24 Oct '07 - 213 W - + 16 - 16 Cover Versions: #4 I Feel Love
In my humble opinion, it is the greatest disco record ever made (and believe me, I’ve listened to a lot of disco records over the years!). Produced by the very wonderful Giorgio Moroder and sung the ultimate disco, diva, Donna Summer, 1977’s I Feel Love took the hard-core electro-rhythms which had hitherto been associated with Kraftwerk and put them onto the dance floor. Before this record, disco hits were predominantly acoustic, often involving huge string sections of orchestras...
David Bowie recalls his first encounter with this track...
“One day in Berlin ... Eno came running in and said, 'I have heard the sound of the future.' … he puts on 'I Feel Love', by Donna Summer … He said, 'This is it, look no further. This single is going to change the sound of club music for the next fifteen years.' Which was more or less right.”
According to Wikipedia, I Feel love is one of the most covered disco songs ever. Everyone from Blondie to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers has had a go at it. But maybe the best cover (imho) was Bronski Beat and Marc Almond’s 1985 version (not quite as good as the original, it’s true - but pretty darn’ good even so...
