"I Feel Love" is a song by American singer and songwriter

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. Produced and co-written by

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and

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, it was recorded for Summer's fifth studio album, ''

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'' (1977). The album concept was to have each track evoke a different musical decade; for "I Feel Love", the team aimed to create a futuristic mood, employing a

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. The song was released just before the album on May 1, 1977, as the B-side to the single " Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)", which rose to number 20 on the US ''Billboard'' R&B chart. Two months later, the sides were flipped and the single was reissued. "I Feel Love" reached number one in Australia, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, number three in West Germany, and number six on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United States, and topped the charts in many other countries. "I Feel Love" became popular during the

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era, influencing acts such as

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and Blondie. The ''

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'' credited it as "one of the most influential records ever made", laying the foundations for electronic dance music. In 2011, the

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added the song to the

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as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important". It has been covered by acts including Bronski Beat,

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and

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Recording

In 1970s Munich,

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, led by the producers

and

, had produced a number of disco hits, including Donna Summer's 1975 single " Love to Love You Baby". Summer had moved to Munich to perform in the musical ''Hair'', and had become a successful

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. Moroder described her as "an incredibly talented singer, who could improvise but was also very disciplined". For Summer's fifth album, ''

'' (1977), the production team wanted each track to evoke a different musical decade, such as '40s swing, '60s

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s, and '70s

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and

. For the final track, "I Feel Love", the team wanted to create a futuristic mood. Whereas most disco recordings had been backed by orchestras, the team produced "I Feel Love" with a modular

borrowed from the classical composer

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, aided by Schoener's assistant, Robby Wedel. Wedel demonstrated how to synchronize the elements using a

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, a feat Moroder described as "a revelation". Wedel's help with the technically complex synthesizer proved essential, and Moroder described him as the "unsung hero" of the project. "I Feel Love" was recorded on a 16-track tape recorder, with the various parts played on a

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. As the Moog went out of tune quickly, it had to be recorded in bursts of 20 or 30 seconds before being retuned. To create the

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sound, the team took

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generated by the Moog and processed it with an

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. As the Moog could not create a satisfactory

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sound, the kick was played on a drum kit by session drummer

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. Aside from the vocals, the kick drum is the only element of the song not played by a machine. Unusually for a disco track of the era, Moroder composed the backing track and bassline before the melody. He introduced variety by altering the

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at regular intervals and layering Summer's vocals. Each note of the bassline is doubled by a

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. The unmodified bassline plays through the left channel and the slightly delayed repetition through the right, creating a flickering,

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-like effect. The lyrics were written by Bellotte. Summer recorded her vocal in one take. In contrast to the deeper

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of most disco vocals, Summer sang in

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Composition

"I Feel Love" is in the key of

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, with electronic dance flavor, and choruses and interludes. The album version has a length of 5:53. It was extended to 8:15 for release as a 12" maxi-single, and is included on the 1989 compilation '' The Dance Collection: A Compilation of Twelve Inch Singles''. The song was edited to 3:45 on the 7" format, the fade-in opening sound reaching maximum volume sooner and fades out before the third verse and final choruses. This version has been included on a large number of greatest hits packages and other compilations issued by

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and others, such as 1994's '' Endless Summer: Greatest Hits'' and 2003's '' The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer''. A new edit of 3:20 was released on Donna Summer's first compilation album '' On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II''.

Critical reception

According to the singer

, who was then recording his

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, his collaborator

"came running in" and told him he had heard "the sound of the future". According to Bowie, Eno predicted that "I Feel Love" would change the sound of club music for the next fifteen years, which "was more or less right".

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, the creator of the Moog synthesizer, was critical, saying: The music critic

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wrote that "the pace is fierce and utterly gripping with the synthesizer effects particularly aggressive and emotionally charged". He predicted that the track "should easily equal if not surpass" the success of "Love to Love You Baby" in the clubs.

Sales

"I Feel Love" peaked at number six on the ''

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chart the week of November 12, 1977. It reached number nine on the Soul Singles Chart in October 1977. Its 1995 remix peaked at number nine on the '' Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play. In the United Kingdom, "I Feel Love" peaked at the top of the

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in July 1977, a position it maintained for four weeks. The 1982 and 1995 remixes of the song peaked at number 21 and number eight on the UK Singles Chart respectively, and sales of these physical singles totaled 956,400. According to the

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, together with digital sales, "I Feel Love" has sold 1.07 million copies in the United Kingdom as of June 2013, making it Britain's 103rd best-selling single of all time. Elsewhere, "I Feel Love" also topped the charts in Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Italy and the Netherlands, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Canada, West Germany, New Zealand, Norway, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Sweden and Switzerland.

