I Feel You
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| Single by Depeche Mode | ||||
| from the album Songs of Faith and Devotion | ||||
| B-side | "One Caress" | |||
| Released | February 15, 1993 | |||
| Format | Vinyl record 7", 12", CD | |||
| Recorded | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 4:35 (Album Version) 4:27 (Intro Edit) |
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| Label | Mute Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Martin Gore | |||
| Producer | Depeche Mode and Flood | |||
| Certification | Gold (RIAA) | |||
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"I Feel You" is Depeche Mode's twenty-seventh UK single, released on February 15, 1993, and the first single for the then upcoming album Songs of Faith and Devotion. The song peaked at #8 on the UK Singles Chart and also made #1 and #3 on the US Modern Rock Tracks and Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts, respectively. It is the band's highest charting single worldwide.
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"I Feel You" brings Depeche Mode's more rock-oriented side to the table, using more non-electronic instruments than ever before. For example, Alan Wilder plays drums, and Martin Gore plays the guitar, but with electronic sounds still included, like the synth screeching intro. "I Feel You" has a compound time signature of 6/8. The 7" version of "I Feel You" is the same as the album version. The "Throb Mix" is a 12" version, but with incomplete lyrics. A part of the "Swamp Mix" is used as an interlude on the Songs of Faith and Devotion album between "Get Right With Me" and "Rush"; this was also used in the intro for the live arrangements of "I Feel You" that were played during their Devotional/Summer tours.
On the cover of "I Feel You", there are four symbols, each representing a member. To tell which member it is, there's a number on the right-corner of each symbol, which is that band member's birthdate, or you can match the symbols up with the symbols on the Songs of Faith and Devotion cover, which overlap a picture of that band member. Using the latter, the top left corner is Alan Wilder, the top right corner is David Gahan, the bottom left corner is Martin Gore, and the bottom right corner is Andrew Fletcher.
The B-side is "One Caress", which is a Martin vocal track from Songs of Faith and Devotion. In the USA, Sire / Reprise released "One Caress" as a promo-only single. One promo copy has the original version, and the other has the version from Songs of Faith and Devotion Live. There is no remix for the song.
The music video for "I Feel You" is directed by Anton Corbijn. The woman in the video is English actress Lysette Anthony. There is also a music video for "One Caress", directed by Kevin Kerslake, and was filmed during one of the off-days of the Devotional Tour in the US. It was a promo-only video that was later released on The Videos 86>98. Prior to its inclusion on The Videos 86>98, the music video for "One Caress" was frequently broadcast on MTV's Alternative Rock video block 120 Minutes and Sky-1.
On 2 September 1993, "I Feel You" was nominated in the MTV Video Music Awards.[1]
The song is also used in a scene in Fatih Akin's Turkish-German film Gegen die Wand.
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In the US, Sire/Reprise released a special "Intro Edit" of "I Feel You" exclusively to this promo disc. The difference is that the screeching noise at the beginning, which annoyed some radio stations, was removed. |
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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| Australian Singles Chart[2]. | 37 |
| Austrian Singles Chart[3] | 7 |
| Dutch Singles Chart[4] | 39 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] | 1 |
| French Singles Chart[6] | 5 |
| German Singles Chart[7] | 4 |
| Irish Singles Chart[8] | 6 |
| Italian Singles Chart[9] | 4 |
| Spanish Singles Chart[10] | 1 |
| Swedish Singles Chart[11] | 2 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[12] | 4 |
| UK Singles Chart[13] | 8 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[14] | 37 |
| US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[14] | 3 |
| US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[14] | 1 |
[edit] Covers
Spanish band OBK did a cover using "I Feel You" lyrics and "Personal Jesus" music.
Placebo covered the song for the bonus disc of their fourth album, Sleeping With Ghosts.
Polish death metal band Vader covered the song on their album, Future of the Past, which contained an assortment of covers. The song title on this album was shortened into the acronym "I.F.Y." and the lyrics were heavily altered. The song also appears on some editions of Vader's 1995 album De Profundis.
Swiss industrial metal band Samael covered the song on their "On Earth" EP.
The Argentinian rock band Catupecu Machu recorded a cover for the hidden track on their album Cuentos Decapitados.
Disciple covered the song as a new track for their special edition re-release, "Disciple".
Apollo 440 also recorded a cover on the tribute album For the Masses.
[edit] See also
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[edit] References
- ^ http://www.depechemode.com/video/television/mtvvma93.html
- ^ "Discographie Depeche Mode". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- ^ "Discographie Depeche Mode". AustrianCharts.at. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- ^ "Discografie Depeche Mode". DutchCharts.nl. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- ^ Nyman, Jake (2005) (in Finnish). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
- ^ "Discographie Depeche Mode". LesCharts.com. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- ^ "Chartverfolgung / Depeche Mode / Single". MusicLine.de. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
- ^ [1]. Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ "'I Feel You' chart position'". Hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
- ^ Billboard: Hits of the World, March 13, 1993
- ^ "Discography Depeche Mode". SwedishCharts.com. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- ^ "Discography Depeche Mode". SwissCharts.com. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- ^ "Chart Stats: Depeche Mode". ChartStats.com. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- ^ a b c "Depeche Mode > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
