"Next Is the E" (alternately known as "I Feel It") is a song by American
electronica musician
Moby, released in October 1992 as the third single from
his self-titled debut album (1992).
Release
"Next Is the E" was released on October 28, 1992. The single peaked at number eight on the US ''
Billboard''
Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
It was featured on the
soundtrack
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of the 1992 film ''
Cool World
''Cool World'' is a 1992 American live-action/animated black comedy fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi and written by Michael Grais and Mark Victor. Starring Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne and Brad Pitt, it tells the story of a cartoonist w ...
''.
In the United Kingdom, the track was renamed "I Feel It", due to Moby's record company's concerns over what appeared to be a reference to the drug
ecstasy in the original title. Released as a
double A-side single with "
Thousand
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A group of one thousand th ...
", it peaked at number 33 on the
UK Singles Chart
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.
Critical reception
In his weekly UK chart commentary,
James Masterton wrote, "His first chart outing since
Go".html" ;"title="Go_(Moby_song).html" ;"title="Go (Moby song)">Go"">Go_(Moby_song).html" ;"title="Go (Moby song)">Go"is this, another semi-instrumental dance hit although in a rather more high powered vein. Maybe not a massive smash but worth seeing it in the charts if only to hope that he makes a return to ''Top of the Pops''." Andy Beevers from ''Music Week'' gave "I Feel It" four out of five, adding, "A popular import from last year, this tough but melodic techno/House music, house single finally gets a UK release courtesy of the new Pinnacle-owned Equator label. The inclusion of a new mix by Moby himself on the follow-up
12-inch should help sales, although do not expect a "Go"-style crossover."
Charles Aaron from ''
Spin'' said, "Took a while to get me down the aisle, but Moby's best-yet techno hymn insistently testifies with skipping keyboards and Nicole Zaray's breathy invocation."
Track listing
Charts
References
External links
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Moby songs
1992 singles
Songs written by Moby
1992 songs
Instinct Records singles