Feel It (The Tamperer featuring Maya song)

"Feel It" is a song by Italian musical group the Tamperer featuring Maya, released by various labels as the first single from their only album, Fabulous (1999). Produced by Falox, a production team that then consisted of Tamperer members Mario Fargetta and Alex Farolfi, the song is based on the Jacksons' 1981 hit "Can You Feel It" and quotes Heather Leigh West's lyrics from Urban Discharge's 1996 song "Wanna Drop a House."[1]

"Feel It"
Single by the Tamperer featuring Maya
from the album Fabulous
Released9 April 1998 (1998-04-09)
StudioE-Mail (Italy)
Genre
Length
  • 5:01 (original version)
  • 3:50 (mail version)
  • 3:02 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Falox
The Tamperer featuring Maya singles chronology
"Feel It"
(1998)		 "If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better)"
(1998)
Audio
"Feel It" on YouTube

The song was a commercial success, reaching number one in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Wallonia region of Belgium. It also topped the Canadian RPM Dance/Urban chart, peaked at number two in Italy, and reached the top 10 in eight other countries, including France, Hungary, New Zealand, and Norway.

Background and release

Producer Alex Farolfi went to Ibiza in the summer of 1997 and noticed that the crowd would go wild when a club DJ played "Can You Feel It". Mario Fargetta and Farolfi went together and made a version using a sample of the original by The Jacksons and tested it in Italian clubs. The track was so successful that the producers decided to re-record it properly. "Feel It" was released in May 1998 as the lead single from the group's debut album, Fabulous. Club remixes from British DJ-producer Sharp and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels caught the attention of DJ Pete Tong, who featured a different remix each Friday night for six weeks on his Essential Selection dance music show on CHR network BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom.[2]

Critical reception

Scottish Daily Record praised the song as "brilliant".[3] Pan-European magazine Music & Media commented, "This Italian production team consists of three producers from national CHR network Radio Deejay. DJ Fargetta, Alex Farolfi and Mentiroso use the talents of dance diva Maya as the icing on the cake, which has the Jacksons' "Can You Feel It" as its main ingredient." They also complimented it as a "incredibly catchy track".[4] A reviewer from Music Week said it "may lack credibility, but it's irritatingly catchy."[5] Chris Finan from the Record Mirror Dance Update gave "Feel It" three out of five, writing, "A bit of a love-it-or-hate-it one here. Pepper's first release sees a female vocal run over The Jacksons' "Can You Feel It" in as blatant a manner as possible. There are three mixes with little variation, relying on the said sample to do the damage. It's easy to see how the mainstream clubs are going to lap this up, and with apt radio support it could result in lots of copies going overt the counter."[6]

Chart performance

"Feel It" was successful globally and remains the group's biggest hit. In Europe, it peaked at number one in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the Wallonia region of Belgium.[7][8][9] In the UK, it peaked during its sixth week on the UK Singles Chart, on 24 May 1998.[8] It also topped the UK Indie Chart, which tracks singles from independent record labels.[10] The single made it to the top 10 also in Denmark, Finland, Flanders, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, and Norway, as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100, where it rose to number two.[11][12][13][14][15][16] It was a top-20 hit in Austria, Iceland, and Sweden and a top-40 hit in Germany and Switzerland.[11][17] Outside Europe, "Feel It" reacked number one on the RPM Dance chart in Canada, number four on the Billboard Dance Club Play chart in the United States, number 10 in New Zealand, and number 19 in Australia.[18][19][20] The single earned a gold record in Australia, France, and New Zealand while earning a platinum record in Belgium and the UK.[21][22][23][24][25]

Music video

A witty music video was produced for "Feel It", directed by director Daniel P. Siegler & Tracks.[26] It features singer Maya with three musicians with identical sunglasses and outfits in a room with red furnitures and curtains. In between, a story is being told of two women who arrive at a wharf in their car. They are going on a boat trip. Onboard they have drinks and flirt with the captain. Towards the end, the ladies go ashore with the captain by the arm. Then a man appears in an open car. Apparently it is the captain's lover. As the car with the two men drives off into the sunset, the two ladies faint from shock.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the US and European maxi-single liner notes.[29][32]

Studios

  • Recorded at E-Mail Studio (Italy)
  • Mastered at Frankfort/Wayne Mastering Labs Inc. (New York City)

Personnel

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[21] Gold 35,000^
Belgium (BEA)[24] Platinum 50,000*
France (SNEP)[22] Gold 250,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ)[23] Gold 5,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[25] Platinum 600,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Europe 9 April 1998 CD
[11]
United Kingdom 13 April 1998
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 Pepper [59]

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