I found it now. Thank you mark..excellent, catchy song!! Wish it had done better in the charts as it deserved more recognition
most happy song about nuclear armageddon!
Good lord this feels timely in 2020 in the midst of the Corona nightmare
Paper Tiger Lily Great minds hey .... I thought there’d be more of us xx 😷🤯
What a tune. Mark its 9th of March 2022 and Russia has invaded Ukraine, you wrote this 20 years ago and you are so spot on.
What a clever way of delivering a message. Thank you! "Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers.....But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years" - 2nd Peters chapter 3. Sooo... 1000 yrs / 24 hrs per day /60 mins per hr x 4 mins = 2.777 years
Once in a while I suddenly have ‘4 minute warning’ pop in to my head and then I come here and watch
Just a great song, well written and well sung!
Still love this song and I'm a punk at heart. This is still relevant and was years before.
Haven't heard this song in almost a decade... Damn, I had good taste when I was ten.
I love Gary's music and i love robbies aswell.... But marks music is my favourite... He's so overlooked its criminal, one of my favourite solo artists if im being honest 👍
Superlative track, and I've met Mark a couple of times A lovely, lovely guy!
September 2003 in the UK, I'd do anything to be 30 and in love again 😏
you must be old if you was 30 in 2003 calm your ass down grandpa
@@evildeed90smy dad was over 30 in 2003...
Anyone else check to see of this vid was 4 minutes 😂 still love this tune today. Mark was overlooked in my eyes.
Amazing song, amazing artist, amazing video. Thanks for uploading!
It still is a great song all these years later.
One of the most catchy songs about all-out nuclear war you've ever likely to hear!
this is a cool song from mark owen. i think hes cute. you dont hear this song often. not like the same songs over & over again.
just rediscovered this song after such a long time ! I love ittttttttttt
don't forget that he's also singing "i'm fading away" as the song's fading out! Utter brilliance
this heart song.
Just randomly remembered this song from way back. So well written and catchy! Although the budget for the video must have been about £10 ha
Cracking song ! Highly underatted !I still remember coming home from school and putting on my Now 56 CD and playing this track whilst dancing about my room . Great times!
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"who with 4 minutes left, has used up 3" occurs over the 3min mark...nice timing!
The Organic Matrix All of the minutes gel with the songs timing. Genius!
Man why is he so underrated as a solo artist from Take That and why do they only have the second solo album on sportily and not his 1st, 3rd, and 4th album.
Nobody has a unique voice like him that I know.
Mark Owen is incredible and not to mention a genius songwriter he is way overlooked and not appreciate for his rare talent.
Gary also only has his solo debut album where are his 2nd, 3rd, and 4th album not on Spotify as well?
Totally agree. He is a brilliant songwriter. He could have just followed up his Take That success with standard ballads and pop songs. But I find his songs very different to mainstream pop songs with incredible lyrics.
I can't understand - the fans who loved Take That didn't transfer that love to his solo efforts.
@@moodyblues1273 so true
Mark Owen, he is so gorgeous and so amazing!
Definitely underrated, great song!
I fancied him when they first started out as a band, 1992, and I still do....pity we are both married though....
Brilliant song 👍👍💖💘💗🌟🏴🏴🏴
Love this song but i pray no country gets a 4 minute warning 😢🙏 sending love to Ukraine ❤
UR A ROCK QUEEN HONEY AND WE ALL HEAR YOU, COME ON!!!!!!!
Love this song still know most of the words to this day. Totally underrated and the music video is great!
lookup the story behind the 4 minute warnig then the lyrics make alot more sence and how fightening life was bck then and could still be today.....love this song too without all that said
you're always the best! beautiful song!!!
I love Mark Owen. I saw him perform this at Live and Loud in Glasgow back in 2004. He's a great performer and songwriter but I think the boys work best together.
2021 and it still sounds great.
Mark you are a great artist.
I still love this song by Mark owen.
This song is so underrated! So well timed love it!
Loved this song since I was a kid. Making sense now
i heart this snog even when i am sooo tried, i imagie what i wood do wi mi last 5 mins, ta sharer
Remember this song from when it came out and suddenly today I had it going through my head and bam nostalgia !
@Quarrel47 Eh? This was released way back in 2003 and is a totaly different song to 4 minute warning by Radiohead which was on In Rainbows, which was released after this in 2007. This song is not an 'attempt' at anyhting other than his own song.
I have recently discovered them… weird I know… (living in America) but on my road of discovering Robbie Williams, Take That and specifically Mark Owen… I can safely say he has become my favorite for sure. Such talented and dreamy man. ❣️🎶🙌🏼
Don’t take me wrong, I love all of them! They are amazing but I am crazy about Mark. ❤
Literally the best Take That 'solo' track any of them did. Brilliant!
