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"I Feel You"
DepecheModeIFeelYou.jpg
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Songs of Faith and Devotion
B-side "One Caress"
Released15 February 1993 (1993-02-15) [1]
Studio Madrid, Hamburg, London [2]
Genre
Length4:35(album version)
4:27 (intro edit)
Label Mute
Songwriter(s) Martin Gore
Producer(s)
Depeche Mode singles chronology
"World in My Eyes"
(1990)		"I Feel You"
(1993)		"Walking in My Shoes"
(1993)
Music video
"I Feel You" on YouTube

"I Feel You" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 15 February 1993 by Mute as their 27th UK single and the first single from their eighth studio album, Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993). The song peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart and also made number one and number three on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. It is one of the band's highest-charting singles worldwide. The accompanying music video was directed by Anton Corbijn.

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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 synthesized tyre 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 the 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.

The single release contained "One Caress", a track from Songs of Faith and Devotion sung by Martin Gore. In the US, Sire/Reprise released "One Caress" as a promotional single. One promotional 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.

Critical reception

In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton wrote, "In a similar vein to "Personal Jesus" the track may not have quite the momentum to go Top 3 and is unlikely to win them any new fans." [5] David Quantick from NME viewed it as "a song which takes INXS's arena bluster and turns it into a dark and mean glitter stomp." [6] Sam Wood from Philadelphia Inquirer described it as "a screeching blast of hellish white noise. A claustrophobic electro-blues shackled to a two-note guitar figure, "I Feel You" trumpets the onrush of a terrifying mystical experience." [7]

Music video

The black-and-white music video for "I Feel You" was directed by Dutch photographer, film director and music video director Anton Corbijn. The woman in the video is 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 is a promotional 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 One. On 2 September 1993, "I Feel You" was nominated in the MTV Video Music Awards. [8]

Track listings

The "Life's Too Short" mix and the "Swamp" mix are by Brian Eno; the "Throb" mix and the "Helmet at the Helm" mix are by Mike Stent; the "Babylon" mix is by John Crossley and Supereal; and the "Afghan Surgery" mix is by Danny Briottet and Renegade Soundwave.

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [51] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notable cover versions

"I Feel You"
Placebo i feel you.gif
Promotional single by Placebo
Released1999
Length6:26
Label
  • Hut
  • Elevator Music
Songwriter(s) Martin Gore

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