I Still Remember
"I Still Remember" is a song by Bloc Party from their second studio album A Weekend in the City. The song is the first U.S. single and is the second single in the Britain from the album. The single was released in Britain in two 7" formats as well as a CD version. The B-sides are "Atonement", "Cain Said To Abel", "Selfish Son" and "I Still Remember" (Music Box And Tears Remix). A limited edition "I Still Remember" 7" was also given to the first 1000 people who pre-ordered the album from Insound.link
The music video was made by Aggressive[1] and was first shown on 8 January 2007 on MTV2.
Song inspiration
Frontman Kele Okereke talked about the song at some length in his January 2007 The Observer interview, responding to questions as to whether the song had an autobiographical nature:[2]
Not really ... I guess, partially. [Can 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 [male homosexual attraction] in 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.
Charts
Track listing
CD: Wichita / WEBB125SCD (UK)
All songs written and composed by Bloc Party.
1. |
"I Still Remember" |
4:36 |
2. |
"Selfish Son" |
4:58 |
3. |
"I Still Remember" (Music Box and Tears Remix) |
5:03 |
7": Wichita / WEBB125S (UK)
All songs written and composed by Bloc Party.
1. |
"I Still Remember" |
4:36 |
2. |
"Atonement" |
3:49 |
- in gatefold sleeve which houses second 7"
7": Wichita / WEBB125SX (UK)
All songs written and composed by Bloc Party.
1. |
"I Still Remember" |
4:36 |
2. |
"Cain Said to Abel" |
3:24 |
Japanese release by V2 Japan, V2CP-319
All songs written and composed by Bloc Party.
1. |
"I Still Remember" |
4:36 |
2. |
"The Prayer" (Para One Remix) |
6:04 |
3. |
"The Prayer" (Phones Metal Jackin' Mix) |
5:03 |
4. |
"I Still Remember" (video) |
4:36 |
Promo CD
All songs written and composed by Bloc Party.
1. |
"I Still Remember" (radio edit) |
3:51 |
2. |
"I Still Remember" (UK radio edit) |
3:50 |
3. |
"I Still Remember" (album version) |
4:24 |
Remixes Promo CDM
1. |
"I Still Remember" (SebastiAn Remix) |
4:29 |
2. |
"I Still Remember" (Speak Junk Bass Bin Remix) |
5:13 |
3. |
"I Still Remember" (The Chap Remix) |
4:51 |
4. |
"I Still Remember" (Gavron Yes Boss Remix) |
6:35 |
5. |
"I Still Remember" (Lull's Music Box and Tears Mix) |
5:03 |
Dutch acetate promo CD single
All songs written and composed by Bloc Party.
1. |
"I Still Remember" (radio edit) |
3:52 |
2. |
"I Still Remember" (album version) |
4:20 |
B-sides
The b-sides for I Still Remember were Atonement, Cain Said To Abel, Selfish Son and I Still Remember (Music Box and Tears Remix).
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