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The Feeling |
| The Feeling | |
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| Origin | Horsham, Sussex, UK |
| Genre(s) | Power pop, soft rock |
| Years active | 1995 - Present |
| Label(s) | MCA Music, Inc./Island Records |
| Website | www.thefeeling.co.uk |
| Members | |
| Dan Gillespie Sells Richard Jones Kevin Jeremiah Ciaran Jeremiah Paul Stewart Ray Foley |
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The Feeling are a five-piece BRIT award-nominated British band from Sussex and London. The band categorise their music as "pop".1
Following a limited release of their debut "Fill My Little World" in late 2005, the band entered the UK Singles Chart at #7 with their first full release "Sewn" in February 2006. The single was one of the year's biggest radio hits, after being played first in the UK on the Dermot O'Leary Show on BBC Radio 2, along with their first live radio session.
Their debut album Twelve Stops and Home was released in the UK on June 5, 2006 and on February 27, 2007 in the US. The album title refers to the frequent London Underground journey Dan used to take from central London to Bounds Green on the Piccadilly Line. It also refers to the number of tracks on the album.
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Their name comes from a neon sign seen on a bar in Paris.2
The majority of the band are from Horsham, Sussex, with the exception of lead vocalist Sells, who is from London, and bassist Jones, who is from Forest Row, in Sussex.
Dan Gillespie Sells and Richard Jones met as music students at the BRIT School in Croydon, Surrey in 1995. They were members of one of the school's most popular bands, "Horn".
They spent a lot of time in the Alps before their début doing covers (such as "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles and "Raining Blood" by Slayer) and live gigs. It was revealed in a podcast for The Times that the band had "blagged" their way into this, saying they could perform fifty songs when in fact they only knew six. 3
It is sometimes mistakenly reported The Feeling used to be named "Superfly", however, Gillespie Sells explained this was a different band which Paul Stewart and Ciaran and Kevin Jeremiah played in—it was easier to get bookings by using this name.4
The last gigs in the Alps were in the winter of 2004/2005. After these gigs they would sell demo CDs, which included the tracks Funny Cigarette, Sun is Shining, Still You Want More, "Never Be Lonely" and "Join With Us". Most of these tracks have since been singles, album tracks, or b-sides.
On 5th June 2006, The Feeling released their debut album, Twelve Stops and Home, which reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart. To celebrate the release, the band's record company, Island Records, took 120 British music journalists on the Eurostar to Paris for the day, where the band performed live in a restaurant. This was in recognition of the fact the band took their name from a Parisian bar.
The first single, "Sewn" reached no. 7 in the UK charts in March 2006, followed by the no. 10 hit "Fill My Little World" in May 2006. This release spent 4 consecutive weeks at no. 16 and outsold the band's debut. "Never Be Lonely" was released in August 2006 and became their third top ten hit, peaking at no. 9, where it stayed for 2 weeks.
In 2006, The Feeling toured the United States, opening for The Fray and strengthening their following across the Atlantic. They were selling an EP called Four Stops and Home along the way. It consisted of two album tracks "Sewn" and "Helicopter" and two future B-sides "When I Return" and "All You Need To Do".
In November 2006, just days after returning from the US, the band headed off on their first major UK and Ireland tour, playing Birmingham, London, Cambridge, Brighton, Oxford, Southampton, Cardiff, Bristol, Manchester, Nottingham, Liverpool, Newcastle, Hull, Glasgow, Leeds, Belfast and Dublin. During this time, the band maintained a blog on The Sun newspaper's website.5 It continued intermittently until January 2007.
They also played many summer music festivals such as T in the Park, V Festival and the Oxegen.
TV appearances throughout 2006/2007 included performing "Never Be Lonely" on the opening episode of "The Charlotte Church Show" on September 1, 2006, and "Love It When You Call" on Children in Need 2006. They also appeared on "Live From Abbey Road" in January 2007 following a recording session at Abbey Road Studios.
"Fill My Little World" was used in the farewell montage on the last ever The Vicar of Dibley on New Year's Day 2007 and an edited version of "Love It When You Call" appeared in the 2007 film Good Luck Chuck, and several of their songs appeared in the 2007 film, Hostel Part II.
