I Feel You
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| "I Feel You" | ||
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| Single by Depeche Mode | ||
| from the album Songs of Faith and Devotion | ||
| B-side(s) | "One Caress" | |
| Released | February 15, 1993 | |
| Format | Vinyl record 7", 12", CD | |
| Recorded | 1992 | |
| Genre | Rock Synthpop |
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| Length | 4:35 | |
| Label | Mute Records | |
| Writer(s) | Martin Gore | |
| Producer(s) | Depeche Mode and Flood | |
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| Depeche Mode singles chronology | ||
| "World in My Eyes" (1990) |
"I Feel You" (1993) |
"Walking in My Shoes" (1993) |
"I Feel You" is Depeche Mode's twenty-seventh UK single, released on February 15, 1993, and the first single for the then upcoming album Songs of Faith and Devotion.
"I Feel You" brings Depeche Mode's rockier side to the table, using more non-electronic instruments than ever before. For example, Alan Wilder plays drums, and Martin Gore plays the guitar, but there's still plenty of electronics, like the synth screeching intro. Unlike most other pop and rock songs "I Feel You" uses a 3/4 beat. The 7" version of "I Feel You" is the same as the album version. The "Throb Mix" is a 12" version, however with incomplete lyrics. A part of the mixes from the Limited Edition is used as an interlude on the Songs of Faith and Devotion album between "Get Right With Me" and "Rush", and that same part is also used for the intro in the Live versions as you can hear for example on the Songs of Faith and Devotion Live album.
On the cover of "I Feel You", there are four symbols, each representing a member. To tell which member it is, there's a number on the right-corner of each symbol, which is that band member's birthdate OR you can match the symbols up with the symbols on the Songs of Faith and Devotion cover, which overlap a picture of that band member. Using the latter, the top left corner is Alan Wilder, the top right corner is David Gahan, the bottom left corner is Martin Gore, and the bottom right corner is Andrew Fletcher.
The B-side is "One Caress", which is a Martin vocal track from Songs of Faith and Devotion. In the USA, Sire / Reprise released "One Caress" as a promo-only single. One promo copy has the original version. 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" is directed by Anton Corbijn. The girl in the video is Lysette Anthony. There is also a music video for "One Caress", it was directed by Kevin Kerslake and was filmed during one of the off-days of the Devotional Tour in the US. It was promotional only until it appeared on The Videos 86-98+.
The song is also used in a scene in Fatih Akin's Turkish-German film Gegen die Wand.
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[edit] Track listings
[edit] 7": Mute / Bong21 (UK)
- "I Feel You" (4:34)
- "One Caress" (3:30)
[edit] 12": Mute / 12Bong21 (UK)
- "I Feel You [Throb Mix]" (6:47)
- "I Feel You" (4:34)
- "I Feel You [Babylon Mix]" (7:53)
- "One Caress" (3:30)
[edit] 12": Mute / L12Bong21 (UK)
- "I Feel You [Life's Too Short Mix]" (8:35)
- "I Feel You [Swamp Mix]" (7:28)
- "I Feel You [Afghan Surgery Mix]" (4:58)
- "One Caress" (3:30)
[edit] CD: Mute / CDBong21 (UK)
- "I Feel You" (4:34)
- "One Caress" (3:30)
- "I Feel You [Throb Mix]" (6:47)
- "I Feel You [Babylon Mix]" (7:53)
[edit] CD: Mute / LCDBong21 (UK)
- "I Feel You [Life's Too Short Mix]" (8:35)
- "I Feel You [Swamp Mix]" (7:28)
- "I Feel You [Afghan Surgery Mix]" (4:58)
- "I Feel You [Helmet at the Helm Mix]" (6:41)
[edit] CD: Mute / CDBong21X (EU)
- "I Feel You" (4:34)
- "One Caress" (3:30)
- "I Feel You [Throb Mix]" (6:47)
- "I Feel You [Babylon Mix]" (7:53)
- "I Feel You [Life's Too Short Mix]" (8:35)
- "I Feel You [Swamp Mix]" (7:28)
- "I Feel You [Afghan Surgery Mix]" (4:58)
- "I Feel You [Helmet at the Helm Mix]" (6:41)
- The third CD is the 2004 re-release
- The singles in the US are the same as the UK's.
- In the US, Sire/Reprise released a special "Intro Edit" of "I Feel You" exclusively on a promo disc. The difference is that the screeching noise at the beginning, which annoyed some radio stations, was removed.
All songs written by Martin L. Gore
[edit] Covers
Spanish band OBK, did a cover using "I feel you" lyrics and "Personal Jesus" music.
Placebo covered the song for the bonus disc of their fourth album, Sleeping with Ghosts.
Polish death metal band Vader covered the song on their album, Future of the Past, which contained an assortment of covers. The song title on this album was shortened into the acronym I.F.Y. The song also appears on some editions of their 1995 album De Profundis.
The Argentinian rock band Catupecu Machu recorded a cover of I Feel You for the hidden track on their album Cuentos Decapitados.
