You Made Me Realise (song)

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"You Made Me Realise"
Single by My Bloody Valentine
from the album You Made Me Realise
Released8 August 1988
Genre
Length3:46
Label Creation
Songwriter Kevin Shields
Producer My Bloody Valentine
My Bloody Valentine singles chronology
"Strawberry Wine"
(1987)		"You Made Me Realise"
(1988)		"Feed Me With Your Kiss"
(1988)

"You Made Me Realise" is a song by Irish-English rock band My Bloody Valentine, released in August 1988 by Creation. It is the opening track and lead single from their extended play of the same name (1988).

Contents

Recording

"You Made Me Realise" was recorded by My Bloody Valentine for their EP of the same name in Walthamstow, East London. [1] It was written by lead vocalist and guitarist Kevin Shields and produced by the band. [2] It blends elements of shoegaze and noise rock. [3]

Reception and legacy

AllMusic's Nitsuh Abede singled out "You Made Me Realise" as a standout of the EP. [4] Alexis Petridis of The Guardian called it "a song that stopped listeners in their tracks: its furious, pummelling[ sic ] riff and stop-start structure at odds with the languorous, alluring vocals, the 40-second gust of beatless noise that splits it in two." [5]

"You Made Me Realise" is an enduring work by My Bloody Valentine. The song is ranked by Stylus at number 24 on their "Top 50 Basslines of All Time" list, [6] Q at number 35 on their "100 Greatest Guitar Tracks Ever" list, [7] and NME at number 50 on their "50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever" list. [8] Petridis ranked it second in The Guardian's list of the band's 20 greatest songs. [5]

Live performances

During live performances of "You Made Me Realise", the repeats a single chord from the song for as long as they felt bearable, as the song descending into cacophony. [9] It usually lasts around 15 minutes, although there are reports of shows where it went on for well over half an hour. [9] [10] [11] For the 2008–09 reunion shows, it brought each show to over 130 dB. [11] [12] These performances were praised by Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins, who cites the band as an influence. [13]

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak

position

UK Singles (OCC) [14] 107
UK Indie (OCC) [15] 5

References

Citations

  1. ↑ McGonial 2007, p. 26–27.
  2. ↑ You Made Me Realise (Media notes). My Bloody Valentine. Creation Records. 1988. CRE 055T.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ↑ Bonner, Michael (3 November 2017). "Going Blank Again: a history of shoegaze". Uncut . Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  4. ↑ Abebe, Nitsuh. "You Made Me Realise". AllMusic . Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  5. 1 2 Petridis, Alexis (2 February 2023). "My Bloody Valentine's 20 greatest songs – ranked!". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "Stylus Magazine's Top 50 Basslines Of All Time - Article - Stylus Magazine". Archived from the original on 2 May 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "100 Greatest Guitar Tracks – Ever!". Q . 224 (March 2005).
  8. ↑ "The Greatest Indie Anthems Ever – countdown continues". NME . 1 May 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  9. 1 2 Lukowski, Andrzej (21 April 2009). "Shoegaze Week: thoughts on My Bloody Valentine's Holocaust". Drowned In Sound . Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  10. ↑ O'Hagan, Sean (18 May 2008). "Daydream believers". The Guardian . Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  11. 1 2 Ewing, Tom (22 June 2008). "My Bloody Valentine, The Roundhouse, London; 20 June 2008". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  12. ↑ Moore, John (24 June 2008). "Moore confessions: My Bloody Ears". The Guardian . Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  13. ↑ McGlinchey, Joe (January 1996). "My Bloody Valentine". Perfect Sound Forever . Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2025. Also noted is their influence on Billy Corgan, who recruited the engineer of 'Loveless', Alan Moulder, for the latest Smashing Pumpkins album.
  14. ↑ "My Bloody Valentine | Artist". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  15. ↑ Lazell 1997, p. 155.

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