Feeling So Real

The single's B-side is Moby's take on the Joy Division song "New Dawn Fades". It would later be included on the Joy Division tribute album A Means to an End: The Music of Joy Division, and Moby would go on to perform it live with New Order. The remix CD contains all the separate parts (vocals, strings, drums, etc.) for "Everytime You Touch Me". Mute Records and Elektra held a competition where one had to use the parts to create a remix "in any style you want" and mail it in on digital audio tape (DAT) by November 18, 1994. The winning remixes were included on later singles. == Critical reception ==

Larry Flick from Billboard magazine wrote, "Leave it to the brilliant mind of Moby to build a bridge uniting rave and classical music. Single has a majestic quality–particularly with its vocals, which have a decidedly operatic bend–that is as interesting to the ear as it is to the body." In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton said, "Few techno singles seem to be complete these days without a gimmick, hence the remixing competition that accompanies this release." Ian Gittins from Melody Maker noted its "giddy, insatiable euphoria", calling it an "irresistible E-anthem (or, in New York parlance, Ex-anthem)". Melody Maker editors The Stud Brothers named it "a fairly crass powerbag stormer, complete with soul diva and full-on ragga-man". Pan-European magazine Music & Media commented, "In '91, 'Go' his version of the Twin Peaks theme, portrayed Moby as the cryptic one in the dance sphere. Now he's as "vulgarly" Euro as everybody else, but still with a wink." Maria Jimenez, a Music & Media editor, stated, "Injected with virtually every vibe from techno to jungle to pop, Moby's latest single 'Feeling So Real' (Mute) flies high and fast.... allow yourself to be energised by the euphenic tone and electrifying sounds." Andy Beevers from Music Week gave it a score of four out of five, adding, "The high speed Original Mix of 'Feeling So Real' verges on hardcore and may be the least commercial Moby single for a long while. Slower versions broaden its appeal, but it is unlikely to match the last few releases." Johnny Cigarettes from NME remarked the "ridiculously frantic jungle mantra" at the beginning. Tim Jeffery from the Record Mirror Dance Update deemed it "another uplifting techno track with vocals from the slightly odd Moby, but does it have to be so fast?" Another editor, James Hamilton, described it as a "mind bogglingly frantic yet stratospherically soaring flyer strictly for speed freaks, with sweet girl cooed ''I'm feeling so real, take me away repetition and some ragga step it up DJ punctuation". Gareth Grundy from Select'' wrote, "It might be created by a teetotal Christian, but the hedonistic rush of 'Feeling So Real' encapsulates what plenty of people want from their nights out." == Music video ==

A music video was produced to promote the single, directed by Julie Hermelin. It features Moby performing in an underground club intercut with scenes of skateboarders and females appearing among the graffiti-covered walls in the club. Some scenes also show Moby barechested on a lawn and being covered by ivy. As the song progresses, the musician and the crowd go completely wild, destroying his equipment. "Feeling So Real" was A-listed on German music television channel VIVA in February 1995. Same month, the video received "break out" rotation on MTV Europe. == Track listings ==

• CD single • "Feeling So Real" – 4:32 • "Feeling So Real" – 5:59 • "Feeling So Real" – 5:47 • "New Dawn Fades" – 5:31 • CD single – remixes • "Feeling So Real" – 5:53 • "Feeling So Real" – 5:01 • "Feeling So Real" – 6:46 • "Everytime You Touch Me" – 4:41 • 12-inch single • "Feeling So Real" – 5:53 • "Feeling So Real" – 4:32 • "Feeling So Real" – 5:01 • "Feeling So Real" – 5:47 • "Feeling So Real" – 5:59 • Cassette single • "Feeling So Real" – 3:22 • "New Dawn Fades" – 5:31 • CD single • "Feeling So Real" – 3:10 • "Feeling So Real" – 5:59 • "Feeling So Real" – 5:47 • "Feeling So Real" – 5:33 • "Feeling So Real" – 6:46 • "New Dawn Fades" – 5:31 • "Feeling So Real" – 4:32 • "Feeling So Real" – 5:01 • "Everytime You Touch Me" – 4:41 • 12-inch single • "Feeling So Real" – 5:47 • "Feeling So Real" – 5:59 • "Feeling So Real" – 6:46 • "Feeling So Real" – 5:33 • "Everytime You Touch Me" – 4:41 == Charts ==

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