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I Feel the Earth Move

May 17, 2023

For other uses, see I Feel the Earth Move (disambiguation).

"I Feel the Earth Move" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Carole King, for her second studio album Tapestry. Additionally, the song is one half of the double A-sided single, the flip side of which was "It's Too Late". Together, both "I Feel the Earth Move" and "It's Too Late" became among the biggest mainstream pop hits of 1971.

"I Feel the Earth Move"
US vinyl single; picture is also used for the "It's Too Late" side and the parent album Tapestry
Single by Carole King
from the album Tapestry
A-side"It's Too Late"
ReleasedApril 16, 1971 (1971-04-16)
GenrePop rock
Length3:00
LabelOde
Songwriter(s)Carole King
Producer(s)Lou Adler
Carole King singles chronology
"He's a Bad Boy"
(1964) 		"It's Too Late" / "I Feel the Earth Move"
(1971) 		"So Far Away" / "Smackwater Jack"
(1971)

Jon Landau's review of the Tapestry for Rolling Stone praised King's voice on this track, saying it negotiates turns from "raunchy" to "bluesy" to "harsh" to "soothing", with the last echoing the development of the song's melody into its chorus.[1] Landau describes the melody of the refrain as "a pretty pop line".[1] Forty years later, Rolling Stone stated that King's "warm, earnest singing" brought "earthy joy" to the song.[2] Music journalist Harvey Kubernik wrote that "I Feel the Earth Move" was "probably the most sexually aggressive song on the Tapestry album" and a "brave" opening to an album whose mood is mostly "mellow confessionality".[3] AllMusic critic Stewart Mason describes the song as "the ultimate in hippie-chick eroticism" and writes that it "sounds like the unleashing of an entire generation of soft-spoken college girls' collective libidos".[4] Cash Box described the song as being a "forceful 'earthquake song'" and considered its pairing with "It's Too Late" as a single to be "double dynamite."[5] Record World said that it is "quality contemporary pop."[6]

Author James Perone praised the way the lyrics and music work together.[7] As a prime example, he notes the syncopated rhythm to the melody on which King sings "tumbling down".[7] This rhythm, putting the accent at the end of the word "tumbling" rather than at the beginning, produces a "musical equivalent of a tumble."[7] Perone also notes that the fast tempo allows the listener to feel the singer's excitement over being near her lover, and that the lyrics also express sexual tension even though that tension is left implicit.[7] Perone attributes some of the song's success to producer Lou Adler's decision to highlight King's piano playing in the mix, giving it a different feel from the guitar-based singer-songwriter approach King took in her prior album.[7] Mason also attributes the song's success to the "piano-led groove" and to King's vocal delivery.[4]

King's version of "I Feel the Earth Move" peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated June 19, 1971. It remained there for five consecutive weeks.[8] It also peaked at number 6 in the United Kingdom.

Given its upbeat nature, Ode Records selected "I Feel the Earth Move" as the A-side to Tapestry's first single. It achieved airplay, but then disc jockeys and listeners began to prefer the slower, lamenting B-side "It's Too Late". Both sides received airplay for a while, but eventually "It's Too Late" dominated. In fact, on the concurrent Cash Box singles chart, which still tracked the progress of both sides of a single separately, "It's Too Late" spent four weeks at number 1 while "I Feel the Earth Move" did not chart at all. Regardless, since Billboard had declared the record a double A-side and their chart gradually became seen by many as the "official" singles chart, it is generally listed in books and articles that both "I Feel the Earth Move" and "It's Too Late" reached number 1.

Together with "It's Too Late", "I Feel the Earth Move" was named by the RIAA as number 213 of 365 Songs of the Century.

Personnel

  • Carole King – keyboards, vocals
  • Danny Kootch – electric guitar
  • Charles Larkey – electric bass
  • Joel O'Brien – drums

Charts

All entries charted with "It's Too Late".

