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"Feeling This" is the first single of blink 182's self-entitled album. The single was released in November 2003. The single had been released previously as part of the soundtrack for the video game Madden NFL 2004 under the name "Action". True to the evolution of the band, the song is a lot more mature lyrically and musically than many of their previous releases. The end of the song is a melodic duet between the two lead singers, both singing conflicting but harmonising parts.
In an interview, blink's drummer Travis Barker explains the confusion with the actual name of the song. "'Action' just sounded kind of dorky to us. Like we would always call it "Feeling This" and then someone at our label, I think, like wrote it as "Action" one time and sent out singles to people. And it was always supposed to be "Feeling This"."
The song was written by having Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge go into separate rooms without talking to each other. When they came out they realized they had both written about sex. When they put it together, the song represents the lustful side of sex on the verses, the passionate side in the bridge and the romantic side in the chorus.
Music Video
The music video shows incarcerated, uniformed teens breaking out of some sort of juvenile hall and going to the recreation area to watch blink-182 play the song inside a cage. Two teens are focused upon in the beginning as they undress to their underwear and make out - with an isolation window between them.
Track listing
- Feeling This
- Violence
- The Rock Show (Live in Chicago)
- Carousel (Live in Chicago)
2003 singles | Blink-182 songs | Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine songs
"Feeling This"