I Feel So

"I Feel So"
Single by Box Car Racer
from the album Box Car Racer
Released	June 6, 2002
Recorded	2002
Studio	Signature Sound & O'Henry Sound Studios
Genre	Post-hardcore [1] pop-punk [2]
Length	4:31 (album version) 3:32 (piano intro version) 3:24 (guitar intro version)
Label	MCA
Songwriters	Tom DeLonge Travis Barker
Producer	Jerry Finn
Box Car Racer singles chronology
"I Feel So" (2002) "There Is" (2002)

"I Feel So" is the debut single released by Box Car Racer from their eponymous album. The single peaked at number eight on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Background

An instrumental version of "I Feel So" is present on the cassette edition of the Box Car Racer album, replacing the last track, “Instrumental”. ^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker, and arranged by Box Car Racer.

CD single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Feel So" (piano intro)	3:32
2.	"I Feel So" (guitar intro)	3:24

US maxi single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Feel So" (piano intro)	3:24
2.	"I Feel So" (album version)	4:31
3.	"There Is"	3:11
4.	"I Feel So" (music video)	3:32

UK maxi single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Feel So" (album version)	4:31
2.	"I Feel So" (guitar intro)	3:32
3.	"Cat Like Thief" (featuring Tim Armstrong of Rancid and Jordan Pundik of New Found Glory)	4:20
4.	"I Feel So" (music video)	3:32

7" single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Feel So" (album version)	4:31
2.	"Cat Like Thief" (featuring Tim Armstrong of Rancid and Jordan Pundik of New Found Glory)	4:20

Music video

Box Car Racer on set for the "I Feel So" music video.

The music video for the song features scenes switching between the band playing in what appears to be a basement with "Box Car Racer" written in graffiti on the wall, along with the track titles of all the songs on the eponymous album, and two children (a boy and a girl) asleep in their bedrooms. The storyline was inspired by the "Muncie, Indiana" scene of the Spielberg science fiction film Close Encounters of the Third Kind (where the boy awakens in the night and his toys start operating on their own). The boy's possessions start to shake as the first chorus starts and the young girl's eyes water as she takes a rose off of her windowsill and its petals fall off. The video achieved some airplay on MTV, and massive success on MTV2, MuchMusic and Fuse TV. The video was directed by both singer Tom DeLonge and Nathan "Karma" Cox. The clip was filmed on March 21, 2002 at a studio in Burbank, California. ^[4] The video was later released on the Box Car Racer DVD. The album version of the song is a minute longer than the version used in the music video, due to the guitar intro being removed, but the piano intro is still kept in.

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "I Feel So"

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Scotland Singles (OCC) [5]	40
UK Singles (OCC) [6]	41
UK Rock & Metal (OCC) [7]	6
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 ( Billboard ) [8]	20
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [9]	8

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "I Feel So"

Chart (2002)	Position
US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard) [10]	50

References

Footnotes

1. Sacher, Andrew. "Box Car Racer turns 20: a look back on blink-182's crucial post-hardcore side project". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 2025-11-27. Tom lets out some distorted, noisy guitar over a typically rock-solid beat from Travis Barker, and then busts out one of those chunky, Quicksand-y riffs, like the one he'd written for "All Systems Go" (the next track on the LP).
2. "Box Car Racer: Self-titled. – Popmatters music review". Popmatters. September 5, 2002. Archived from the original on February 7, 2005. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
3. Shooman 2010, p. 96.
4. Corey Moss (March 26, 2002). "Blink-182 Side Project Shoots Video, Plans Handful Of Shows". MTV News. Archived from the original on April 15, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
5. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
6. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
7. "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
8. "Box Car Racer Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
9. "Box Car Racer Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
10. "The Year in Charts 2002: Most-Played Modern Rock Songs" (PDF). Airplay Monitor. December 20, 2002. p. 42. Retrieved June 21, 2025.

Sources

• Shooman, Joe (June 24, 2010). Blink-182: The Bands, the Breakdown & the Return. Independent Music Press. ISBN   978-1-906191-10-8.

External links

• "I Feel So" Official music video on YouTube