" If it touches people , it 's a good song , " remarked Noel Gallagher . " You know , people go on about Take That – but ' Back for Good ' '' said '' something to me . And if it touches me … " ' The song was released on 27 March 1995 and entered the UK Singles Chart at number one , selling nearly 350,000 copies in its first week . This made it one of the fastest selling singles of the year , selling almost as many as the rest of the Top 10 that week added together . It remained at number one in the United Kingdom for four weeks . The song has received a double Platinum sales status certification in the United Kingdom , and is also still regularly ranked high in United Kingdom based favourite ever songs polls . It is their biggest selling single and the biggest selling boyband single ever in the United Kingdom , with sales of 1.2 million as of September 2017 . The song won British Single of the Year at the 1996 Brit Awards
1996 Brit Awards
1996 Brit Awards
Back for Good (song)