Life ... I feel you
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| Schiller with Heppner | |
| publication | November 24, 2003 |
| length | 3:49 (radio version) 5:35 (extended version) |
| Genre (s) | Ambient , synth pop |
| Author (s) | Peter Heppner, Christopher von Deylen |
| album | Life |
Leben… I Feel You ( English for 'life… I feel you') is a song by the German EDM music project Schiller , in cooperation with the German synth-pop musician Peter Heppner . The piece is the second single from her third studio album Leben .
Creation and artwork
The song was written by Peter Heppner and Christopher von Deylen . The single was produced by the latter in the Berlin Livingroom recording studio. The mastering took place in the Emil Berliner Studios , under the direction of Dirk Niemeier. Heppner's vocal recordings took place in the Heimfeld recording studio, Peter's red room. Life ... I Feel You was released under the music labels Island Records and Radikal Records as well as through Warner / Chappell and Wolfsheim Musikverlag.
On the black cover of the maxi single you can see a graphic of a neon green tree next to the artist name and song title. The cover picture should represent one of the four elements ( earth ). The remaining elements can be found on other single releases from the album Leben . All four elements are combined on the album itself. The artwork is by Katja Stier. In addition to the original, there was also an alternative cover image with a green background and a black tree - in contrast to the original.
Publication and promotion
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The first release of Leben… I Feel You took place on November 24, 2003, as a promo single, in Germany and Greece . The regular maxi single was released on January 5th, 2004 in Germany. In 2004 it was also published in the rest of Europe . After more than a year, it was published on May 31, 2005 in the United States. The single is available in various different EPs , maxi singles and vinyl records , all of which differ in the number and selection of their B-sides . Most maxi singles feature live (live from Berlin and Düsseldorf ) or remix versions of Leben… I Feel You as B-sides. A few recordings contain the “non-album track” Vielklang or the song unity as B-side. On July 14, 2009, a live version of the song was released as a single download. In 2016, as part of the publication of Zeitreise - Das Beste von Schiller, an EP called Zeitreise EP was released . This included four new, previously unreleased remix versions of the piece.
A remix version ( Chill Out Version ) made by Schiller himself was part of the soundtrack for the German cinema thriller Lautlos by Mennan Yapo .
Remix versions
- 2004: Leben ... I Feel You (Chill Out Version) (Remix by Schiller)
- 2004: Life ... I Feel You (DIY Extended Remix)
- 2004: Life ... I Feel You (DIY Radio Edit)
- 2004: Life ... I Feel You ( Humate Remix)
- 2004: Life ... I Feel You ( Mellow Trax Remix)
- 2004: Life ... I Feel You ( Sono 's Ghost of the Past Mix)
- 2005: Life ... I Feel You (Felipe Inoa's Feelin U Mix)
- 2005: Life ... I Feel You (Funky Junction & Anthony Reale Electro Dub)
- 2005: Life ... I Feel You (Funky Junction & Anthony Reale Main Room Mix)
- 2005: Life ... I Feel You (Marco Zappala Club Mix)
- 2005: Leben ... I Feel You (Splashfunk & Funky Junction Sheeva Turbolenza Mix)
- 2016: I Feel You (Herzog & Aurich Club Mix)
- 2016: I Feel You (Herzog & Aurich Radio Edit)
- 2016: I Feel You (Stefan Grunwald & Lokee Radio Edit)
- 2016: I Feel You (Stefan Grunwald & Lokee Remix)
background information
After the single Dream of You from 2001, which was Schiller's greatest chart success at the time and was also awarded an ECHO Pop in the “National Dance Single of the Year” category, Life… I Feel You is already the second collaboration between Schiller and Peter Heppner.
content
The lyrics to Leben… I Feel You are written in English and translated into German means “life… I feel you”. The music and the text were written jointly by Peter Heppner and Christopher von Deylen. Musically, the song moves in the area of ambient and synth-pop . The tempo is 131 beats per minute . In the song, Heppner sings repeatedly that he can feel a certain person anytime and anywhere and makes this statement again in various comparisons.
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Music video
The music video for Leben… I Feel You was shot at the end of 2003 on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen . You can see Heppner exploring various locations on the island by bike. He visits the Kurhaus Binz , an old train station restaurant , the KdF-Bad Prora , the Jasmund National Park with its chalk coast and the Baltic Sea resort of Binz . The music video ends with a visit to the Binz pier, in front of which there is an arch with the inscription "Leben", an allusion to the title of the single and the album of the same name by Schiller.
The total length of the video is 3:48 minutes. Directed by Hans Hammers Jr. II. The video was produced by Luminus Film, under the direction of Florian Buba. To date, the video has over 22.1 million views on YouTube (as of April 2020). In 2011 a film team recreated the music video exactly according to its model.
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Charts and chart placements
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Life… I Feel You reached position 15 in the single charts in Germany and stayed in the charts for a total of ten weeks. In the United States, the single was able to place itself in the "US Dance / Club Play Songs" and reached position five in the charts in 14 weeks. Furthermore, Schiller and Heppner reached position one on the airplay charts in Poland , where the single stayed at the top for a total of two weeks and 27 weeks in the charts; as well as in Romania , where the single stayed at the top for a total of three weeks and in the charts for 35 weeks.
For Schiller this is the eighth chart success in Germany and so far the only one in the US dance / club play songs. For Heppner as an interpreter, this is the fourth chart success in the German single charts. As a songwriter, Leben… I Feel You represents Heppner's tenth chart success in Germany and his eighth chart success as a composer. Life ... After Dream of You, I Feel You is Heppner's second single that celebrated chart successes outside of the German-speaking countries . For the first time, a single of his was able to be placed in the charts outside of Europe, making it Heppner's most commercially successful chart hit.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schiller with Heppner - Life… I Feel You. discogs.com, accessed July 28, 2014 .
- ↑ Schiller - Time Travel EP. In: discogs.com. Retrieved February 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Silent (soundtrack). In: amazon.de. Retrieved July 28, 2014 .
- ↑ BPM for 'I Feel You' by 'Schiller'. songbpm.com, accessed December 29, 2017 .
- ^ A b Peter Heppner: Peter Heppner - Contributions. facebook.com, July 9, 2018, accessed September 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Schiller with Heppner - Life… I Feel You (2003). In: amazon.de. Retrieved July 28, 2014 .
- ↑ “I Feel You” Schiller (HD remake 2011). In: youtube.com. Retrieved July 28, 2014 .
- ↑ Schiller with Heppner - Life… I Feel You. In: officialcharts.de. Retrieved December 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Chart History / Dance Club Songs. billboard.com, accessed July 28, 2014 .
- ↑ Lista Krajowa Tydzień 30 - 2004 ( Memento of October 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Arhiva Romanian Top 100 Editia 40, Saptamina 4.10-10.10, 2004 ( Memento from May 14, 2005 in the Internet Archive )