In an e-mail newsletter released on January 11, 2007, it was announced that The Feeling was the number one most played band on UK radio in 2006. Their four singles received a total of 97,436 plays, which meant that, on average, a song by The Feeling was played 267 times every day, or once every 5 minutes.
At the end of March 2007, the band went Stateside once again, taking part in VH1's first ever "You Oughta Know" tour alongside Mat Kearney and Rocco DeLuca and The Burden. The tour lasted approximately 2 months, and finished with The Feeling playing the 2007 Coachella festival in Indio, California.
The band also headlined a mini-tour of the UK's forests around June 2007 with Ghosts supporting. They played at large clearings and forest activity sites, leading Gillespie Sells to quip about playing to elves. 6
On July 1, 2007, the Feeling performed at the Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium. The group performed "Fill My Little World" and "Love It When You Call" as the concert's 6th performers.
On October 27th 2007, The Feeling played the pre-game of the NFL match between the New York Giants and the Miami Dolphins at Wembley Stadium.
"Never Be Lonely" was nominated for Best Track in the Q Awards 2006, although Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" won the award. "Fill My Little World" was nominated for best British single in the 2007 BRIT Awards, but it was beaten by Take That’s Patience. Sewn is featured on the FIFA 07 soundtrack. 7
Their second album entitled Join With Us was released on February 18th 2008, with the first single "I Thought It Was Over" entering the UK charts at No. 12 on February 10th 2008 on downloads alone. The following week, the single reached no. 9. The album reached #1 in the UK Charts, the band's first #1.
The majority of the recording for the album took place at Bradley House - a stately home in Maiden Bradley near Warminster, Wiltshire (home of the Duke of Somerset),8 whilst most mixing was carried out in Los Angeles, California.
On 4th March 2008, it was confirmed on The Feeling's website that they would be performing on the main stage at this year's V Festivals in Chelmsford and Staffordshire in August.
On 7th March 2008, they embarked on a mini-tour of the UK, starting in Birmingham - Academy, and ending on 20th March at London - Shepherd's Bush Empire.
On 1st April 2008 it was confirmed that they would support Bon Jovi at four of their seven dates on the UK leg of Bon Jovi's Lost Highway World Tour.9
On the 27th June 2008, the band played the pyramid stage at the Glastonbury festival, which was their first appearance at the legendary festival. It was clearly an emotional moment for Dan Gillespie-Sells, who revealed he used to come to the festival with his father. During the performance, they covered 'Video Killed the Radio Star' and A-Ha's 'Take Me On.'
As of June 2008, the title track "Join With Us" is currently used in the Toyota Auris advertisements shown in Austria and the United Kingdom. Towards the end of the advert the band are shown in miniature form inside the car's glovebox.
After disappearing for a number of months the band reappeared in Ireland on 28 November 2008. On The Ray Foley Show they performed "I Thought It Was Over" and "Fill My Little World" live for lunchtime listeners as they tucked into their sandwiches.
From mid-February to early March 2007, The Feeling toured the UK on their biggest native tour to date, supported by The Fray. The tour kicked off in Norwich, then went on to Wolverhampton, Bournemouth, Plymouth, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Doncaster, Derby and Manchester, before finishing at the Hammersmith Apollo in London on March 3, 2007.
The Feeling embarked upon a second UK and Ireland tour from October 31st to December 2nd 2008. Covers played one the tour included "Take On Me" (originally by A-Ha) and "Walk This Way" (originally by Aerosmithand Run DMC) and "Fight For Your Right To Party" (originally by Beastie Boys). They played at the Manchester Apollo on Monday 17th of November 2008. In the Killarney I.N.E.C in Ireland on 30th Novemberthe band covered "Lose Yourself" (originally by Eminem) for the first time.
| Name | Notes | Sales and certifications | Charts | |||||||
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| UK | IRE | USA | FRA | GER | NLD | SWI | AUS | |||
| Twelve Stops and Home | 2 | 34 | 20 | - | 95 | 81 | - | - | ||
| Join With Us |
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1 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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