Feel Me (Blancmange song)

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"Feel Me"
Blancmange Feel Me 1982 Single Cover.jpg
Single by Blancmange
from the album Happy Families
B-side "Feel Me (Instrumental)"
Released16 July 1982 (1982-07-16) [1]
Genre
Length5:05
Label London
Songwriter(s)
  • Neil Arthur
  • Stephen Luscombe
Producer(s) Mike Howlett
Blancmange singles chronology
"God's Kitchen"
(1982)		"Feel Me"
(1982)		"Living on the Ceiling"
(1982)

"Feel Me" is a song by the English synth-pop duo Blancmange, released on 16 July 1982 as the second single from their debut studio album Happy Families (1982). It was written by Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe, and produced by Mike Howlett. [5] "Feel Me" reached No. 46 in the UK and remained on the charts for five weeks. [6]

Contents

Speaking to The Spill Magazine in 2018, Arthur recalled of the song's writing: "Stephen came in with a groove — my input was the words and the topline melody." [7]

Critical reception

Upon its release, Dave Lewis of Sounds picked "Feel Me" as the "single of the week", calling it "exhilerating and exciting stuff". He summarised, "This is what good dance records are supposed to sound like, with talk/scream vocals David Byrne-style and great stabbing slabs of synth jutting in and out of the insistent percussive mantra that rattles away throughout." [8] In the US, Billboard picked the single as a "recommended" single under the "Dance/Disco" category. [9] Keyboard wrote: "Much of Luscombe's work is sustained lines with muted tone colors, but on "Feel Me" he does a gutty synth bass figure." [10]

In a retrospective review of Happy Families (1982), Bill Cassel of AllMusic considered "Feel Me" as one of the album's highlights. [5] Ira Robbins of Trouser Press felt the song "suffer[s] from extreme monochromatic tediousness". [11] John Bergstrom of PopMatters stated: "The nervous "I Can't Explain", and twisted electro-funk love song "Feel Me" still sound taut and sharp, and Arthur and Luscombe never bettered them." [2] John Doran of The Quietus commented in a review of The Very Best of Blancmange (2012): "There is a marginally darker feel to other early singles with lurching, belligerent electronic funk pop evident on "Feel Me" and "I Can't Explain"." [3]

Track listing

7-inch single

  1. "Feel Me" – 5:05
  2. "Feel Me" (Instrumental) – 5:04

7-inch single (Philippines release)

  1. "Feel Me" – 5:03
  2. "God's Kitchen" – 2:51

12-inch single

  1. "Feel Me (Extended Version)" – 7:03
  2. "Feel Me (Instrumental)" – 5:08

Personnel

Blancmange

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
UK singles chart [6] 46

References

  1. ↑ "New Singles". Music Week . 17 July 1982. p. 25.
  2. 1 2 "Blancmange: Happy Families / Mange Tout / Believe You Me". PopMatters. 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  3. 1 2 "Reviews | Blancmange". The Quietus. 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  4. ↑ Evans, Richard (August 6, 2024). "1982.2". Listening to the Music the Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983. Omnibus Press. p. 359. ISBN   978-1-915841-45-2.
  5. 1 2 Bill Cassel. "Happy Families - Blancmange | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  6. 1 2 "BLANCMANGE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  7. ↑ Robert Defina. "Spill Feature: Finding His Ideal Home - A Conversation With Neil Arthur Of Near Future/Blancmange". The Spill Magazine. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  8. ↑ Lewis, Dave (24 July 1982). "Singles". Sounds . p. 29. ISSN   0144-5774.
  9. ↑ "Billboard". 1982-12-11. Retrieved 2018-10-20– via Google Books.
  10. ↑ "Keyboard". 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2018-10-20– via Google Books.
  11. ↑ Robbins, Ira A. (2007-01-04). The Trouser Press Record Guide - Ira A. Robbins. Collier Books. ISBN   9780020363613 . Retrieved 2018-10-20– via Google Books.
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