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I Still Remember

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"I Still Remember"
Single by Bloc Party
from the album A Weekend in the City
B-side
  • "Atonement"
  • "Cain Said to Abel"
  • "Selfish Son"
  • Remixes
Released9 April 2007
Recorded2006
Genre
Length4:24
LabelWichita
Songwriter(s)Russell Lissack, Gordon Moakes, Kele Okereke, Matt Tong
Producer(s)Jacknife Lee
Bloc Party singles chronology
"The Prayer"
(2007)
"I Still Remember"
(2007)
"Hunting for Witches"
(2007)

"I Still Remember" is a song by English rock band Bloc Party. It was released as a single from their second studio album, A Weekend in the City, being the first U.S. single and second UK single from the album. The single was released in Britain in two 7" formats as well as a CD version. The B-sides are "Atonement", "Cain Said To Abel", "Selfish Son", and "I Still Remember (Music Box And Tears Remix)". A limited edition "I Still Remember" 7" was also given to the first 1000 people who pre-ordered the album from Insound.[1] The music video was made by Aggressive[2] and was first shown on 8 January 2007 on MTV2. The song peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart,[3] making it the band's highest-charting single in the US.[3]

Song inspiration

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Frontman Kele Okereke talked about the song at some length in his January 2007 The Observer interview, responding to questions as to whether the song had an autobiographical nature:[4]

Not really ... I guess, partially. [Can we call it a gay love story?] Yeah, but is it a love story? It's one person longing for somebody they can't really have. But it's not consummated. It's not a mutual thing. ...

This is probably a contentious issue, but I swear that I could always see [male homosexual attraction] in people, in the way that guys would need to be touching other guys. You could see there was something they couldn't say aloud. And I saw it when I was at school. And I guess "I Still Remember" is an attempt at trying to confront that. ... I know from my own experiences a lot of heterosexual boys had feelings or experiences when they were younger. And that's not really ever spoken about, that un-spoken desire. ...

Not two gay boys ... but the idea of two straight boys having an attraction, or there being an attraction that's unspeakable – that was the idea of that song.

Track listing

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7" singles

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  • Wichita / WEBB125S (UK) (in gatefold sleeve which houses second 7")

All tracks are written by Bloc Party

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."I Still Remember"Jacknife Lee4:36
2."Atonement"Eliot James3:49
  • Wichita / WEBB125SX (UK)

All tracks are written by Bloc Party

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."I Still Remember"Jacknife Lee4:36
2."Cain Said to Abel"Eliot James3:24

CD

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All tracks are written by Bloc Party

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."I Still Remember"Jacknife Lee4:36
2."Selfish Son"Eliot James4:58
3."I Still Remember" (Music Box and Tears Remix)
  • Jacknife Lee
  • Lull
5:03

Promo CD

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All tracks are written by Bloc Party

No.TitleLength
1."I Still Remember" (radio edit)3:51
2."I Still Remember" (UK radio edit)3:50
3."I Still Remember" (album version)4:24

Charts

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Chart (2008) Peak
position
Poland (LP3)[5] 50
Switzerland Airplay (Swiss Hitparade)[6] 58
UK Singles Chart 20
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[7] 24
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[8] 19

References

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  1. ^ "link". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2006.
  2. ^ Gottlieb, Steven J (12 November 2006). "Booked: Bloc Party – Aggressive, directors". Video Static. Archived from the original on 9 February 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2006.
  3. ^ a b "Artist Search for "bloc party"". AllMusic.
  4. ^ McLean, Craig (7 January 2007). "Kele Okereke: 21st-century boy". The Observer. London. Retrieved 21 February 2007.
  5. ^ "Lista Przebojów Trójki - Polskie Radio Online". Archived from the original on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Schweizer Airplay Charts 31/2007 – hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Bloc Party Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Bloc Party Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
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