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Where Is the Feeling?
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Wikipedia article
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| name = Where Is the Feeling?
| cover = Kylie_Minogue_Where_Is_the_Feeling?.png
| alt =
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| type = single
| artist = Kylie Minogue
| album = Kylie Minogue
| B-side = Confide in Me
| released =
| recorded = 1994
| studio = Sarm West (London, England)
| genre = House
| length =
| label =
| writer =
| producer = Brothers in Rhythm
| prev_title = Put Yourself in My Place
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Where the Wild Roses Grow
| next_year = 1995
| misc =
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"'Where Is the Feeling?'" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue, taken from her fifth studio album, 'Kylie Minogue' (1994). The song was written by Wilf Smarties and Jayn Hanna, while production was handled by Brothers in Rhythm. It was released on 10 July 1995 as the third and final single from the album. Commercially, the song peaked at number 31 in Australia and became a top-20 hit in the United Kingdom.
Background and release
The song, originally a club hit for Within a Dream in 1993 was initially planned as the second single from Minogue's eponymous 1994 album, although it nearly did not make the album's final cut at all. It was postponed for the release of "Put Yourself in My Place". The single was then scheduled for release in April 1995 but delayed until July while Minogue completed filming on the movie 'Bio-Dome'. The single version was radically remixed into an atmospheric club track with spoken word verses, making it almost entirely unrecognisable from its original album version. In the United Kingdom, Deconstruction originally planned to accompany the song with two single releases, but it was reduced to only one CD, thus explaining the cover photo with two superimposed images of Kylie.
Critical reception
Larry Flick from 'Billboard' described the song as a "swirling, disco-minded jam". Caroline Sullivan from 'The Guardian' wrote in her album review, that "the best moments are uncomplicated 'handbag-house' opuses", like "Falling" and "Where Is the Feeling?". In his weekly UK chart commentary in Dotmusic, James Masterton viewed it as "another surprisingly sophisticated dance record". Alan Jones from 'Music Week' said, "With heavy use of orchestra, an ambient swirl and spoken lyrics, this is very much a first cousin of Madonna's Justify My Love, but less commercial." 'Record Collector' said it pairs "Minogue's feel-good, chart-friendly pop with a wash of disco-fied techno".
Commercial performance
"Where Is the Feeling?" charted in only two countries: Australia and the United Kingdom. The song debuted at number 31 on the Australian Singles Chart and stayed on the chart for a total of three weeks. It remained Minogue's lowest and weakest-spanning solo single until "In My Arms" replaced the status, when it peaked at number 35 and stayed in the charts for two weeks. In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at number 16 on the UK Singles Chart and stayed on the chart for three weeks. Despite reaching the top 20, the single spent only three weeks in the top 75.
Music video
The song's music video was directed by Keir McFarlane, who previously collaborated with Minogue in "Put Yourself in My Place." The video featuring Minogue writhing in a pool disguised as the ocean and kissing an unnamed lover while using a re-recorded version of the song remixed by Brothers in Rhythm.
There are two edits of the music video. The short editArchived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211206/pFpDkoo1svo Ghostarchive] and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20151120104236/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFpDkoo1svo&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]: is the more common version while the full length version includes an introduction with a countdown and was made available for the first time in 2007 on the Artist Collection DVD.
Track listings
* 'Australian, UK, and European CD single'
# "Where Is the Feeling?" (BIR Dolphin Mix)
# "Where Is the Feeling?" (BIR Soundtrack)
# "Where Is the Feeling?" (Da Klubb Feelin Mix)
# "Where Is the Feeling?" (Morales Mix)
# "Where Is the Feeling?" (BIR Bish Bosh Mix)
* 'UK 12-inch single'
:A. "Where Is the Feeling?" (BIR Soundtrack)
:B. "Where Is the Feeling?" (Da Klubb Feelin Mix)
* 'UK cassette single'
# "Where Is the Feeling?" (BIR Dolphin Mix)
# "Where Is the Feeling?" (BIR Bish Bosh Mix)
* 'Japanese mini-CD single'
# "Where Is the Feeling?"
# "Confide in Me" (Master Mix)
Charts
References
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