"I Still Remember" is a song by English

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. It was released as a single from their second

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''., being the first U.S. single and second UK single from the album. The single was released in Britain in two 7" formats as well as a CD version. The

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are "Atonement", "Cain Said To Abel", "Selfish Son", and "I Still Remember (Music Box And Tears

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"I Still Remember" 7" was also given to the first 1000 people who pre-ordered the album from

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was made by Aggressive and was first shown on 8 January 2007 on

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. The song peaked at number 24 on the ''Billboard''

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chart , making it the band's highest-charting single in the US.

Song inspiration

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Kele Okereke Rowland Kelechukwu Okereke (born 13 October 1981), also known mononymously as Kele, is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the indie rock band Bloc Party. Early life Okere ...

talked about the song at some length in his January 2007 ''

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'' interview, responding to questions as to whether the song had an

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nature:

Not really ... I guess, partially. an we call it a gay love story?Yeah, but is it a love story? It's one person longing for somebody they can't really have. But it's not consummated. It's not a mutual thing. ...
This is probably a contentious issue, but I swear that I could always see ale homosexual attractionin people, in the way that guys would need to be touching other guys. You could see there was something they couldn't say aloud. And I saw it when I was at school. And I guess "I Still Remember" is an attempt at trying to confront that. ... I know from my own experiences a lot of heterosexual boys had feelings or experiences when they were younger. And that's not really ever spoken about, that un-spoken desire. ...
Not two gay boys ... but the idea of two straight boys having an attraction, or there being an attraction that's unspeakable – that was the idea of that song.

Track listing

7" singles

* Wichita / WEBB125S (UK) (in gatefold sleeve which houses second 7") * Wichita / WEBB125SX (UK)

CD

* Wichita / WEBB125SCD (UK)

Promo CD

Charts

References

External links

Song lyrics

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