I Feel Love

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"I Feel Love"
Single by Donna Summer
from the album I Remember Yesterday
B-side(s)	Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)
Released	1977
Format	7" single, 12" single
Genre	Disco
Label	Casablanca (U.S.) GTO (U.K.) Various labels, (rest of world)
Writer(s)	Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte
Producer(s)	Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte
Chart positions
#6 (U.S.) #1 (U.K.) #1 (The Netherlands)
Donna Summer singles chronology
"Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)" (1977)	"I Feel Love" (1977)	"Shut Out" (1977)

"I Feel Love" is a song by Donna Summer, taken from her 1977 concept album I Remember Yesterday. The song originally symbolised the 'future' segment of the album, which loosely depicted a musical trip through time.

Before "I Feel Love", most disco recordings were backed up by acoustic orchestras. [1] Although the likes of Kraftwerk had earlier pioneered all-electronic music, it has been said that it is the first disco-style song recorded with an entirely synthesized backing track, and has been enormously influential in the development of disco, electronica and techno music, thanks to Giorgio Moroder's innovative production. In particular, the song popularised the galloping bass line, which has been frequently imitated ever since.

In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked it #411 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

[edit] Versions of the song and its different covers

"I Feel Love (1995 Remix)"
Single by Donna Summer
from the album I Remember Yesterday
Released	1995
Format	12" single, CD single
Genre	Dance
Label	Manifesto
Writer(s)	Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte
Chart positions
#8 (U.K.)
Donna Summer singles chronology
"Melody of Love (Wanna Be Loved)" (1994)	"I Feel Love (1995 Remix)" (1995)	"State of Independence (1996 Remix)" (1996)

"I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Remix)"
Single by Donna Summer
from the album I Remember Yesterday
B-side(s)	I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Remix) (Part 2)
Released	1982
Format	7" single, 12" single
Genre	Disco
Label	Casablanca
Writer(s)	Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte
Producer(s)	Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte
Chart positions
#21 (U.K.)
Donna Summer singles chronology
"State of Independence" (1982)	"I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Remix)" (1982)	"The Woman In Me" (1983)

• 1982 - remixes by Patrick Cowley on Casablanca Records were released including a 12" single which contained the 15:45-minute 'Mega Mix' of "I Feel Love", now a collector's item. The single just missed the UK Top 20.

• 1985 - Bronski Beat covered the song in a medley with "Johnny Remember Me" and Summer's "Love to Love You Baby".

• 1993 - Finnish progressive rock band Kingston Wall recorded a cover version on their album II.

• 1995 - Summer re-recorded her version of the song and it became a UK Top 10 single.

• 1997 - Bono of U2 would snippet this song at the end of the band's Do You Feel Loved on their Popmart Tour.

• 1997 - Vanessa Mae from the album Storm, produced by Andy Hill.

• 1998 - Electronic music duo Underworld used the song as an inspiration of sorts for the bass line of "King of Snake," which was released as the third single from the album Beaucoup Fish.

• 2000 - Kylie Minogue sampled the "I Feel Love" bassline on the title track of her album Light Years; in 2002 she performed the first verse of "I Feel Love" during "Light Years" on her KylieFever world tour.

• 2002 - Guitar virtuoso Paul Gilbert recorded a cover version on his Burning Organ album.

• 2003 - Finnish electronic music duo Dallas Superstars covered the song on their first album Flash.

• 2003 - Blue Man Group released a cover version [2] with their trademark Tubulum instrument playing the bass arpeggios; Annette Strean of Venus Hum sang vocals. It was released as a single.

• 2003 - The New Deal (band) released a 'live progressive breakbeat house' version on their album Gone Gone Gone.

• 2003 - Plump DJs released a bootleg single - the breakbeat remix titled Donna Kebab.

• 2004 - Québécois singer/cellist Jorane covered the song on her album The You and the Now.

• 2004 - Curve released a version on their compilation album The Way of Curve.

• 2004 - Red Hot Chili Peppers released a version on the live album Live in Hyde Park; guitarist John Frusciante has been known to break into a rendition of the song at their live shows during song interludes on other occasions.

• 2005 - Madonna recreated the famous "I Feel Love" bassline in her "Future Lovers" song on the Confessions on a Dancefloor album; in 2006 she performed a few lines of "I Feel Love" during "Future Lovers" on her Confessions Tour.

• 2005 - The Mexican electropop band Belanova did a live covered of "I Feel Love" during their Dulce Beat Tour; the band's cover was released in thier Dulce Beat Live album, released on 2006. Belanova sampled the song nearly at the end of "What a Shame", the third track of their Cocktail album.

[edit] Blue Man Group

"I Feel Love"
Single by Blue Man Group
from the album The Complex
Released	2004
Genre	Rock
Length	5:13
Blue Man Group singles chronology
"The Current" (2003)	"I Feel Love" (2004)	"Rods and Cones (Live) (2006)

[edit] Track Listing

1. "I Feel Love (Jason Nevins Big Room Remix)" 10:01
2. "I Feel Love (Jason Nevins Big Room Radio Edit)" 3:47
3. "I Feel Love (Jason Nevins Electromagnetic Remix)" 10:00
4. "I Feel Love (Blue Man Group Radio Edit)" 4:06
5. "I Feel Love (Shanghai Surprize Mix)" 7:05
6. "I Feel Love (Jason Nevins Big Room Dub)" 9:05
7. "I Feel Love (The Professionals Mix Featuring Rob Swift and Anthony Saffery)" 4:21
8. "I Feel Love (Human Mix)" 4:10
9. "I Feel Love (Kap 10 Kurt Mix)" 5:58

Preceded by: "So You Win Again" by Hot Chocolate

UK number one single July 23, 1977

Succeeded by: "Angelo" by Brotherhood Of Man

Blue Man Group

Albums: Audio | The Complex | The Complex Rock Tour Live | Live at the Venetian, Las Vegas | Last Train to Trancentral (EP)

Singles: "Sing Along" | "The Current" | "I Feel Love" | "Rods and Cones" (Live)

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