I Feel You

"I Feel You"
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Songs of Faith and Devotion
B-side	"One Caress"
Released	February 15, 1993
Format	Vinyl record 7", 12", CD
Recorded	1992
Genre	Alternative rock Synthrock
Length	4:35
Label	Mute Records
Writer(s)	Martin Gore
Producer	Depeche Mode and Flood
Certification	Gold (RIAA)
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. The song peaked at #8 on the UK singles chart and also made #1 and #3 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart and the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart respectively. It is the band's highest charting single worldwide.

Details

"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" superimposes a 6/8 beat (played by the guitar riff) into the 4/4 time, creating hemiola. 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 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 English actress 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 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.

On 2 September 1993, "I Feel You" was nominated (it didn't win) in the MTV Video Music Awards.^[1]

The song is also used in a scene in Fatih Akin's Turkish-German film Gegen die Wand.

On the MTV animated series "Beavis & Butthead", the main characters watch a lot of music videos, and give their own commentary. This is their take on the music video for "I Feel You".^[2]

Track listings

7"

Mute / Bong21 (UK):

1. "I Feel You" – 4:34
2. "One Caress" – 3:30

12"

Mute / 12Bong21 (UK):

1. "I Feel You (Throb Mix)" – 6:47 (remixed by Mark Stent)
2. "I Feel You" – 4:34
3. "I Feel You (Babylon Mix)" – 7:53 (remixed by Supereal and John Crossley)
4. "One Caress" – 3:30

12"

Mute / L12Bong21 (UK):

1. "I Feel You (Life's Too Short Mix)" – 8:35 (remixed by Brian Eno)
2. "I Feel You (Swamp Mix)" – 7:28 (remixed by Brian Eno)
3. "I Feel You (Afghan Surgery Mix)" – 4:58 (remixed by Danny Briottet)
4. "One Caress" – 3:30

CD

Mute / CDBong21 (UK):

1. "I Feel You" – 4:34
2. "One Caress" – 3:30
3. "I Feel You (Throb Mix)" – 6:47
4. "I Feel You (Babylon Mix)" – 7:53

CD

Mute / LCDBong21 (UK):

1. "I Feel You (Life's Too Short Mix)" – 8:35
2. "I Feel You (Swamp Mix)" – 7:28
3. "I Feel You (Afghan Surgery Mix)" – 4:58
4. "I Feel You (Helmet at the Helm Mix)" – 6:41 (remixed by Mark Stent)

CD

Mute / CDBong21X (EU):

1. "I Feel You" – 4:34
2. "One Caress" – 3:30
3. "I Feel You (Throb Mix)" – 6:47
4. "I Feel You (Babylon Mix)" – 7:53
5. "I Feel You (Life's Too Short Mix)" – 8:35
6. "I Feel You (Swamp Mix)" – 7:28
7. "I Feel You (Afghan Surgery Mix)" – 4:58
8. "I Feel You (Helmet at the Helm Mix)" – 6:41

• This CD is the 2004 re-release

Promo 12"

Mute / P12Bong21 (UK):

1. "I Feel You (Throb Mix)" – 6:47 (remixed by Mark Stent)
2. "I Feel You" – 4:34
3. "I Feel You (Babylon Mix)" – 7:53 (remixed by Supereal and John Crossley)
4. "One Caress" – 3:30

12"

Sire/Reprise / 40767-0 (US):

1. "I Feel You (Babylon Mix)" – 7:53
2. "I Feel You (Helmet At The Helm Mix )" – 6:40
3. "I Feel You (Afghan Surgery Mix)" – 4:58
4. "One Caress (Album Version)" – 3:32
5. "I Feel You (Life's Too Short Mix)" – 8:35
6. "I Feel You (Swamp Mix)" – 7:28
7. "I Feel You (Throb Mix)" – 6:49

CD

Sire Reprise / 40767-2 (US):

1. "I Feel You" – 4:34
2. "One Caress" – 3:30
3. "I Feel You (Throb Mix)" – 6:47
4. "I Feel You (Babylon Mix)" – 7:53

CD

Sire Reprise / 40784-2 (US):

1. "I Feel You (Life's Too Short Mix)" – 8:35
2. "I Feel You (Swamp Mix)" – 7:28
3. "I Feel You (Afghan Surgery Mix)" – 4:58
4. "I Feel You (Helmet at the Helm Mix)" – 6:41 (remixed by Mark Stent)

Promo 12"

Sire/Reprise / PRO-A-6022 (US):

1. "I Feel You (Helmet At The Helm Mix)" – 6:40
2. "I Feel You (Afghan Surgery Mix)" – 4:58
3. "I Feel You (Throb Mix )" – 6:49
4. "I Feel You (Babylon Mix)" – 7:53
5. "I Feel You (Life's Too Short Mix )" – 8:35

Promo 12"

Sire/Reprise / PRO-CD-6022 (US):

1. "I Feel You (Single Mix)" – 4:35

Promo 12"

Sire/Reprise / PRO-CD-6145 (US):

1. "I Feel You (Intro Edit)" – 4:27

In the US, Sire/Reprise released a special "Intro Edit" of "I Feel You" exclusively to this promo disc. The difference is that the screeching noise at the beginning, which annoyed some radio stations, was removed.

Charts

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." and the lyrics were heavily altered. The song also appears on some editions of Vader's 1995 album De Profundis.

Swiss industrial metal band Samael covered the song on their On Earth EP.

The Argentinian rock band Catupecu Machu recorded a cover of "I Feel You" for the hidden track on their album Cuentos Decapitados.

Disciple covered the song as a new track for their special edition re-release, Disciple.

External links

• Single information from the official Depeche Mode web site

References