I Still Remember

This article is about the song by Bloc Party. For the Blackmore's Night song, see Fires at Midnight.

"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

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

7" singles

  • 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

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

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

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

  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.