Martika version

"I Feel the Earth Move"
 
Single by Martika
from the album Martika
B-side"Quiero Entregarte Mi Amor"
ReleasedAugust 1989
GenreDance-pop[13]
Length4:12
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Carole King
Producer(s)
Martika singles chronology
"Toy Soldiers"
(1989) 		"I Feel the Earth Move"
(1989) 		"Water"
(1990)

Released in summer 1989, "I Feel the Earth Move" is the third single from American singer-songwriter and actress Martika's self-titled debut album, Martika (1988). It reached number seven in the United Kingdom and number two in Australia. The single also reached number 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 but quickly fell down the chart after radio stations pulled it from their playlists in the wake of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake. The music video was shot during the promotional tour for this album.

Track listing

  • Cassette and 7-inch single
  • Side A – "I Feel the Earth Move"
  • Side B – "Quiero Entregarte Mi Amor" (Spanish version of "More Than You Know")

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[31] Platinum 70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Other covers

In 2013 the song was played live and recorded by Shinedown at the Henson Recording Studios, for their performance of Warner Music's series "The Live Room".[32]

In 2015 the song was featured in a mashup with Alanis Morissette's "Hand In My Pocket" on American television series Glee, "Jagged Little Tapestry", covered by Naya Rivera and Heather Morris.

In 2018, Glim Spanky included a cover of the song on their single "Orokamono-tachi".[33]

Carole King briefly covers the song herself while playing the recurring character of Sophie Bloom on Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life episode 3 ("Summer").[34]

Usage in media

The first 22 seconds of the Carole King version is used for the earthquake room exhibit at the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (OMSI) in Portland, Oregon.[citation needed]

The song's lyrics are referenced in the Robert Wilson opera, Einstein on the Beach, during the "Trial/Prison" scene in Act III.

Loretta Swit performs a cover of the song in a Season 5 episode of The Muppet Show in a "salute to the San Andreas fault".[citation needed]

Phish has teased the song in multiple improvisational jams.[35]

The song is featured prominently in the film Slow Dancing in the Big City, but does not appear on its soundtrack.

The song is heard in the background at Bed Bath & Beyond in the 2006 comedy film Click when Michael Newman (Adam Sandler) is looking for a universal television remote and when he wakes up upon returning to his younger age.

The song was used in Japan for a Toyota RAV4 commercial in 2001.[citation needed]

The song was titled in Season 1 Episode 25 of the animated television adaptation of Guardians of the Galaxy.

The choral refrain and title's namesake is used in the refrain of Amon Amarth's "Tattered Banners and Bloody Flags" with the accompanying variation or the melody. "The Earth moves under our feet the sky comes tumbling down (...) trembles to its knees". The entire chorus is also a melodic reinterpretation of the original's chorus. The melody is reused in the same band's track "For Victory or Death".[citation needed]

The first 47 seconds was played during the documentary Batas Militar (1997).[citation needed]

Leah Andreone's version of the song was used in 1997 movie Speed 2: Cruise Control.

References

  1. ^ a b Landau, Jon (April 29, 1971). . Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 18, 2008.
  2. ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Tapestry". Rolling Stone. May 31, 2009. Archived from the original on April 27, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
  3. ^ Kubernik, H. "Troubadours: Carole King / James Taylor & The Rise of the Singer-Songwriter: Carole King's Monumental Tapestry Album". PBS. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Mason, S. "I Feel the Earth Move". AllMusic. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  5. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. May 1, 1971. p. 24. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  6. ^ "Picks of the Week" (PDF). Record World. May 1, 1971. p. 1. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d e Perone, J.D. (2006). The Words and Music of Carole King. Greenwood Publishing. pp. 33–34. ISBN 9780275990275.
  8. ^ "The Hot 100: June 19, 1971". Billboard. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  9. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  10. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  11. ^ "Carole King Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  12. ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1971". Billboardtop100of.com. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  13. ^ Breihan, Tom (August 2, 2021). "The Number Ones: Martika's "Toy Soldiers"". Stereogum. Retrieved October 11, 2022. Her next single, an OK dance-pop cover of Carole King's 'I Feel The Earth Move'...
  14. ^ "Martika – I Feel the Earth Move". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  15. ^ "Martika – I Feel the Earth Move" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  16. ^ "Martika – I Feel the Earth Move" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  17. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6592." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  18. ^ "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 6613." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  19. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 48. December 2, 1989. p. V. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  20. ^ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  21. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Feel the Earth Move". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  22. ^ "Martika – I Feel the Earth Move". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  23. ^ "Martika – I Feel the Earth Move". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  24. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  25. ^ "Martika Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  26. ^ "Martika Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  27. ^ "U.S. Cash Box Charts" (PDF). popmusichistory. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
  28. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Martika – I Feel the Earth Move". GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  29. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  30. ^ "Year End Singles". Record Mirror. January 27, 1990. p. 44.
  31. ^ a b "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart 1990 (61–100) (from The ARIA Report No. 50)". ARIA. Retrieved November 14, 2020 – via Imgur.
  32. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the : "Shinedown 'I Feel The Earth Move' (Carole King cover) captured in The Live Room" – via YouTube.
  33. ^ "GLIM SPANKYニューシングルにキャロル・キングのカバー収録". Natalie (in Japanese). December 8, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  34. ^ . IMDb. archive version from july 19, 2017
  35. ^ "Tease Listing". Phish.net. Retrieved October 3, 2016.