Legacy

In a 2017 feature on the song's 40th anniversary for ''

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'', the journalist

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reflected that "I Feel Love" had a significant impact on music across all genres for the next decade, including rock-leaning genres such as

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and new wave, and subsequent sub-genres of the electronic dance music style the song had pioneered, including

Hi-NRG Hi-NRG (pronounced "high energy") is a genre of uptempo disco or electronic dance music (EDM) that originated in the United States during the late 1970s and early 1980s. As a music genre, typified by fast tempo, staccato hi-hat rhythms (and the ...

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, and

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. Reynolds also posited "If any one song can be pinpointed as where the 1980s began, it's 'I Feel Love'." ''

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'' ranked the song number 12 in its ''100 Greatest Dance Singles Of All Time'' list in 1996, writing that "whenever, however you hear this tune, it's guaranteed to make you smile, shut your eyes and trance out. The first electronic disco masterpiece, disco diva Donna and Moroder's finest, trippiest moment. Whether it's Derrick May or Carl Craig slipping Patrick Cowley's deliciously psychedelic 1982 remix into their techno sets, or Masters at Work climaxing a four deck set with last years garaged-up remake, or just some bloke in a bow tie playing the original at your brother's wedding, this record is timeless. And priceless." In 2013, ''Mixmag'' ranked it number 19 in its '50 Greatest Dance Tracks Of All Time. ''

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'' ranked the song 1st in its ''100 Greatest Dance Songs''-list in 2006, writing:

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In 2011, ''

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s Richard Vine ranked the release of "I Feel Love" as one of 50 key events in the history of dance music, proclaiming it "one of the first to fully utilise the potential of electronics, replacing lush disco orchestration with the hypnotic precision of machines". '' Time Out'' listed the song number 12 in their ''The 100 best party songs'' list in 2015, writing that "Sometimes a song comes along that’s so innovative that it changes the shape of the musical landscape for decades, whilst also getting you to shake yo bootay. This timeless, Giorgio Moroder–produced disco anthem from 1977 did exactly that, becoming the first purely electronic jam to make it big and pretty much inventing dance music in the process."

Critics' lists

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Track listings

* U.S. 7" # "I Feel Love" – 5:53 # "Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)" – 4:25 * U.S. Promo 7" # "I Feel Love" – 3:42 # "I Feel Love" - 3:42 * 12" maxi # "I Feel Love" – 8:15 # " Love to Love You" – 16:50 * Single-Side - 12" maxi # "I Feel Love" – 8:15 # "Theme from the Deep (Down, Deep Inside)" – 6:06

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Certifications and sales

Patrick Cowley remix

In 1978,

and

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created a 15:43 remix of "I Feel Love" which became a popular "underground classic", available only for members of the Disconet

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. The remix used loops, keeping the song's bass-line going for extended passages of overdubbed effects and synthesiser parts. In mid-1980, Cowley's mix was released with the title "I Feel Love / I Feel Megalove" and subtitle "The Patrick Cowley MegaMix", but only on a limited vinyl pressing by the DJ-only subscription service Disconet. Since this pressing was not available to the general public for commercial sale, it became highly sought after by collectors. In 1982, the mix was released on a commercially available 12" single in the UK market by

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, backed with an 8-minute edited version. With this wider release, "I Feel Love" became a dance floor hit again, five years after its debut. A further-edited 7" single reached number 21 on the UK Singles Chart. The Patrick Cowley mix was out of print until it was released on the bonus disc of the 2003 UK edition of '' The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer'' and the

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compilation album ''Grand 12-Inches''. It also exists on the 2013 double disc ''I Feel Love: The Collection''.

1995 and 2013 remixes

Following 1993's ''

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'' and 1994's '' Endless Summer: Greatest Hits'', both released by

, "I Feel Love" was re-released on the PolyGram sublabel Manifesto in a newly remixed form as a single in 1995, including mixes by

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and production duo Rollo &

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of UK electronic group

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– and also new vocals by Summer. The single became a UK number 8 hit, the second time the song had entered the Top 10, and the '95 Radio Edit was later included as a bonus track on PolyGram France's version of the ''Endless Summer'' compilation. The 1995 release also peaked at number 80 in Australia. In 2013, a remix by Dutch DJ

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was released together with remixes by other DJs of other Donna Summer songs.

