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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KII1ruAfvsg Rule The World]], inspired by the film ''Film/{{Stardust}}''. Especially when performed at at the closing ceremony for the London 2012 UsefulNotes/OlympicGames, given lead singer Gary Barlow lost his baby daughter only a few days previously. His voice cracking in the opening verse caused a lot of damp eyes.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ideJmOH2z4Y Said It All]] might be one of the most depressing {{Break Up Song}}s ever written, mostly for how hopeless the situation seems:
-->''When the tears fall away''
-->''And there's no conversation''
-->''There's nothing left to break''
-->''That's not already broken''
-->''You're staring into space''
-->''And every inch of silence''
-->''Been standing here for days, and days, and days...''
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO4gR7kPuek The Circus]], especially since RealitySubtext means it can easily be read about being the then-fraught relationship of the rest of the band (but especially Gary) with former member Robbie Williams, the humiliation of their own attempts at solo careers (especially Gary's), or both:
-->''Everybody loves a circus show''
-->''But I'm the only clown you'll ever know''
-->''And now you can applaud [[MyGreatestFailure my best mistake]]''
-->''[[CannotSpitItOut I love you was too many words to say]]''
* Absolutely tons in ''For The Record'', the documentary about the band they produced in 2005, just prior to the reunion:
** Biggest would be Howard's admission that when the band split up, he was so depressed he [[DrivenToSuicide briefly contemplated throwing himself into the river Thames]].
** Gary, when asked about the failure of his solo career, especially compared to Robbie's:
--->'''Gary:''' I didn't want to be something I wasn't. ''[pauses, voice cracks]'' Maybe I should have done. ''[Main/TearfulSmile]'' Maybe I should have tried that.
** And when Robbie is asked about Gary's comparatively happy family life, he at first laughs it off (''"Fourteen [=BRITs=], fuck off!"'') Then...
--->'''Robbie:''' In all seriousness... [[CelebrityIsOverrated I would trade everything I have for that]].[[note]]Although this moment is a good deal more HeartwarmingInHindsight given Robbie's 2010 marriage to actress Ayda Field, them having started a family and seemingly being very HappilyMarried.[[/note]]
** The final scenes where Gary, Mark, Howard and Jason are all reunited, and sit around wondering whether Robbie will join them. [[DownerEnding He doesn't]]. Which became much HarsherInHindsight in 2011, when Robbie said he was never actually told the rest of the band would be reuniting, and the producers [[ManipulativeEditing lied to him]] [[RuleOfDrama just to enhance the drama of it all]].
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