| "Feel It All Around" | ||||
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| Single by Washed Out | ||||
| from the album Life of Leisure | ||||
| Released | July 2009 | |||
| Genre | Chillwave | |||
| Length | 3:12 | |||
| Label | None (self-released) | |||
| Songwriter | Ernest Greene | |||
| Producer | Ernest Greene | |||
| Washed Out singles chronology | ||||
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"Feel It All Around" is a song by American musician Washed Out. It was first released in July 2009. [1] Later that year, it appeared on his debut EP Life of Leisure and received a vinyl release. It samples the 1983 song "I Want You" by Italian singer Gary Low. [2]
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"Feel It All Around" became Washed Out's breakout song, [3] and is generally regarded as the definitive chillwave track. [2] [4] It is considered the most popular example of a chillwave song [5] and set the template for the genre. [6] [7] Pitchfork named it "Best New Track" [8] and later listed it as the 10th best song of 2009, [9] while NME ranked it as the 36th best song of 2009. [10] It received even more recognition when it was used as the opening theme song for the surreal comedy series Portlandia (2011–2018). [11]