The Proms at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport suggested "that the Proms was one of several big cultural events that many people did not feel comfortable attending" and advocated an increase in multicultural works and an effort to broaden the audience. Her comments received wide criticism in the musical world and media as being a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of the Proms, with Gordon Brown even distancing himself from her remarks. In the 2009 season, which ran from 17 July to 12 September 2009, the total number of concerts reached 100 for the first time. The principal anniversary composers
Take Back the Night (song) to join him on the dance floor: "Your love's a weapon/Give your body some direction/that's my aim/And we can take back the night". During its outro, it contains staccato-ed guitars and blasts of horns, each of which is announced by Timberlake. "Take Back the Night" received mixed to positive reviews from music critics. A reviewer of "Fact" wrote, "Horn-addled and packed with the kind of effortless swagger the singer exudes so well, 'Take Back the Night' will no doubt field comparisons to prime-era Michael Jackson, and that’s no bad thing at all." The comparison was echoed by "Spin", "New York