Just the Way I'm Feeling
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"Just the Way I'm Feeling" is the second single to be released from Feeder
Feeder
-Technology:* Feeder , any of several devices used in apiculture to supplement or replace natural food sources* Feeder , another name for a riser, a reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent cavities due to shrinkage...

's fourth album Comfort In Sound
Comfort in Sound
Comfort in Sound is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Feeder, released on October 21, 2002 and also the first to be released by the band after the suicide of drummer Jon Lee earlier in the year...

. The single was due to be released on 6 January 2003, almost a year to the day the band's drummer Jon Lee committed suicide in his Miami home. Technical glitches on many on the CDs were found when they came back from the pressing plant, which caused a delay in release. To make up for this the band decided to hold an in-store at HMV
HMV
His Master's Voice is a trademark in the music business, and for many years was the name of a large record label. The name was coined in 1899 as the title of a painting of the dog Nipper listening to a wind-up gramophone...

, which created the biggest in-store signing event in their history, when 1,500 copies were sold of the single (all the store's stock at the time) and were all signed by the band on the same day, with an acoustic set also performed. This saw the store being closed to the general public and was repeated two years later when the band appeared at the same store on Oxford Street
Oxford Street
Oxford Street is a major thoroughfare in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, United Kingdom. It is Europe's busiest shopping street, as well as its most dense, and currently has approximately 300 shops. The street was formerly part of the London-Oxford road which began at Newgate,...

 for a signing-only event for their 5th studio album Pushing the Senses
Pushing the Senses
Pushing the Senses is the fifth album by the British rock band Feeder. It was released on Echo, Liberation Music and PIAS on 31 January 2005 in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Europe, while being released on Pony Canyon in Japan on 10 February 2005...

, when the store was closed yet again.

One of the b-sides "The Power of Love
The Power of Love (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song)
Holly Johnson, former singer of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, recorded his own version of "The Power of Love" which was released on his 1999 album Soulstream and was released as a single which made #56 in the UK. The single stayed in the charts for 2 weeks...

", is a Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Frankie Goes to Hollywood were a British dance-pop band popular in the mid-1980s. The group was fronted by Holly Johnson , with Paul Rutherford , Peter Gill , Mark O'Toole , and Brian Nash .The group's debut single "Relax" was banned by the BBC in 1984 while at number six in the charts and...

 cover, and was recorded for the NME's War Child
War Child (charity)
War Child is a non-governmental organisation founded in the UK 1993, which focuses on providing assistance to children in areas of conflict and post-conflict. They use their film and entertainment background to raise money for aid agencies operating in former Yugoslavia...

 charity album "1 Love".

The song was used as part on New Zealand's TV2 on air identity. "Just the Way I'm Feeling" as a single release, also gave drummer Mark Richardson
Mark Richardson (musician)
Mark Richardson is an English drummer, of the UK rock band Skunk Anansie and formerly of Little Angels and Feeder.-Personal life:...

 his first UK top 10 single appearance.

Music Video

The video shows various colorized clips of 1920's-1950's movies with various shots of the band playing by day and next by night & finally by day.

Plot

A lonely woman looks at the window, watching the rain. Her husband comes home from a rainy day from work. But when the woman, seeing that he's home, is about to look at him, the man runs away who finds another woman who is drowning & the man saves her. A crowd is gathered up to see the event. He saves her, but is hallucinated. The next scene shows the same woman having a dream to a city with various people (such as two men fighting, a tiger running away, etc.). Soon the dream turns into a nightmare. Soon the sky turns red, with another woman in a black swimming suit (who is amazed). Next, a clip with Harry Houndini is committed to sacrifice himself. Shortly after that, the same woman wakes up who is happy to the man is home & soon have fun together on a beach. They come to a plane which leaves home. Soon the man and woman hold hands & look at the skyline as the plane leaves. The video ends with a shot of grass & an old-style The End title appears at the screen.

Reception

The single itself charted at #10 at the end of its release week, and gained over 15,000 plays on UK radio. It was also a minor hit in Europe making #34 on the Eurochart top 40. The single also helped the parent album Comfort in Sound, sell over 300,000 units in the UK enabling it to certified platinum. The record reached this required number, when follow-up "Forget About Tomorrow" was released. However, frontman Grant Nicholas
Grant Nicholas
Grant Nicholas is a Welsh musician, best known as the lead singer and lead guitarist of the rock band Feeder, along with bassist Taka Hirose and drummer Karl Brazil.-Early years:...

 once said in an interview that it was this single that helped the album become successful.

"Just The Way I'm Feeling" also appeared at a peak of #41 on XFM
Xfm
Xfm is a brand of two commercial radio stations focused on alternative music, primarily indie pop, and owned by Global Radio.-History:Xfm was created in London in 1992 by Sammy Jacob, who later co-founded NME Radio in 2008. Xfm subsequently expanded to a network of four stations; there are...

's X-List in 2004.

Other versions of "Broken"

B-side "Broken" was remixed in 2003 by Dutch remixer Junkie XL
Junkie XL
Tom Holkenborg , better known as Junkie XL or JXL, is a Dutch musician. He uses the name JXL in cases where the term "Junkie" might cause offense. XL is for "Xpanding Limits"....

, changing the name to "Clouds". The song was once again influenced by another artist, when in 2006 Italian singer Zucchero
Zucchero
Adelmo Fornaciari, Commander , more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero /ˈtsukkero/, is an Italian rock singer. His music is largely inspired by gospel, blues and rock music, and alternates between ballads and more rhythmic boogie-like pieces.Zucchero is the...

 released an album in Italy titled "Fly" and included a track titled "L'amore è nell'aria". The track used exactly the same instrumental but was re-recorded by his band rather than sampled from Feeder's own recording. Grant Nicholas was credited with permission given by the record company nine months before the recording was made.

CD1

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  1. "Just The Way I'm Feeling" - 4:22
  2. "Broken" - 3:24
  3. "The Power of Love
    The Power of Love (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song)
    Holly Johnson, former singer of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, recorded his own version of "The Power of Love" which was released on his 1999 album Soulstream and was released as a single which made #56 in the UK. The single stayed in the charts for 2 weeks...

    " - 4:46

CD2

ECSCX133
  1. "Just The Way I'm Feeling" (radio edit) - 4:03
  2. "Redemption" - 2:36
  3. "Child In You" (acoustic) - 3:25
  4. "Just The Way I'm Feeling" (video)

DVD

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  1. "Just The Way I’m Feeling" (lyric screen)
  2. "Good Evening Reading" (video documentary)
  3. "Just The Way I’m Feeling" (acoustic) Photo Gallery
  4. "Insomnia" (video clip)
  5. "Yesterday Went Too Soon" (video clip)
  6. "Day In Day Out" (video clip)
  7. "Paperfaces" (video clip)

Australian Release

ECSCD133
  1. "Just The Way I'm Feeling" - 4:22
  2. "Broken" - 3:24
  3. "The Power of Love" - 4:46
  4. "Redemption" - 2:36
  5. "Come Back Around" (acoustic) - 3:21
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