"Feeling This is a song by American pop punk band Blink-182 It was the first single released from the bands fifth album, the eponymous [[Blink-182 (album)|Blink-182]] The song was written by both guitarist Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus about sex. The single was released shortly before the album release in November 2003, becoming a large success. It peaked at number 2 on the BillboardModern Rock Tracks chart. True to the evolution of the band, the song is seen as a transition to a more mature style, lyrical and musical, than many of their previous releases. The song can be found on the band’s [[Greatest Hits (Blink-182 album)|Greatest Hits]]

Song information

The song was the first track written for Blink-182lt;/ref> Like all tracks on Blink-182 it was recorded at The Rubin’s House, a house just outside of San Diego that the band rented out and converted into a studio.lt;/ref>lt;/ref> The lyrics were written with Hoppus and DeLonge going into separate rooms – Hoppus writing the choruses and DeLonge writing the verses. The two had not spoken to each other about the lyrics ahead of time, and it turned out that the two had both written about sex. When they put it together, the song represents the lustful side of sex during the verses, the passionate side in the bridge and the romantic side in the chorus.lt;/ref> The effects on the opening drum introduction for the song features flanging Although computer technology offered it during the album’s production (2003), according to Hoppus, the band opted to produce the effect "the old school way", opting for two tape machines. The song is particularly memorable for a section of the chorus of the song (right before the bridge begins), in which guitarist Tom DeLonge sings the vocals loudly and off-key. According to the liner notes for Blink-182 DeLonge stated that the recording was done in a living room at the home previously mentioned, with microphones away. The end of the song is a melodic duet between the bands two vocalists, both singing conflicting but harmonizing parts. The intro phrase get ready for action is taken from the Captain America Captain America (1990 film) There is not a large difference between the single release of the song and the album version. The only difference is that the album version ends at the 2:52 mark, immediately beginning the next track, "Obvious". The single instead adds a couple of seconds of silent audio near the end; this version can be found on the band’s [[Greatest Hits (Blink-182 album)|Greatest Hits]]

Chart success and live history

"Feeling This" was released as a single on October 2, 2003. The song was the first to be released immediately through digital distribution (iTunes . A slightly different version of the song had been released previously as part of the soundtrack for the video game [[Madden NFL 2004]]under the erroneous title "Action". Barker explained in an interview that "Action just sounded kind of dorky to us. Like we would always call it Feeling This and then someone at our label, I think, like wrote it as Action one time and sent out singles to people. And it was always supposed to be Feeling This."lt;/ref> The band picked "Feeling This" as the first single because it was representative of the transition the band had undergone since Take Off Your Pants and Jacketlt;/ref> "Feeling This" was a large success, peaking high at number 2 on the Billboard (magazine) Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song reached number 15 in the United Kingdom

In popular culture

As previously mentioned, "Feeling This" was released on the soundtrack for the video game Madden NFL 2004 "Feeling This" is also featured on the U.S. edition of the compilation album [[Now Thats What I Call Music! 15 (U.S. series)|Now That What I Call Music! 15]]. It was included by the television channel [[Spike (TV channel)|Spike]] in a special compilation album released in conjunction with the [[Spike Video Game Awards|Spike TV 2004 Video Game Awards]]: ideo Game Awards Vol. 1: Best of Video Game Music. The inclusion was based on the appearance of "Feeling This" in adden NFL 2004. [[Richard Cheese]] covered the song on his 2004 album Id Like a Virgin]]. ==Music video== The video for "Feeling This" was recorded shortly before the release of the album in October 2003. "Feeling This" as a video was released on November 10, 2003, a week before the official release of link-182. The video starts out in a [[dystopia|dystopian-based]] school-prison while a policeman is shown shaving a boys hair off, leaving him bald. Next, it shows the desolate lives of the students in juvenile hall as they get pushed around by policemen and teachers. Some students get locked in cells and a policeman is seen pushing a boy (played by [[Alexander Cappelli]]) down in a seat next to a glass window whereupon the boy sees a girl and they begin to kiss while being on opposite sides of the window. Suddenly, one student gets up and the other students join him to spark rebellion by creating chaos and wreaking havoc in the juvenile hall and they escape to see Blink-182 play inside a cage, celebrating freedom. The video was directed by [[David LaChapelle]]. This was the first video which shows Tom DeLonge new Gibson signature guitar However, Hoppus is still using his signature pink Fender Precision Bass as was first seen in the video for "The Rock Show . During "Making of the Video", Tom Delonge admits that towards the end of the video he accidentally hit Mark Hoppus in the head with his guitar. There is also a second "Feeling This" Video, where the band is playing in the room where "Down", "Violence", and "Stockholm Syndrome" videos also took place.

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*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v2lV20wchPsM Watch "Feeling This": International Clean Version on YouTube] * Category:2003 singles Category:Blink-182 songs Category:Music videos directed by David LaChapelle Category:Singles certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America es:Feeling This it:Feeling This pt:Feeling This sk:Feeling This