I Still Remember
"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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A Weekend in the City track listing | ||||
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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. Upon release, the song reached number 24 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart (since renamed Alternative Songs),[3] making it the band's highest charting single in the US, besting the number 34 peak of "Banquet" on the same chart in 2005.[3]
Song inspiration[]
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[]
7" singles[]
- 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[]
- 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[]
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[]
Charts (2008) | Peak position |
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UK Singles Chart | 20 |
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[5] | 24 |
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[6] | 19 |
References[]
- ^ "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. Retrieved 31 December 2006.
- ^ Jump up to: a b http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bloc-party-mn0000223861/awards
- ^ McLean, Craig (7 January 2007). "Kele Okereke: 21st-century boy". The Observer. London. Retrieved 21 February 2007.
- ^ "Bloc Party Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
- ^ "Bloc Party Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
External links[]
- Song lyrics
- Video on the artist MTV page
- Downloadable video
- Winning Video of the YouTube Competition
- Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
- 2007 singles
- Bloc Party songs
- LGBT-related songs
- Song recordings produced by Jacknife Lee
- 2007 songs
- Wichita Recordings singles
- Songs written by Kele Okereke
- Songs written by Gordon Moakes
- Songs written by Russell Lissack
- Songs written by Matt Tong