Critical reception

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complimented the 1995 remix for "not to tinker too much with the near-perfect realisation of the original", adding that it "still sounds as fresh as the day it was made". Alan Jones ''

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'' said the

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mixes of the track are "a trifle disappointing", while praising the

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remix. He explained, "The Rollo & Sister Bliss mix grows and grows, picking up vocals and some nifty and airy synth riffs along the way, building into a superb

stomper. A masterful piece of work, and one that will surely launch the new Manifeste label in style." The magazine's ''RM'' Dance Update stated, "The big guns are brought out to remix the classic

anthem – Rollo and MAW".

Track listings

* 7", UK (1995) #"I Feel Love" (Rollo & Sister Bliss Monster Mix) – 3:50 #"I Feel Love" (Summer 77 Re-Eq' 95) – 5:51 * CD single, Europe (1995) #"I Feel Love" (Rollo & Sister Bliss Monster Mix) (Radio Edit) – 3:54 #"I Feel Love" (Rollo & Sister Bliss Monster Mix) – 6:30 #"I Feel Love" (12" MAW Mix) – 6:08 * CD maxi, Canada (1995) #"I Feel Love" (Rollo & Sister Bliss Monster Mix) – 6:31 #"I Feel Love" (Masters At Work 86th St. Mix) – 6:09 #"I Feel Love" (Summer '77 Re-EQ '95) – 5:51 #" Melody of Love (Wanna Be Loved)" (

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DMC Remix) – 5:53

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Bronski Beat versions

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" and " Why?" hitting the top 10 in the UK, Australia, Germany, France, and several other European markets, as well as being popular on U.S. dancefloors.

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and as a solo artist. '' Hundreds & Thousands'' included two new recordings with Somerville and remixes of ''The Age of Consent'' songs; it was released in 1985. The "I Feel Love" medley was extended with an intro of a cover of Summer's " Love to Love You Baby" and

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" with some new vocals from

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from

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; it was released as a single that hit No. 3 in the UK.

Messiah version

English electronic duo

released its version of "I Feel Love" in 1992, featuring singer

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on vocals. This version was a top-20 hit, peaking at No. 19 on the

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chart in early 1995, spending a total of 10 weeks on the chart.

Track listings

UK 12" :A. "I Feel Love" – 4:11 :B1. "The Future Is Ours" – 3:45 :B2. "I Feel Love (Voxless)" – 4:03 US 12" maxi :A1. "I Feel Love" (Centurion Mix) :A2. "I Feel Love" (Journey of Love) :A3. "I Feel Love" (Sellout Pussy Radio Mix) :B1. "I Feel Love" (I Feel Dub) :B2. "I Feel Love" (Kiss My Beat and Move) :B3. "I Feel Love" (American Version)

Charts

Vanessa-Mae version

Singaporean-born British singer-violinist

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released a cover of "I Feel Love" in December 1997. It peaked at number 41 on the

, and spent two weeks on the chart. The song was the second single from Vanessa-Mae's 1997 album ''Storm''.

Track listings

CD1 (CDEM503) # "I Feel Love" (Single Version) - 4.23 # "Storm" (Single Version) - 3.48 # "Classical Gas" (Stradosphere Mix) - 8.15 CD2 (CDEMS503) # "I Feel Love" (Single Version) - 4.23 # "I Feel Love" (

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vs Rollercoaster Mix) - 8.29 # "I Feel Love" (D-Bop Saturday Nite Mix) - 8.47

Sam Smith version

British singer

released a cover of "I Feel Love" on November 1, 2019. Smith described it as a queer anthem and the "highest song" they had ever sung. The song was planned for inclusion on Smith's third studio album, ''

Love Goes ''Love Goes'' is the third studio album by English singer and songwriter Sam Smith. It was released on 30 October 2020 through Capitol Records. The album serves as a follow up to Smith's second studio album ''The Thrill of It All (Sam Smith alb ...

'', but was removed after Smith delayed the album release.

Track listing

*Digital download / streaming #"I Feel Love" – 4:14 *12" picture disc #"I Feel Love" #"I Feel Love" (Extended)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

External links

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* Donna Summer �
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