"I Feel You" is a song by English electronic music band

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, released on 15 February 1993 as their 27th UK single and the first single from their eighth studio album, ''

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'' (1993). The song peaked at number eight on the

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and also made number one and number three on the US

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and

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charts. It is one of the band's highest-charting singles worldwide.

Details

"I Feel You" demonstrates a more rock-oriented sound, using more non-electronic instruments than ever before. For example,

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plays drums, and

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plays the guitar, but with electronic sounds still included, like the synthesized tyre screeching intro. "I Feel You" has a compound time signature of 6/8. 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 "Swamp Mix" is used as an interlude on the ''

'' album between "Get Right With Me" and "Rush"; this was also used in the intro for the live arrangements of "I Feel You" that were played during their Devotional/Summer tours. The single release contained "One Caress", a track from ''Songs of Faith and Devotion'' sung by Martin Gore. In the US,

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released "One Caress" as a promotional single. One promotional copy has the original version, and the other has the version from '' Songs of Faith and Devotion Live''. There is no remix for the song.

Critical reception

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wrote in his weekly UK chart commentary, "In a similar vein to

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the track may not have quite the momentum to go Top 3 and is unlikely to win them any new fans."

Music video

The black-and-white

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for "I Feel You" was directed by

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. The woman in the video is English actress

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. There is also a music video for "One Caress", directed by

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, that was filmed during one of the off-days of the ''Devotional Tour'' in the US. It is a promotional 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

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and Sky One. On 2 September 1993, "I Feel You" was nominated in the

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Track listings

* 7-inch, cassette: Mute / Bong 21, C Bong 21 (UK) # "I Feel You" – 4:34 # "One Caress" – 3:30 * 12-inch: Mute / 12 Bong 21 (UK) :A1. "I Feel You (Throb mix) – 6:47 :A2. "I Feel You" (seven inch mix) – 4:34 :B1. "I Feel You" (Babylon mix) – 7:53 :B2. "One Caress" – 3:30 * Limited-edition 12-inch and CD: Mute / L12 Bong 21, LCD Bong 21 (UK) # "I Feel You" (Life's Too Short mix) – 8:35 # "I Feel You" (Swamp mix) – 7:28 # "I Feel You" (

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Afghan Surgery mix) – 4:58 # "I Feel You" (Helmet at the Helm mix) – 6:41 * CD: Mute / CD Bong 21 (UK) # "I Feel You" (seven inch mix) – 4:34 # "One Caress" – 3:30 # "I Feel You" (Throb mix) – 6:47 # "I Feel You" (Babylon mix) – 7:53 * 12-inch and maxi-cassette: Sire, Reprise / 0-40767, 4-40767 (US) :A1. "I Feel You" (Babylon mix) – 7:53 :A2. "I Feel You" (Helmet at the Helm mix) – 6:41 :A3. "I Feel You" (Afghan Surgery mix) – 4:58 :A4. "One Caress" (album version) – 3:31 :B1. "I Feel You" (Life's Too Short mix) – 8:33 :B2. "I Feel You" (Swamp mix) – 7:26 :B3. "I Feel You" (Throb mix) – 6:47 * Maxi-CD: Sire, Reprise / 9 40767-2 (US) # "I Feel You" (single mix) – 4:35 # "One Caress" (album version) – 3:31 # "I Feel You" (Throb mix) – 6:47 # "I Feel You" (Babylon mix) – 7:53 * Maxi-CD: Sire, Reprise / 9 40784-2 (US) # "I Feel You" (Life's Too Short mix) – 8:33 # "I Feel You" (Swamp mix) – 7:26 # "I Feel You" (Afghan Surgery mix) – 4:58 # "I Feel You" (Helmet at the Helm mix) – 6:41

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Notable cover versions

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covered the song in 1999, and was released as a single-sided cassette. It was later released on ''

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'' for the 2 CD version, which included a covers album. *

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also recorded a cover on the tribute album ''

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''. *Former

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songwriter and guitarist

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released a cover of the song in support of Record Store Day 2015.

External links

Single information from the official Depeche Mode web siteAllMusic review

References

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