May 17, 2023
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For other uses see I Feel the Earth Move disambiguation I Feel the Earth Move is a song written and recorded by American singer songwriter Carole King for her second studio album Tapestry Additionally the song is one half of the double A sided single the flip side of which was It s Too Late Together both I Feel the Earth Move and It s Too Late became among the biggest mainstream pop hits of 1971 I Feel the Earth Move US vinyl single picture is also used for the It s Too Late side and the parent album TapestrySingle by Carole Kingfrom the album TapestryA side It s Too Late ReleasedApril 16 1971 1971 04 16 GenrePop rockLength3 00LabelOdeSongwriter s Carole KingProducer s Lou AdlerCarole King singles chronology He s a Bad Boy 1964 It s Too Late I Feel the Earth Move 1971 So Far Away Smackwater Jack 1971 Jon Landau s review of the Tapestry for Rolling Stone praised King s voice on this track saying it negotiates turns from raunchy to bluesy to harsh to soothing with the last echoing the development of the song s melody into its chorus 1 Landau describes the melody of the refrain as a pretty pop line 1 Forty years later Rolling Stone stated that King s warm earnest singing brought earthy joy to the song 2 Music journalist Harvey Kubernik wrote that I Feel the Earth Move was probably the most sexually aggressive song on the Tapestry album and a brave opening to an album whose mood is mostly mellow confessionality 3 AllMusic critic Stewart Mason describes the song as the ultimate in hippie chick eroticism and writes that it sounds like the unleashing of an entire generation of soft spoken college girls collective libidos 4 Cash Box described the song as being a forceful earthquake song and considered its pairing with It s Too Late as a single to be double dynamite 5 Record World said that it is quality contemporary pop 6 Author James Perone praised the way the lyrics and music work together 7 As a prime example he notes the syncopated rhythm to the melody on which King sings tumbling down 7 This rhythm putting the accent at the end of the word tumbling rather than at the beginning produces a musical equivalent of a tumble 7 Perone also notes that the fast tempo allows the listener to feel the singer s excitement over being near her lover and that the lyrics also express sexual tension even though that tension is left implicit 7 Perone attributes some of the song s success to producer Lou Adler s decision to highlight King s piano playing in the mix giving it a different feel from the guitar based singer songwriter approach King took in her prior album 7 Mason also attributes the song s success to the piano led groove and to King s vocal delivery 4 King s version of I Feel the Earth Move peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated June 19 1971 It remained there for five consecutive weeks 8 It also peaked at number 6 in the United Kingdom Given its upbeat nature Ode Records selected I Feel the Earth Move as the A side to Tapestry s first single It achieved airplay but then disc jockeys and listeners began to prefer the slower lamenting B side It s Too Late Both sides received airplay for a while but eventually It s Too Late dominated In fact on the concurrent Cash Box singles chart which still tracked the progress of both sides of a single separately It s Too Late spent four weeks at number 1 while I Feel the Earth Move did not chart at all Regardless since Billboard had declared the record a double A side and their chart gradually became seen by many as the official singles chart it is generally listed in books and articles that both I Feel the Earth Move and It s Too Late reached number 1 Together with It s Too Late I Feel the Earth Move was named by the RIAA as number 213 of 365 Songs of the Century Contents 1 Personnel 2 Charts 2 1 Weekly charts 2 2 Year end charts 3 Martika version 3 1 Track listing 3 2 Charts 3 2 1 Weekly charts 3 2 2 Year end charts 3 