Push the Feeling On

The original song was initially issued in the United Kingdom in 1992.[4] The song reached No. 86 in the UK charts, before quickly falling off.[2] A similar effect happened with the reissue in the US when it was released there in 1993, reaching No. 80 in the Billboard Hot 100.[5] The song itself was rooted in acid jazz and disco, and the vocalist of the band John Reid noted later it was quite out of date for the time.

The original 1992 version's B-side was a remix by a new producer named Marc Kinchen. Known originally as "MK's Nocturnal Dub", the remix was renamed "Push the Feeling On (The Dub Of Doom)" for its US release. This remix was a hit in the underground scene in the UK, being heavily played for around two years, until the same remix was later released as a single in 1994 in Europe. It proved to be a greater success than the original, reaching No. 22 in the UK charts, and No. 76 in the Eurochart Hot 100.

A later issue, entitled Push the Feeling On (New MK Mixes For '95) with a revised remix from Kinchen entitled the "MK Dub Revisited Edit" solidified the potential of the song - proving to be such a great commercial success internationally that it replaced the original song in both the minds of the public and the band, who subsequently focused on house music for the rest of their career, and deleted the original version from their catalogue, subsequently using the new remix on their debut album, Let's Push It and all subsequent releases.[7][8]

John Reid in the 1995 "Push the Feeling On" music video.

In 2003 and 2007, the song was released again, in other remixed versions. In 2008, Bob Sinclar interpolated the track for his remix of Rihanna's hit single "Don't Stop the Music." In May 2009, Miami rapper Pitbull sampled the song in his song "Hotel Room Service", and British house duo Waze & Odyssey also sampled the song for their bootleg of R. Kelly's Bump n' Grind when released in 2014. In 2012 the German DJ-duo Glamrock Brothers released a remake of the track in cooperation with dance-project Sunloverz and rapper Zyon Gooden. A new music video also features John Reid, singer of the 1995 original. The 2k12-version reached the German single-chart. In 2014, DJ S.K.T released his remix of the track, which appeared on various house music compilation albums and broke the top 40 of the UK iTunes chart.

The original CD single release (catalogue BRCD 258/864491-2) credits John Reid as 'Jon Reed'. The 1995 release New MK Mixes for '95 (UK catalogue FCD 257, international catalogue 854 275-2) credits John Reid as 'J. Reed'.

Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Dance act is making quick club inroads with this delightfully retro romp. A chunky, midtempo groove is dressed in snakey funk guitar licks, bright horn thrushes, and pulses of strings. Radio viability comes from the song's traditional structure and a contagious hook. Bolstered by prerelease interest on European import, cool track has the makings of a multiformat hit. Not to be missed."[9] Lennox Herald described the song as "confident sassy soul with good hook and chorus."[10]

Aberdeen Press and Journal described the song as "infectious". Music & Media wrote, "Third time lucky for the Brits who finally score a hit at home with the MK Dub Revisited Edit. In fact they're the creators of that "canned vibraphone" sound as popularised by Robin S."[11]

The remix was present on many retrospective top ranking lists of the best dance singles of the 90s, including Mixmag's "The 100 Best Dance Singles of All Time", MTV's "The 100 Biggest 90's Dance Anthems of All Time" and Vibe's "Before EDM: 30 Dance Tracks From The '90s That Changed The Game".

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