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1978 single by Sylvester

"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real).jpg
Unmarried past Sylvester
from the album Stride II
B-side "Grateful"
Released Dec 1978 (U.S.)
Recorded 1977
Genre
  • Disco
  • hi-NRG
Length 3:35 (single), half dozen:39 (album)
Characterization Fantasy
Songwriter(s)
  • James Wirrick
  • Sylvester James
Producer(s)
  • Harvey Fuqua
  • Sylvester
Sylvester singles chronology
"Dance (Disco Heat)"
(1978) 		"You Make Me Experience (Mighty Existent)"
(1978) 		"I (Who Have Zero)"
(1979)
Music video
"Y'all Make Me Feel (Mighty Existent)" on YouTube

"You Brand Me Feel (Mighty Real)" is a 1978 unmarried by American disco/R&B vocalizer Sylvester. The song was written by James Wirrick and Sylvester. It appears on Sylvester's 1978 album, Pace II. It was already a largely popular dance club hit in belatedly 1978, as the b-side of his previous single "Trip the light fantastic toe (Disco Heat)", earlier officially being released as the album'southward 2d single in December. Music critic Robert Christgau has said the vocal is "ane of those surges of sustained, stylized energy that is disco'due south great gift to pop music".[1]

In 2003, Q Magazine ranked "You lot Brand Me Experience (Mighty Real)" at number 677 in their list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever".[2] In 2019, the vocal was selected past the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically pregnant".[three]

Origins [edit]

The song was originally recorded every bit a mid-tempo piano driven gospel song, however afterwards producer Patrick Cowley saw a rehearsal of the song at San Francisco'due south urban center disco, he offered to remix the song.[4] The result was ane of the pioneering disco records using some electronic instrumentation and effects, following closely on "I Experience Love" by Donna Summer which heavily used electronic instrumentation ahead of its time. These 1970s songs using electronic instrumentation would accept an influence on 1980s and 1990s dance music, which in turn, would have an influence on dance music in the next century.

Chart performance [edit]

The vocal was Sylvester's first Top 10 striking in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at #8 on the Britain Singles Chart in Oct 1978.[5] In Sylvester'southward habitation country, the unmarried was his second Top twoscore striking, peaking at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in Feb 1979.[6] The vocal also reached #20 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart. A 12" single was released in 1978, with "Dance (Disco Heat)" as the A-side and "Yous Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" as the B-side, and these two extended dance mixes proved to exist very popular in dance clubs at the time. The 2 songs held downwardly the tiptop spot on the Billboard Trip the light fantastic toe/Disco chart for vi weeks in August and September 1978.[vii] These two songs helped to plant Sylvester's career as a noted disco and trip the light fantastic music performer, both in the U.S. and away.

Impact and legacy [edit]

Q Magazine ranked "You lot Brand Me Feel (Mighty Real)" number 677 in their list of the 1001 All-time Songs Always in 2003.[8]

Pitchfork Media featured the song in their list of 50 Songs That Define the Last 50 Years of LGBTQ+ Pride in 2018.[ix]

In 2019, the song was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically pregnant".[3]

Daily Mirror listed "Yous Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" at number thirteen in their ranking of Tiptop 50 happiest songs always in 2020.[10]

Rolling Stone included it in their list of 500 Best Songs of All Time in 2021.[11]

Time Out ranked it number 8 in their listing of The 50 Best Gay Songs to Celebrate Pride All Year Long in 2022.[12]

Charts [edit]

Jimmy Somerville version [edit]

"Y'all Make Me Feel (Mighty Existent)"
Jimmy Somerville-You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real).jpg
Single by Jimmy Somerville
from the album Read My Lips
B-side "Remix"
Released 1989
Genre
  • Hello-NRG
  • synth-pop
Length iii:57
Songwriter(s)
  • James Wirrick
  • Sylvester
Producer(s) Stephen Hague
Jimmy Somerville singles chronology
"Annotate te dire adieu"
(1989) 		"You Brand Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
(1989) 		"Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)"
(1990)
Music video
"You Brand Me Feel (Mighty Real)" on YouTube

British vocalist Jimmy Somerville, formerly of the bands Bronski Beat and Communards, released a encompass of "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" in 1989. His version of the song also received substantial club play, and it peaked at number 5 on the U.k. Singles Nautical chart in Jan 1990.[v] To date, this is the highest-charting version of the song in the UK. Somerville's encompass of this song appears on his first solo anthology, Read My Lips.