3 Certifications 4 Other covers 5 Usage in media 6 ReferencesPersonnel EditCarole King keyboards vocals Danny Kootch electric guitar Charles Larkey electric bass Joel O Brien drumsCharts EditAll entries charted with It s Too Late Weekly charts Edit Chart 1971 PeakpositionAustralia Kent Music Report 9 6UK Singles OCC 10 6US Billboard Hot 100 11 1 Year end charts Edit Chart 1971 PositionUS Billboard Hot 100 12 3Martika version Edit I Feel the Earth Move Single by Martikafrom the album MartikaB side Quiero Entregarte Mi Amor ReleasedAugust 1989GenreDance pop 13 Length4 12LabelColumbiaSongwriter s Carole KingProducer s Martika Michael JayMartika singles chronology Toy Soldiers 1989 I Feel the Earth Move 1989 Water 1990 Released in summer 1989 I Feel the Earth Move is the third single from American singer songwriter and actress Martika s self titled debut album Martika 1988 It reached number seven in the United Kingdom and number two in Australia The single also reached number 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 but quickly fell down the chart after radio stations pulled it from their playlists in the wake of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake The music video was shot during the promotional tour for this album Track listing Edit Cassette and 7 inch single Side A I Feel the Earth Move Side B Quiero Entregarte Mi Amor Spanish version of More Than You Know Charts Edit Weekly charts Edit Chart 1989 1990 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 14 2Austria O3 Austria Top 40 15 4Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 16 33Canada Top Singles RPM 17 47Canada Dance Urban RPM 18 5Europe Eurochart Hot 100 19 22Finland Suomen virallinen lista 20 11Ireland IRMA 21 7New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 22 3Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 23 22UK Singles OCC 24 7US Billboard Hot 100 25 25US Dance Club Songs Billboard 26 20US Cash Box Top 100 27 26West Germany Official German Charts 28 20 Year end charts Edit Chart 1989 PositionAustralia ARIA 29 67UK Singles OCC 30 71Chart 1990 PositionAustralia ARIA 31 85 Certifications Edit Region Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 31 Platinum 70 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone Other covers EditIn 2013 the song was played live and recorded by Shinedown at the Henson Recording Studios for their performance of Warner Music s series The Live Room 32 In 2015 the song was featured in a mashup with Alanis Morissette s Hand In My Pocket on American television series Glee Jagged Little Tapestry covered by Naya Rivera and Heather Morris In 2018 Glim Spanky included a cover of the song on their single Orokamono tachi 33 Carole King briefly covers the song herself while playing the recurring character of Sophie Bloom on Gilmore Girls A Year in the Life episode 3 Summer 34 Usage in media EditThe first 22 seconds of the Carole King version is used for the earthquake room exhibit at the Oregon Museum of Science amp Industry OMSI in Portland Oregon citation needed The song s lyrics are referenced in the Robert Wilson opera Einstein on the Beach during the Trial Prison scene in Act III Loretta Swit performs a cover of the song in a Season 5 episode of The Muppet Show in a salute to the San Andreas fault citation needed Phish has teased the song in multiple improvisational jams 35 The song is featured prominently in the film Slow Dancing in the Big City but does not appear on its soundtrack The song is heard in the background at Bed Bath amp Beyond in the 2006 comedy film Click when Michael Newman Adam Sandler is looking for a universal television remote and when he wakes up upon returning to his younger age The song was used in Japan for a Toyota RAV4 commercial in 2001 citation needed The song was titled in Season 1 Episode 25 of the animated television adaptation of Guardians of the Galaxy The choral refrain and title s namesake is used in the refrain of Amon Amarth s Tattered