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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 insistent, robotic 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.

In 2007, the song was used in a Valentine's Day TV advertisement by Swatch, that was broadcast in Germany, Italy and Portugal.[2]

• 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.

• 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.

• 1993 - London techno duo Messiah included a breakneck electronic version of the song on their album 21st Century Jesus.

• 1993 - Berkeley, California punk rock band The Mr. T Experience recorded a cover version on their album Our Bodies Our Selves.

• 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 released a cover on the album Storm, produced by Andy Hill.

• 1998 - Electronic music duo Underworld interpolated the bassline of the song for their single "King of Snake," which was released as the third single from the album Beaucoup Fish.

• 2000 - The title track of Kylie Minogue's album Light Years imitates the bassline of "I Feel Love". Minoque quoted lines from "I Feel Love" during the performance of "Light Years" on her KylieFever world tour.

• 2002 - Guitarist 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 recorded their cover 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 - The song "Future Lovers" from Madonna's album Confessions on a Dance Floor imitated the bassline of "I Feel Love"; in 2006, Madonna performed a few lines of "I Feel Love" during "Future Lovers" on her Confessions Tour.

• 2006 - The Mexican electropop band Belanova did a live cover of "I Feel Love" during their Dulce Beat Tour; it was released in their Dulce Beat Live album in 2006. Belanova had also previously sampled the song towards the end of "What a Shame," the third track of their debut album, Cocktail.

• 2006 - Rollo and Sister Bliss of the British dance act Faithless remixed the track for their Renaissance 3D collection.

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"

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