Song · Blancmange
“Feel Me” by Blancmange
From the album Happy Families (1982)
“Feel Me” by Blancmange appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1982. It was first released in 1982 on the album Happy Families. Its best result is #35 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1982. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #104 alternative song of 1982.
"Feel Me" came out in 1982, the second single English synth-pop duo Blancmange pulled from their debut album, Happy Families. The division of labour was simple, as Neil Arthur told it years later: Stephen Luscombe brought in the groove, and Arthur supplied the words and the top-line melody. Mike Howlett produced, David Rhodes added guitar, and Madeline Bell and Stevie Vann sang backing vocals.
The music press split on it. Dave Lewis of Sounds made it his single of the week and heard a proper dance record, all David Byrne-style talking and screaming over jabbing synths and a relentless percussive loop, while Vivien Goldman at the NME found the vocal a hammy Ian Curtis impression. It reached No. 46 in the UK and hung around the chart for five weeks.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 35 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1982 | 50 |
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