Billy Joel version Billy Joel released his original version of the song, titled "To Make You Feel My Love", for his compilation album
Greatest Hits Volume III (1997). It was released as the album's lead single and reached number 50 on the US
Billboard Hot 100. Joel's single pre-dated Dylan's release of the song by one month.
Chart history Hope Floats versions Garth Brooks covered the song as "To Make You Feel My Love" in 1998. It appeared on the
soundtrack of the 1998 film
Hope Floats, along with a cover version by
Trisha Yearwood (whom Brooks would marry in 2005) as the first and last tracks. Yearwood's version would be the only version of the song on the soundtrack's 2007 reissue. It was included first as the bonus track on
Fresh Horses for Brooks' first
Limited Series box set and then included on all later pressings of that album. Brooks' version resulted in a nomination at the 41st Grammy Awards for
Best Male Country Vocal Performance and a nomination for Bob Dylan for
Best Country Song.
Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Adele version In 2007, English singer-songwriter
Adele recorded "
Make You Feel My Love" for her debut studio album
19 (2008). It was released as the album's fourth and final single on October 27, 2008, both on CD and vinyl, originally peaking at number 26.
Background "Make You Feel My Love" is the only
cover song on
19; Adele either wrote or co-wrote all the other tracks. Adele was initially hesitant to record a cover song on her album, as she was worried it would imply she was incapable of writing enough of her own songs. Nonetheless, she listened to the song under pressure from her manager, Jonathan Dickins, and loved it. Piano is played by
Neil Cowley and Adele is credited with bass.
Critical reception Adele's version received critical acclaim. According to Alex Fletcher of
Digital Spy, the version expresses Adele's affection for the song, "with just piano as backing, her dreamy, passionate vocals are allowed to shine". According to Dave Simpson of
The Guardian, with her "hushed delivery", Adele makes the song "her own". In January 2013,
Heart Radio listed Adele's recording as the UK's number one song of all time in its Hall of Fame Top 500.
Chart performance Initially, the song only reached a peak of number 26, but found a new lease on life in 2010, two years after its release, following performances by several contestants on the
seventh series of
The X Factor. In September 2010, after it was performed by
Annastasia Baker, it re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 24. The song then surged to number 4 the following month after a second performance by
Gamu Nhengu. Following a third
X Factor performance and heavy use in the
Comic Relief 2010 television, it spent three more non-consecutive weeks in the top 10. Thanks to this newfound attention, "Make You Feel My Love" was the 48th biggest-selling song of 2010. In early 2011 the song returned to the top 40 again, at number 34, after it was used on the
fifth series of ''
Britain's Got Talent''. After years of trickle selling, "Make You Feel My Love" passed the million sales mark in the UK in 2017.
Music video The song's music video features Adele singing the song in
London Marriott Hotel Canary Wharf. It was directed by
Mat Kirkby. , the music video has received over 200 million views on
YouTube.
Live performances On Friday, November 20, 2015, Adele sang the song during a
BBC special,
Adele at the BBC, hosted by talk show host
Graham Norton. One segment of the show, which went viral, featured a prank in which eight Adele
impersonators were invited to audition at the
Wimbledon Theatre for a nonexistent show. Adele herself, disguised as a nanny named "Jenny", pretended to also be an Adele impersonator, and was the last one to sing. When she started singing "Make You Feel My Love", the other performers finally recognized her and realized they had been pranked.
Usage in media Adele's version features in the
soundtrack of the 2010 romantic comedy film
When in Rome. Her cover version was also featured in the compilation album for the benefit of those affected by
Supertyphoon Haiyan in the
Philippines entitled
Songs for the Philippines. During a concert at London's
O2 Arena on March 22, 2016, the day of the
Brussels bombings, Adele dedicated a performance of the song to the victims of the attacks. In addition, Adele's video of the song, directed by Mat Kirby, was released on music channels in late September 2008 and continues to be featured on her website.
List of recordings Digital download • "Make You Feel My Love" – 3:32
Digital download • "Make You Feel My Love" – 3:32 • "Make You Feel My Love" – 3:32
CD single • "Make You Feel My Love" – 3:32 • "Painting Pictures" – 3:33 '''
19 version''' • "Make You Feel My Love" – 3:32 '''
19 Deluxe version''' • "Make You Feel My Love" – 3:52 '''
Chimes of Freedom live version''' • "Make You Feel My Love" – 4:04 '''
Live at the Royal Albert Hall live version''' • "Make You Feel My Love" – 3:48
Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts All-time charts Certifications ==References==