"Feel It All" | ||||
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Single by KT Tunstall | ||||
from the album Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon | ||||
Released |
29 April 2013DL 10 June 2013 CD |
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Format | Digital download | |||
Recorded | 2012 | |||
Genre | Acoustic rock, blues, country folk | |||
Length |
4:10 (album version) 3:49 (radio edit) |
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Label | Virgin | |||
Songwriter(s) | KT Tunstall | |||
Producer(s) | Howe Gelb | |||
KT Tunstall singles chronology | ||||
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29 April 2013DL
"Feel It All" is a song by Scottish recording artist KT Tunstall. It was released as the UK lead single from her fourth studio album Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon, on 29 April 2013 through iTunes on 1 May 2013 through Amazon, and was released as a physical single on 10 June 2013. The cover for the single depicts Tunstall in a desert, with minimal outfits, wild-looking, pointing out the natural, acoustic influences of the album.
Teaming up with PJ Harvey collaborator John Parish on the drums, Tunstall recorded one of her most personal and intimate songs along with "(Still a) Weirdo", from her previous record, Tiger Suit. A music video was released on 29 April 2013 on Vevo, it was shot in the Sonoran Desert near Tucson, Arizona, in which she recorded Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon. The song was first played on the radio on 29 April 2013, on BBC Radio 2, on the Ken Bruce Show.
"Feel It All" was recorded twice. The first version is the album version, which was described by Tunstall as a more stripped back and melancholic. The second release of the song, the "Band Jam" version, described as a much more joyful version, was chosen for the music video and the radio release. At first, Tunstall thought she would keep only one of the two versions, but then she chose to keep both of them, and to release the band jam as the lead single.
The album version features country music and folk influence, with a slow tempo, while the "Band Jam" version is influenced with more pop/folk sounds, and a faster rhythm. Tunstall described the song as "the most personal song on the album" and adds "it was really medicine for me, that song". Tunstall explained on her appearance to the Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2 that she wrote the song right in the middle of all her personal issues: the death of her father, and her splitting up with her husband Luke Bullen.
"Feel It All" received critical acclaim from music critics. A French article from described the song as "surprising, but very intense" and compared Tunstall to fellow artists Katie Melua and Feist. The website "Hangout" described the song as a "gorgeous folk track with a beautiful video to accompany it".