Feeling This

Infobox Single
Name = Feeling This


Artist = Blink-182
from Album = Blink-182
Released = December 2, 2003
Format = CD single
Recorded =
Genre = Pop punk
Length = 2:52
Label = Geffen
Writer = Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge
Producer = Jerry Finn
Certification =
Chart position =
* #2 (US Modern Rock)
* #15 (UK)
Last single = "I Won't Be Home for Christmas"
(2002)
This single = "Feeling This"
(2003)
Next single = "I Miss You"
(2004)

"Feeling This" is the first single from Blink-182's final, untitled album. It was the first song written for this album. 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 single was released in November 2003. 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'. In an interview, Blink's drummer Travis Barker explains the confusion with the actual name of the song. "'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'."cite web|url=http://www.thepunksite.com/interviews.php?page=blink182|title=Travis Barker Interview|work=thepunksite.com|accessdaymonth=22 August |accessyear=2006]

It is also present on Blink-182's "Greatest Hits" album.

Lyrics

The song was written by having Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge go into separate rooms without talking to each other. When they came out they realized they had both written about sex. When they put it together, the song represents the lustful side of sex on the verses, the passionate side in the bridge and the romantic side in the chorus.cite web|url=http://www.punkdisasters.com/?side=blink_discography_blink182_meanings|title=Blink-182 Song Meanings|work=PunkDisasters.com|accessmonthday=22 August |accessyear=2006] The end of the song is a melodic duet between the band's two vocalists, both singing conflicting but harmonizing parts. The intro phrase 'get ready for action' is taken from the Captain America film of the 1990s.

Music video

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This was the first video which shows Tom Delonge's 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.

Track listing

CD
#"Feeling This"
#"Violence"
#"The Rock Show" (Live In Chicago)
#"Carousel" (Live In Chicago)

7"
#"Feeling This"
#"Violence"

Covers

*Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine covered this on his 2004 album "I'd Like a Virgin".

References

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpoViLW2scc Watch "Feeling This" on YouTube]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lV20wchPsM Watch "Feeling This": International Clean Version on YouTube]