"I Still Remember" | ||||
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Single by Bloc Party | ||||
from the album A Weekend in the City | ||||
B-side |
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Released | 9 April 2007 | |||
Recorded | 2006 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 4:24 | |||
Label | Wichita | |||
Songwriter(s) | Russell Lissack, Gordon Moakes, Kele Okereke, Matt Tong | |||
Producer(s) | Jacknife Lee | |||
Bloc Party singles chronology | ||||
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"I Still Remember" is a song by English rock band Bloc Party. It was released as a single from their second studio album, A Weekend in the City, being the first U.S. single and second UK single from the album. The single was released in Britain in two 7" formats as well as a CD version. The B-sides are "Atonement", "Cain Said To Abel", "Selfish Son", and "I Still Remember (Music Box And Tears Remix)". A limited edition "I Still Remember" 7" was also given to the first 1000 people who pre-ordered the album from Insound.[1] The music video was made by Aggressive[2] and was first shown on 8 January 2007 on MTV2. The song peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart,[3] making it the band's highest-charting single in the US.[3]
Song inspiration
[edit]Frontman Kele Okereke talked about the song at some length in his January 2007 The Observer interview, responding to questions as to whether the song had an autobiographical nature:[4]
Not really ... I guess, partially. [Can we call it a gay love story?] Yeah, but is it a love story? It's one person longing for somebody they can't really have. But it's not consummated. It's not a mutual thing. ...
This is probably a contentious issue, but I swear that I could always see [male homosexual attraction] in people, in the way that guys would need to be touching other guys. You could see there was something they couldn't say aloud. And I saw it when I was at school. And I guess "I Still Remember" is an attempt at trying to confront that. ... I know from my own experiences a lot of heterosexual boys had feelings or experiences when they were younger. And that's not really ever spoken about, that un-spoken desire. ...
Not two gay boys ... but the idea of two straight boys having an attraction, or there being an attraction that's unspeakable – that was the idea of that song.
Track listing
[edit]7" singles
[edit]- Wichita / WEBB125S (UK) (in gatefold sleeve which houses second 7")
All tracks are written by Bloc Party
No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I Still Remember" | Jacknife Lee | 4:36 |
2. | "Atonement" | Eliot James | 3:49 |
- Wichita / WEBB125SX (UK)
All tracks are written by Bloc Party
No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I Still Remember" | Jacknife Lee | 4:36 |
2. | "Cain Said to Abel" | Eliot James | 3:24 |
CD
[edit]- Wichita / WEBB125SCD (UK)
All tracks are written by Bloc Party
No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I Still Remember" | Jacknife Lee | 4:36 |
2. | "Selfish Son" | Eliot James | 4:58 |
3. | "I Still Remember" (Music Box and Tears Remix) |
| 5:03 |
Promo CD
[edit]All tracks are written by Bloc Party
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "I Still Remember" (radio edit) | 3:51 |
2. | "I Still Remember" (UK radio edit) | 3:50 |
3. | "I Still Remember" (album version) | 4:24 |
Charts
[edit]Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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Poland (LP3)[5] | 50 |
Switzerland Airplay (Swiss Hitparade)[6] | 58 |
UK Singles Chart | 20 |
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[7] | 24 |
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[8] | 19 |
References
[edit]- ^ "link". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2006.
- ^ Gottlieb, Steven J (12 November 2006). "Booked: Bloc Party – Aggressive, directors". Video Static. Archived from the original on 9 February 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2006.
- ^ a b "Artist Search for "bloc party"". AllMusic.
- ^ McLean, Craig (7 January 2007). "Kele Okereke: 21st-century boy". The Observer. London. Retrieved 21 February 2007.
- ^ "Lista Przebojów Trójki - Polskie Radio Online". Archived from the original on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Schweizer Airplay Charts 31/2007 – hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "Bloc Party Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ "Bloc Party Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Song lyrics
- Video on the artist MTV page
- Downloadable video
- Winning Video of the YouTube Competition