One hell of a Tune
I just read an interpretation of the lyrics...man that is clever!
I listened to this song about 20 times in a row before my first ever date at the age of 17, back in 2004. GAAAAD damn. Those were the days...scraping date money from friends, tricking dad into dropping me to the theatres where my then GF was waiting lol
Still pops into my head from time to time.
Man, I wish Our Mark would do another solo album. It's still pop but just SO much more interesting and personal than the take that-songs.
GRANDE MARK ....ADORO LA SUA VOCE E LA SUA "R"....
Amazing song ♥
I like Mark's voice... wowwwwww
I think Mark is soooo fantastic - I love him
Seems like they extended the instrumental part of the bridge to make the „one minute left“ countdown work, but a great song nonetheless! Didn‘t know it until today!
Fucking love this song.
No shame.
Classic, I remember Mark working on this in my village, ah the good old days.
The four minute warning was a public alert system conceived by the British Government during the Cold War and operated between 1953 and 1992. The name derived from the approximate length of time from the point at which a Soviet nuclear missile attack against the United Kingdom could be confirmed and the impact of those missiles on their targets. The population was to be notified by air raid sirens, television and radio, and urged to seek cover immediately.
Thanks for that information 👍
@DresdenImmi I love how he's "fading away" as the song is fading out. Brilliant!
I love this song sooo much ❤
Pretty much. It's about a nuclear strike. Four minutes from finding out a nuclear missile has been launched to it actually hitting the target. Everyone has just found out they have four minutes to left to live, and this guy is looking around him at the last moments of people's lives.
Just listening to Gary Barlow's autobiography and he and his writing partner were responsible for this song.
Holy shit, I can remember when this song came out & I liked it but I guess, dismissed it. Actually really like it, wish markie had a bit more recognition. Reminds me of REM
my fave mark's solo song
@marie mccafferty Thanks for being a fan, and for the support you showered on me, I hope you never stop listening to my music and watching my musical videos.
This is defo his best...a message that complies to us all.........A four minute warning....MARK, you should of a little more of this direction, you`d of be amazing....
my favorite video of markie.i love his flighty hair in the wind ♥
I had no idea Mark Owen had a solo career. I like it!
He still has a solo career, he released four solo albums, the last one in 2013. I hope he'll write some new songs in the not so distance future again.
Bis first song was Child. Released in 1996/1997 after TT splitted
+An Ni . no he did it with them. its on one of the tt cds. if you seen the video you would notest gary barlow playing the piano & mark standing with the other 3 whilst he singing it.
Nicola ross. no he did the song i like it with the other 2. gary & howard. 😆
nicola ross. thats one of the songs he did with howard & gary. thats what its called, its called i like it.😊
A very underrated song I thought this was awesome and I still feel it's current today
So catchy, still love this.
love the harmonica awesome
My 4 year old daughter just stood next to the stereo rocking to this amazing tune
They kids are addicted to armageddon these days
Fantastic song. The chorus randomly popped up into my concience and i had to search for it again.
Amazing song.
damn thanks bro ;) used to listen to this back in 2000 when i was like 2 :)
great song and i love that video~
I'm so late to this party but this song is fabulous! It should have been released and played more here in Canada
the song would have had to have been called 30 second warning.....doresnt sound so catchy lol
Such a clever song. I bought it back in the day
Just found this song in 2024 and love it!
I am what I am well done bro ya beat rene and jean with that words x x pommm x x x
Here in 2018💛 Mark should try releasing another solo album, this was amazing it deserved so much more recognition x
Moja ulubiona piosenka Owena. Jego głoś jest świetny. Uwielbiam go!
I don't know why people hates him because of his affairs and his drinking problem,it's very easy to start drinking but it's hard to stop it,and I respect him for doing something with his problem,plus everyone had or still have an affair I recpect him also bacause he had the brave to admit on his affairs...
good song!! Mark will always be cutie
I love this song so much I can't listen to it without feeling nostaligic ...I remember coming home from school when I was in primary 5 and putting on my now 56 cd and skipping to this track and singing and dancing along to it. Take me back. Best days.
I love you Mark ♥
Thanks for being a fan, and for the support you showered on me, I hope you never stop listening to my music and watching my musical videos.
i always thought this song was scary but what a great song it is
I love this tune! Have it on my iPod..used to listen to it when i was 6. good times :)
I love his song, he has a distinctive voice, u can always define it in take that :)