I Feel You

This article is about the song by Depeche Mode. For other uses, see I Feel You (disambiguation).
"I Feel You"
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Songs of Faith and Devotion
B-side "One Caress"
Released 15 February 1993
Format
Recorded 1992 Madrid, Hamburg, London[1]
Genre Synthrock[2]
Length 4:35 (Album Version)
4:27 (Intro Edit)
Label Mute
Writer(s) Martin Gore
Producer(s)
Certification Gold (RIAA)[3]
Depeche Mode singles chronology
"World in My Eyes"
(1990)
"I Feel You"
(1993)
"Walking in My Shoes"
(1993)
Songs of Faith and Devotion track listing
"I Feel You"
(1)
"Walking in My Shoes"
(2)

"I Feel You" is a song by Depeche Mode, released on 15 February 1993 as their 27th UK single and the first single from the album Songs of Faith and Devotion. The song peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart and also made number one and number three on the US Modern Rock Tracks and Hot Dance Club Play charts, respectively. It was the band's highest-charting single worldwide. The song is ostensibly about "connection" between two individuals.

Details

"I Feel You" demonstrates a more rock-oriented sound, 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 Dave Gahan, the bottom left corner is Martin Gore, and the bottom right corner is Andy 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" was directed by Anton Corbijn. The woman in the video was English actress Lysette Anthony. There is also a music video for "One Caress", directed by Kevin Kerslake, that 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.[4]

The song was also used in a scene in Fatih Akin's Turkish-German film Gegen die Wand.

Track listings

7", Cassette
Mute / Bong21, CBong21 (UK):
  1. "I Feel You" – 4:34
  2. "One Caress" – 3:30
12"
Mute / 12Bong21 (UK):
  1. "I Feel You (Throb Mix)" – 6:47 (remixed by Mark Stent)
  2. "I Feel You" – 4:34
  3. "I Feel You (Babylon Mix)" – 7:53 (remixed by Supereal and John Crossley)
  4. "One Caress" – 3:30
12"
Mute / L12Bong21 (UK):
  1. "I Feel You (Life's Too Short Mix)" – 8:35 (remixed by Brian Eno)
  2. "I Feel You (Swamp Mix)" – 7:28 (remixed by Brian Eno)
  3. "I Feel You (Afghan Surgery Mix)" – 4:58 (remixed by Danny Briottet)
  4. "I Feel You (Helmet At The Helmet Mix)" – 6:41 (remixed by Mark Stent)
CD
Mute / CDBong21 (UK):
  1. "I Feel You" – 4:34
  2. "One Caress" – 3:30
  3. "I Feel You (Throb Mix)" – 6:47
  4. "I Feel You (Babylon Mix)" – 7:53
CD
Mute / LCDBong21 (UK):
  1. "I Feel You (Life's Too Short Mix)" – 8:35
  2. "I Feel You (Swamp Mix)" – 7:28
  3. "I Feel You (Afghan Surgery Mix)" – 4:58
  4. "I Feel You (Helmet at the Helm Mix)" – 6:41
CD
Mute / CDBong21X (EU):
  1. "I Feel You" – 4:34
  2. "One Caress" – 3:30
  3. "I Feel You (Throb Mix)" – 6:47
  4. "I Feel You (Babylon Mix)" – 7:53
  5. "I Feel You (Life's Too Short Mix)" – 8:35
  6. "I Feel You (Swamp Mix)" – 7:28
  7. "I Feel You (Afghan Surgery Mix)" – 4:58
  8. "I Feel You (Helmet at the Helm Mix)" – 6:41
  • This CD is the 2004 re-release

Promo 12"
Mute / P12Bong21 (UK):
  1. "I Feel You (Throb Mix)" – 6:47 (remixed by Mark Stent)
  2. "I Feel You" – 4:34
  3. "I Feel You (Babylon Mix)" – 7:53 (remixed by Supereal and John Crossley)
  4. "One Caress" – 3:30
12"
Sire/Reprise / 40767-0 (US):
  1. "I Feel You (Babylon Mix)" – 7:53
  2. "I Feel You (Helmet At The Helm Mix )" – 6:40
  3. "I Feel You (Afghan Surgery Mix)" – 4:58
  4. "One Caress (Album Version)" – 3:32
  5. "I Feel You (Life's Too Short Mix)" – 8:35
  6. "I Feel You (Swamp Mix)" – 7:28
  7. "I Feel You (Throb Mix)" – 6:49
CD
Sire Reprise / 40767-2 (US):
  1. "I Feel You" – 4:34
  2. "One Caress" – 3:30
  3. "I Feel You (Throb Mix)" – 6:47
  4. "I Feel You (Babylon Mix)" – 7:53
CD
Sire Reprise / 40784-2 (US):
  1. "I Feel You (Life's Too Short Mix)" – 8:35
  2. "I Feel You (Swamp Mix)" – 7:28
  3. "I Feel You (Afghan Surgery Mix)" – 4:58
  4. "I Feel You (Helmet at the Helm Mix)" – 6:41 (remixed by Mark Stent)
Promo 12"
Sire/Reprise / PRO-A-6022 (US):
  1. "I Feel You (Helmet At The Helm Mix)" – 6:40
  2. "I Feel You (Afghan Surgery Mix)" – 4:58
  3. "I Feel You (Throb Mix )" – 6:49
  4. "I Feel You (Babylon Mix)" – 7:53
  5. "I Feel You (Life's Too Short Mix )" – 8:35
Promo CD
Sire/Reprise / PRO-CD-6022 (US):
  1. "I Feel You (Single Mix)" – 4:35
Promo CD
Sire/Reprise / PRO-CD-6145 (US):
  1. "I Feel You (Intro Edit)" – 4:27

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.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 37
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 7
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 21
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[8] 31
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] 1
France (SNEP)[10] 5
Germany (Official German Charts)[11] 4
Ireland (IRMA)[12] 6
Italy (FIMI)[13] 4
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[14] 35
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[15] 39
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[16] 29
Spain (AFYVE)[17] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 4
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[20] 8
US Billboard Hot 100[21] 37
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[21] 3
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[21] 4
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[21] 1
US Cash Box[22] 37

Year-end charts

Chart (1993) Rank
Italy (FIMI)[13] 37

Covers

"I Feel You"
Promotional single by Placebo
Released 1999
Format Cassette
Length 6:26
Label
  • Hut
  • Elevator Music

Other uses

"One Caress" was used in the episode "Room 33" of American Horror Story Hotel.[24]

See also

References

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  4. MTV Video Music Awards Pre Show (MTV/USA – 1993) at the Wayback Machine (archived 23 October 2009). Depechemode.com. 2 September 1993.
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  6. "Austriancharts.at – Depeche Mode – I Feel You" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
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  12. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Feel You". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  13. 1 2 "I singoli più venduti del 1993" (in Italian). Hit Parade Italia. Creative Commons. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
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  17. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
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  20. "Archive Chart: 1993-02-27" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
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  23. Britton, Luke Morgan (17 March 2015). "Johnny Marr shares video for Depeche Mode cover 'I Feel You'". NME. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  24. Wax, Alyse (17 March 2015). "Five Things About AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL, Episode 506 — 'Room 33'". Blumhouse Productions. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
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