sentence: year-end charts chart precession and succession personnel gary barlow -- songwriter , vocals , keyboards and programming howard donald -- songwriter and vocals jason orange -- songwriter and vocals mark owen -- songwriter and vocals robbie williams -- songwriter and vocals stuart price -- producer , mixing , keyboards , guitar , bass and programming dave emery -- assistant mixing ryan carline -- engineer noah goldstein -- assistant engineer ben mark -- guitar karl brazil -- drums stephen lipson -- mandolin wil malone -- strings arrangement and conductor perry montague-mason -- leader , orchestra contractor and strings supervisor everton nelson -- leader richard lancaster -- strings engineer tim young -- mastering credits adapted from progressed album notes .