Кylie Minogue – "Where Is the Feeling?" туралы

1995 single by Kylie Minogue

"Where Is the Feeling?" is a song by Australian singer songwriter Kylie Minogue 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, by Deconstruction and Mushroom Records, seven months after the release of the second single. A new version was recorded for the single release, featuring spoken vocals by Minogue. The album version of "Where Is the Feeling?" received positive reviews from music critics; the single version was also praised by them. Commercially, the song attained moderate success, peaking at number 16 in the United Kingdom and number 31 in Australia. The song's accompanying music video was directed by Keir McFarlane, and filmed in a school swimming pool in Los Angeles; it saw Minogue being pursued through the water by an ominous figure. "Where Is the Feeling?" was later included on the setlist of Minogue's KylieFever2002 tour, and added to three of her greatest hits albums.

Originally, "Where Is the Feeling?" was recorded by the group Within a Dream in 1993. While working on Minogue's self titled fifth studio album, it was asked if anyone had ideas for a cover song. Dave Seaman, a member of British duo Brothers in Rhythm and producer of the song, felt it was a "perfect fit" for the record. Frankie Knuckles and David Morales' works influenced the duo when they produced the track, adding live piano, guitar and percussion to the song, making it a "classic extended version". It was released in the United Kingdom on 10 July 1995 as the third and final single from the album, by Deconstruction and Mushroom Records, seven months after the release of the second single. It featured a re recorded version remixed by Brothers in Rhythm. The album version of "Where Is the Feeling?" was written by Wilf Smarties and Jayn Hanna, and produced by Brothers in Rhythm. It was recorded and mixed by Paul Wright and Niall Flynn at Sarm West Studios in London. Larry Flick of Billboard described the album version as a "swirling, disco minded jam", and complimented the "sprawling, cinematic epic rife with lush ambient texture and seductive vocal vamping" single release, labeling it as "truly brilliant". In his weekly UK chart commentary in Dotmusic, James Masterton viewed the remix as "another surprisingly sophisticated dance record". Alan Jones from Music Week stated that the single version was "very much a first cousin of Madonna's "Justify My Love", but less commercial." Simon Williams from NME viewed it as "a handbag a go go romp which is so banal, so numblingly nothing that even la Kylie herself sounds stultifyingly bored." Another NME editor, Dele Fadele, wrote, "Brothers in Rhythm provide a modern, pop dance backing, with lovely strings, whilst Kylie breathlessly whispers to some absent lover, but you might as well listen to The Nine O'Clock News if you want a flicker of emotion, something non robotic, and something to affirm that you're alive." Record Collector said it pairs "Minogue's feel good, chart friendly pop with a wash of disco fied techno". Birmingham Evening Mail staff deemed the remix as "soulful", and stated that it would "suit Dina Carroll down to the ground." Herald Express Gareth George felt the single version was "not that bad" and commented that "if this was the sort of pillow talk bed hopping Aussie rocker Michael Hutchence enjoyed its a wonder he ever gave her the boot." Classic Pop staff described the album version as "a clash between happy house and SAW’s squeaky clean convivial pop", while deeming the remixed version as a "hushed, bleepy jam unlike anything she’d put out". Writing for the Herald Sun, Cameron Adams called the original form "one of the deepest house cuts" on the album, as well as an "absolute belter"; he also described the single version as a "sensual epic that was completely re recorded from the original". According to Guillermo Alonso, from the Spanish edition of Vanity Fair, the album version sounded "too pop, too conventional, too much of what she had left behind", referring to her past bubblegum pop songs; he found the remix version "almost unregonizable" from its original form, as well as "a very interesting and dark house theme with trip hop influences". Josh Martin from MTV Australia classified the track as a "quiet landmark in personal expression in the pop singer’s music". In a review for the album, Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine noted that the song, alongside "Where Has the Love Gone" and "Falling", "all run about two minutes too long".

Commercially, "Where Is the Feeling?" charted moderately in Australia, Scotland, and the United Kingdom. In Australia, the single debuted at number 31 on the ARIA Charts 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" (2008) replaced the status, when it peaked at number 35 and stayed in the charts for two weeks. it features Minogue sporting red hair, which was dyed specially for her role in Bio Dome, being pursued through the murky water by an ominous male figure. The video later appeared on Minogue's video compilation The Kylie Tapes: 94 98 (1998). An extended version, which includes an introduction with a countdown, was made available for the first time on Minogue's video compilation Artist Collection (2004). To further promote "Where Is the Feeling? ", Minogue performed the track on Channel 4's Don't Forget Your Toothbrush show, and it also appeared as an interlude on the setlist of Minogue's KylieFever2002 concert tour. Greatest Hits: 87–99 (2003), and Confide in Me: The Irresistible Kylie (2007). The Felix da Housecat Klubb Feelin Mix remix was included on her 2010 remix album 12" Masters – Essential Mixes.