Background [edit]

Somerville told in an 1990 interview with Billboard, that the rails "was originally released during a catamenia of time when the gay community was successful in creating positive visibility." He noted further, "And then AIDS created a political backlash. I wanted to bring this vocal frontwards as a means of picking up these pieces of history and contributing to bringing out a positive image of gay men." Having already covered 2 other 70's classics; "Don't Leave Me This Manner" and "Never Can Say Farewell", Somerville said he was trying to "reclaim what originally belonged to the gay community." He added, "During the '70s, we had all of these gay men expressing their emotions past writing music, and then using women vocalists every bit a front. We can now forepart these songs ourselves. It's an important thing to do. The trouble is that and then few people are willing to jeopardize record sales in guild to be the honest and true people they really are."[29]

Critical reception [edit]

Bill Coleman from Billboard described the song as a "unashamedly hello-NRG/pop encompass". He noted that information technology marked Somerville's debut as a solo-singer.[thirty] Pan-European mag Music & Media wrote that the vocal is "an obvious choice for Somerville" and added further that he performs it with "such raw enthusiasm that his version is easily as good as the original. The basic difference is that the bankroll is tighter and cleaner-a punchy brass riff has been added and at that place is a video (that mixes fun and gay politics to good effect)."[31] In his review of the song, David Giles from Music Week stated that the singer "makes a very fine job at information technology."[32]

Music video [edit]

A music video was produced to promote the single, directed past Steve McLean.[33] Information technology features annal footage of Harvey Milk and Sylvester. The video was afterwards published on YouTube in October 2017. It has amassed more than 4.four meg views as of September 2021.[34]

Charts [edit]

Byron Stingily version [edit]

"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Existent)"
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Byron Stingily song).jpg
Single by Byron Stingily
from the album The Purist
B-side "Remix"
Released 1998
Genre House
Length three:xl
Label Club Tools
Songwriter(southward)
  • James Wirrick
  • Sylvester
Byron Stingily singles chronology
"Get Up (Everybody)"
(1997) 		"You Brand Me Feel (Mighty Existent)"
(1998) 		"Testify"
(1998)
Music video
"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" on YouTube

Chicago-born firm music singer Byron Stingily, formerly of the band Ten City recorded a comprehend of "You Brand Me Feel (Mighty Real)" in 1997. Similar Sylvester'due south original recording, Stingily'due south cover version of "You Make Me Experience (Mighty Existent)" (produced by UK music producer Damien Mendis) also went to number-i on the American dance chart, where it spent i week atop the nautical chart in March 1998.[43] Although there have been instances where the same song, recorded by two different artists, has reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Trip the light fantastic toe Club Play chart ("Don't Leave Me This Way" is one case), it is still a adequately rare occurrence. This version also reached number 13 in the UK.[v]

Disquisitional reception [edit]

Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that Stingily "bravely takes on Sylvester'due south disco archetype and infuses a startling combination of pulpit-pounding preaching and hip-grinding sexuality." He noted that "his falsetto has never sounded so limber and soulful, and the track percolates with equal parts retro reverence and modernistic flair. Stingily has recently burst into pop prominence in the U.M. and Europe with this winning endeavour. What a treat it would be to come across him enjoy comparable success in his home territory."[44] Pan-European magazine Music & Media said that the comprehend "stays close to the original (sampled hither), simply doesn't sound at all dated."[45] A reviewer from Vibe noted that "it's deliciously ironic that the defining moment in Byron Stingily's solo debut, The Purist, occurs during the climax of Sylvester'due south evergreen "You lot Brand Me Experience (Mighty Real)"." The magazine added that Stingily "whips through a vamp that eerily duplicates the belatedly disco belter'south central intensity."[46]

Charts [edit]

Chart (1998) Pinnacle
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[47] 47
France (SNEP)[48] 97
Scotland (OCC)[49] 17
UK Singles (OCC)[fifty] thirteen
UK Dance (OCC)[51] 1
U.s.a. Hot Dance Social club Songs (Billboard) 1

Other notable versions [edit]

In 1991, actress-comedian Sandra Bernhard recorded her ain version of the single, which is a tribute to James, on her album Excuses for Bad Behavior (Function One). A serial of 12" remix singles was released in 1994 by Epic Records' 550 Music banner, who also signed Bernhard and picked up her album for a major push that same year. It peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, and #86 on the UK Singles Chart in late 1994.[5] [52]

Appearances in other media [edit]

  • The song was used in the Friends Season ten episode "The One Where The Stripper Cries".
  • The song was featured in a 2022 Candy Crush commercial.[53]
  • The song is featured on the 2022 dance rhythm game, Merely Dance 2022. [54]

References [edit]

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  9. ^ "fifty Songs That Ascertain the Concluding 50 Years of LGBTQ+ Pride". Pitchfork Media. June 18, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
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  54. ^ "Y'all Brand Me Feel (Mighty Real) by Sylvester | Just Dance 2022 [Official]".

External links [edit]

  • http://articles.latimes.com/1988-09-10/entertainment/ca-1571_1_aids-cases
  • "Dance (Disco Heat)" / "You lot Brand Me Feel (Mighty Real)" 12" unmarried info Discogs.com.

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