Banners and Bloody Flags with the accompanying variation or the melody The Earth moves under our feet the sky comes tumbling down trembles to its knees The entire chorus is also a melodic reinterpretation of the original s chorus The melody is reused in the same band s track For Victory or Death citation needed The first 47 seconds was played during the documentary Batas Militar 1997 citation needed Leah Andreone s version of the song was used in 1997 movie Speed 2 Cruise Control References Edit a b Landau Jon April 29 1971 Carole King Tapestry Rolling Stone Archived from the original on April 18 2008 500 Greatest Albums of All Time Tapestry Rolling Stone May 31 2009 Archived from the original on April 27 2013 Retrieved April 13 2014 Kubernik H Troubadours Carole King James Taylor amp The Rise of the Singer Songwriter Carole King s Monumental Tapestry Album PBS Retrieved April 6 2014 a b Mason S I Feel the Earth Move AllMusic Retrieved April 17 2014 CashBox Record Reviews PDF Cash Box May 1 1971 p 24 Retrieved December 10 2021 Picks of the Week PDF Record World May 1 1971 p 1 Retrieved April 22 2023 a b c d e Perone J D 2006 The Words and Music of Carole King Greenwood Publishing pp 33 34 ISBN 9780275990275 The Hot 100 June 19 1971 Billboard Retrieved February 23 2013 Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 St Ives NSW Australian Chart Book ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Official Singles Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved September 17 2020 Carole King Chart History Hot 100 Billboard Retrieved September 17 2020 Billboard Top 100 1971 Billboardtop100of com Retrieved September 17 2020 Breihan Tom August 2 2021 The Number Ones Martika s Toy Soldiers Stereogum Retrieved October 11 2022 Her next single an OK dance pop cover of Carole King s I Feel The Earth Move Martika I Feel the Earth Move ARIA Top 50 Singles Retrieved September 17 2020 Martika I Feel the Earth Move in German O3 Austria Top 40 Retrieved September 17 2020 Martika I Feel the Earth Move in Dutch Ultratop 50 Retrieved September 17 2020 Top RPM Singles Issue 6592 RPM Library and Archives Canada Retrieved September 17 2020 Top RPM Dance Urban Issue 6613 RPM Library and Archives Canada Retrieved September 17 2020 Eurochart Hot 100 Singles PDF Music amp Media Vol 6 no 48 December 2 1989 p V Retrieved September 17 2020 Nyman Jake 2005 Suomi soi 4 Suuri suomalainen listakirja in Finnish 1st ed Helsinki Tammi ISBN 951 31 2503 3 The Irish Charts Search Results I Feel the Earth Move Irish Singles Chart Retrieved September 17 2020 Martika I Feel the Earth Move Top 40 Singles Retrieved September 17 2020 Martika I Feel the Earth Move Swiss Singles Chart Retrieved September 17 2020 Official Singles Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved September 17 2020 Martika Chart History Hot 100 Billboard Retrieved September 17 2020 Martika Chart History Dance Club Songs Billboard Retrieved September 17 2020 U S Cash Box Charts PDF popmusichistory Retrieved March 9 2023 Offiziellecharts de Martika I Feel the Earth Move GfK Entertainment charts Retrieved September 17 2020 Ryan Gavin 2011 Australia s Music Charts 1988 2010 Mt Martha VIC Australia Moonlight Publishing Year End Singles Record Mirror January 27 1990 p 44 a b The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart 1990 61 100 from The ARIA Report No 50 ARIA Retrieved November 14 2020 via Imgur Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine Shinedown I Feel The Earth Move Carole King cover captured in The Live Room via YouTube GLIM SPANKYニューシングルにキャロル キングのカバー収録 Natalie in Japanese December 8 2017 Retrieved February 2 2018 Sophie Bloom Character from Gilmore Girls 2000 IMDb archive version from july 19 2017 Tease Listing Phish net Retrieved October 3 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title I Feel the Earth Move amp oldid 1151241446, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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