I Feel You

"I Feel You"
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Songs of Faith and Devotion
B-side "One Caress"
Released 15 February 1993
Format
Recorded 1992 Madrid, Hamburg, London[1]
Genre Synthrock[2]
Length 4:35 (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)

"I Feel You" is a song by Depeche Mode, released on 15 February 1993 as their 27th UK single and the first single from the album Songs of Faith and Devotion. The song peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart and also made number one and number three on the US Modern Rock Tracks and Hot Dance Club Play charts, respectively. It was the band's highest-charting single worldwide. The song is ostensibly about "connection" between two individuals.

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 synth 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 a 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 USA, Sire/Reprise released "One Caress" as a promo-only single. One promo 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.

The music video for "I Feel You" was directed by Anton Corbijn. The woman in the video was 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 was a promo-only 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-1.

On 2 September 1993, "I Feel You" was nominated in the MTV Video Music Awards.[3]

Track listings

Charts

Notable cover versions

"I Feel You"
Promotional single by Placebo
Released 1999
Format Cassette
Length 6:26
Label
  • Hut
  • Elevator Music
Songwriter(s) Martin Gore

See also

References

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