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"It wasn't really a conscious decision [to make 'I Feel You' the first single]. When the album was finished, it was just somehow clear that this would be the first single. It's the most aggressive piece and we think it represents the album best. I also thought it was right to come out with a bang after a three-year break - better than making a comeback with a ballad, anyway. It's like a slap in the face, and that's a thousand times better than saying: Sorry, we're back." | |||
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I Feel You
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| Song | I Feel You |
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| By | Depeche Mode |
| Songwriter | Martin L. Gore |
| Produced by | Depeche Mode Flood |
| Recorded at | Madrid, Spain Chateau du Pape, Hamburg, Germany |
| Length (mm:ss) | 4:35 (album version) 4:27 (intro edit) |
| Tempo | 122 BPM |
| Time signature | 3 4 |
| Key | D Major |
| Design | Anton Corbijn Area |
| Recorded | 1992 |
| Originally released | 15 February 1993 |
| Live performances as Depeche Mode | 815 times * |
| Total live performances | 886 times * |
"I Feel You" is a song from the 1993 album Songs Of Faith And Devotion by Depeche Mode. It was released as a lead single on 15 February 1993.
Notes
Martin Gore in Bong issue no. 37, 1998:
"The whole 'Songs Of Faith And Devotion' project started off with the basic principle that we wanted to become more live, spontaneous and have a lot more performances involved. So that whole album turned out to be the rockiest that we've ever wanted to achieve. 'I Feel You' is probably the pinnacle of that and it's about the closest we're going to come to sounding like a real authentic rock band."
Dave Gahan in Rolling Stone issue #670: "[...] And then 'I Feel You' came on [while listening to Martin's demo tape]: That was the moment when I looked into the mirror with the broomstick and started miming air guitar. I was ready to do something with some purpose, and suddenly things started to fall into place."
Alan Wilder said in the May 1993 issue of Keyboard magazine:
"All the drums on there are played. Most of them were sampled and then sequenced in the form of drum loops. That's not to say that they don't change as the song goes on. There's a series of loops, which are sequenced together, using Steinberg Cubase, in a different structure from how they were originally performed."
Alan Wilder answered this during his Q&A on Shunt:
"'I Feel You' was basically mixed for the radio. We would listen through small speakers most of the time. There are definitely imperfections in the sound of 'SOFAD' from the mixing through to the mastering but so what... Who wants to listen to a technically perfect record with no soul or passion?
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If I remember correctly, everyone else felt 'I Feel You' should be first, including Daniel. The main reason for the choice was that the track had attitude and was radically different to what we had done before. We hoped it would surprise people and make them curious about the rest of the album."
Andy Fletcher told Billboard in 1993:
"Since we had been away for so long, we wanted to come back with a track that sort of created an impression. People react to that track. They may not like it or they may love it. It makes a statement... If we released a more commercial track first, there is a danger that people might say, 'Oh, here they are again with the same old stuff.'"
Martin Gore said the same in the book Depeche Mode: Gott, Sex und Liebe in January 1993 (translated from Germany):
"It wasn't really a conscious decision [to make 'I Feel You' the first single]. When the album was finished, it was just somehow clear that this would be the first single. It's the most aggressive piece and we think it represents the album best. I also thought it was right to come out with a bang after a three-year break - better than making a comeback with a ballad, anyway. It's like a slap in the face, and that's a thousand times better than saying: Sorry, we're back."
Lyrics
I Feel You
I feel you
Your sun it shines
I feel you
Within my mind
You take me there
You take me where
The kingdom comes
You take me to
And lead me through Babylon
This is the morning of our love
It's just the dawning of our love
I feel you
Your heart it sings
I feel you
The joy it brings
Where heaven waits
Those golden gates
And back again
You take me to
And lead me through oblivion
This is the morning of our love
It's just the dawning of our love
I feel you
Your precious soul
And I am whole
I feel you
Your rising sun
My kingdom comes
I feel you
Each move you make
I feel you
Each breath you take
Where angels sing
And spread their wings
My love's on high
You take me home
To glory's throne
By and by
This is the morning of our love
It's just the dawning of our love
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1992 Grabbing Hands Music Overseas/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
Music video
Live performances
- Main article: Available recordings of "I Feel You"
- Main article: List of dates where "I Feel You" was played
Live versions
This section provides an example of a live version of I Feel You from each tour that it was played.
- Play 1993 Devotional Tour: 1993-07-31 Crystal Palace Sports Ground, London, England, UK
- Play 1994 Exotic Tour: 1994-05-14 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountainview, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Play 1998 The Singles Tour: 1998-10-05 Cologne Arena, Cologne, Germany
- Play 2003 Paper Monsters Tour: 2003-06-12 Hultsfred Festival, Hultsfred, Sweden
- Play 2005-2006 Touring The Angel: 2006-06-04 Rock Am Ring, Nurburgring, Germany
- Play 2009-2010 Tour Of The Universe: 2009-05-06 Rockhal, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
- Play 2013–2014 Delta Machine Tour: 2013-10-11 Austin City Limits Festival, Austin, TX, USA
- Play 2017-2018 Global Spirit Tour: 2017-09-09 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA
- Play 2023-2024 Memento Mori Tour: 2023-03-23 Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
Trivia
- 'I Feel You' has been covered by Vader (1995), Apollo 440 (1998), Catupecu Machu (2000), Claire's Birthday (2001), Placebo (2003), Škwor (2003), Pat MacDonald (2003), Slaves to the Symbol (2004), Samael (2005), The Narrow (2005), Collide (2009), Helalyn Flowers (2009), Scala & Kolacny Brothers (2010), Bebo Best, Evelins and Mr. Lova (2010), Studio-X (2011), Zed & Monsoon (2015), Johnny Marr (2015), and Chateau Pop (2017).
- 'I Feel You' has been sampled in the following songs by Depeche Mode and other artists:
- 'My Joy' - Depeche Mode (1993)
- 'Black Box (Pt. 1)' - Recoil (2000)
- 'Who Wants Cake?' - Venetian Snares (2010)
- 'I Feel You' is featured in 2004 German-Turkish drama Head On and 2010 drama 8 Uhr 28. The Throb Mix of 'I Feel You' is featured in 2009 horror film The Collector.
- 'I Feel You' is also featured in a variety of television series, including season two episode sixteen and season three episode eighteen of Beavis and Butt-Head. The song is also featured in the season two finale of Netflix science fiction series Sense8 as well as a trailer for season two of fellow Netflix drama 13 Reasons Why.
