"I Feel It All" is a song by Canadian

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singer-songwriter Feist, released as the third single from her third full-length album, ''

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'' (2007), in 2008. The song was acclaimed by

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and appeared on several music charts, peaking at number 47 on the

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and number 22 on the US ''

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'' Triple A chart. The

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music video features Feist igniting many oil drums and fireworks as she runs around a field at night.

Song information

The song is amongst the most critically acclaimed from her album. ''

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'' praised its tight instrumental arrangement and Gonzales' subtle production. It was performed live on ''

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'' on May 15, 2007; the episode was taped on a bus and performed acoustic with a bell set replacing the piano. It was also performed on ''

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'' on April 28, 2008, and on ''

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'' on April 30, 2008. It was featured in the 2008 film '' The Women'' and in the 2010 film '' The Last Song''. It was also featured on an episode of the MTV series '' The Hills'', in several episodes of the British television sitcom

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, and in an episode of the VH1 celebrity series '' The Fabulous Life of...''. In 2009, a cover version of the song appeared in a television advertisement for

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in Australia. Feist is shown playing the song with

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in the 2010 film ''

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''. It is performed as a duet with bandleader

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, and is intertwined with parts of his song "Safety Bricks".

Music video

The video begins with Feist dancing in an open field around stacks of oil drums. During the first few moments, Feist hits an oil drum with a stick, causing fireworks to shoot out from them. In turn, all the other drums light up, and firework shoot onto the sky. For most of the rest of the video, Feist is seen dancing all around the lights produced by the fireworks, which no longer need to be hit to spark. Like in her previous video for "

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", the sounds in this video are not muted—the sounds of the fireworks cracking are perfectly audible. The video ends with an outburst of fog and Feist walking into a body of water. Also, like her previous videos, this one was done in one continuous shot. The music video was shot on the property of Perfect North slopes in Lawrenceburg Indiana, and the pyrotechnics were provided by Rozzi's Famous Fireworks. Feist was ultimately removed, via an ambulance, after complaining of a foreign object in her eye, after the last take.

Track listings

UK promo CD # "I Feel It All" (album version) — 3:39 # "I Feel It All" (

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's Plastic remix) — 3:50 # "I Feel It All" (Escort remix) — 3:49 # "I Feel It All" (

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remix) — 4:41 # "I Feel It All" (

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remix) — 4:34 European CD single # "I Feel It All" (album version) — 3:39 # "I Feel It All" (Britt Daniel remix) — 4:41 # "I Feel It All" (Gonzales remix) — 4:34 # "I Feel It All" (video) — 3:50

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External links

Music video for "I Feel It All"
{{Authority control 2007 songs 2008 singles Canadian pop rock songs Feist (singer) songs Polydor Records singles Songs written by Feist (singer)