Push the Feeling On

Background and release

Original song

The original song was initially issued in the United Kingdom in 1992. The song reached No. 86 in the UK charts, before quickly falling off. A similar effect happened with the reissue in the US when it was released there in 1993, reaching No. 80 on the Billboard Hot 100. The success of the 92/93 version in the US was based on the Dub of Doom remix by Marc Kinchen who only used 1 verse of the song to build the remix. The song itself was rooted in acid jazz and disco, and the vocalist of the band John Reid noted later it was quite out of date for the time.

Marc Kinchen remixes

The original 1992 version's B-side was a remix by a new producer named Marc Kinchen. Known originally as "MK's Nocturnal Dub", the remix was renamed "Push the Feeling On (The Dub of Doom)" for its US release. This remix was a hit in the underground scene in the UK, being heavily played for around two years, until the same remix was later released as a single in 1994 in Europe. It proved to be a greater success than the original, reaching No. 22 in the UK charts, and No. 76 in the Eurochart Hot 100.

A later issue, entitled "Push the Feeling On (New MK Mixes For '95)" with a revised remix from Kinchen entitled the "MK Dub Revisited Edit" solidified the potential of the song - proving to be such a great commercial success internationally that it replaced the original song in both the minds of the public and the band, who subsequently focused on house music for the rest of their career, and deleted the original version from their catalogue, subsequently using the new remix on their debut album, Let's Push It and all subsequent releases.

Later remixes

In 2003 and 2007, the song was released again, in other remixed versions.

"Push the Feeling On 2014" was credited to Nightcrawlers vs DJ S.K.T. and appeared on various house music compilation albums and broke the top 40 of the UK iTunes chart.

In 2017, a garage version simply titled "Push the Feeling" credited to Nightcrawlers x John Reid featuring Big Narstie was released, alongside a lyric video. The official music video followed in 2018, in which Reid made cameo appearances.

The original CD single release (catalogue no. BRCD 258/864491-2) credits John Reid as 'Jon Reed'. The 1995 release "New MK Mixes for '95" (UK cat. FCD 257, international cat. 854 275-2) credits John Reid as 'J. Reed'.

Critical reception

Original song

Larry Flick from Billboard magazine wrote, "Dance act is making quick club inroads with this delightfully retro romp. A chunky, midtempo groove is dressed in snakey funk guitar licks, bright horn thrushes, and pulses of strings. Radio viability comes from the song's traditional structure and a contagious hook. Bolstered by prerelease interest on European import, cool track has the makings of a multiformat hit. Not to be missed." A reviewer from Lennox Herald described it as "confident sassy soul with good hook and chorus." James Hamilton from *Music Week'''s *RM'' Dance Update commented that "the soulful John Reed led Glaswegians get really classy with this Seventies-style chantingly harmonized joyful swirling and soaring brassy jiggler".

Marc Kinchen remix

Scottish Aberdeen Press and Journal called the song "infectious". AllMusic editor John Bush deemed it a deep-house hit and a house anthem. Larry Flick from Billboard stated that "Push The Feeling On" "is one of those records that simply will not go away." He noted Marc "M.K." Kinchen's "sinewy rhythms" of the remix. In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton said, "With hindsight it is easy to see why, as it is one of those dance hits to rank alongside the Source's 'You Got The Love' and Robin S's 'Show Me Love' - a simple but insistent rhythm upon which is built layer after layer of production to reach a rousing climax... watch it go Top 3." In September 1994, Ben Turner from Melody Maker stated, "Proof that, on its day, pure "house" is still the saviour of contemporary music." Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "Third time lucky for the Brits who finally score a hit at home with the MK Dub Revisited Edit. In fact they're the creators of that "canned vibraphone" sound as popularised by Robin S." James Hamilton from *Music Week'''s RM Dance Update described it as "a bouncily honking and jolting infectious 121.8bpm beefy strider that chops up Jon Reed's vocal into almost continuously looped gibberish lacking any quotable hook". Iestyn George from *NME'' commented, "Curious reissue of this 1994 favourite, faithfully deconstructed by Mark Kinchen, retaining the garage-friendly sparkle of the original with neatly layered vocal samples and sparse, skipping rhythms. Pruning the track's soulier overtones, this proves that less can, indeed, be more."

The remix was present on many retrospective top ranking lists of the best dance singles of the 90s, including *Mixmag'''s "The 100 Best Dance Singles of All Time", MTV's "The 100 Biggest 90's Dance Anthems of All Time" and *Vibe'''s "Before EDM: 30 Dance Tracks from the '90s That Changed the Game". The success of "Push the Feeling On" and its follow-up "Surrender Your Love" also earned the group an award at the 1996 Dance d'Or Awards in France.

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the Marc Kinchen version. It takes place inside of a photo booth and shows different characters entering, posing, having pictures taken and leaving. One of them is John Reid, performing his one vocal line. "Push the Feeling On" was a Box Top on British music television channel The Box for 8 weeks from April 1995. In June, it received heavy rotation on MTV Europe and was A-listed on Germany's VIVA. Two months later, the video was A-listed on France's MCM.

Track listings

• Original song

1. "Push the Feeling On" (radio mix) – 3:32
2. "Push the Feeling On" (extended mix) – 6:48
3. "Push the Feeling On" (MK's nocturnal dub) – 6:22
4. "Push the Feeling On" (MK's Deep Dawn mix) – 5:00

• MK Mixes

1. "Push the Feeling On" (Dub of Doom) (Short) – 3:36
2. "Push the Feeling On" (The Dub of Doom) – 6:41
3. "Push the Feeling On" (Dub of Doom DDT '94 Edit) – 7:00

• New MK Mixes for '95

1. "Push the Feeling On" (MK dub revisited edit) – 4:04
2. "Push the Feeling On" (The Dub of Doom) – 6:39
3. "Push the Feeling On" (MK dub revisited) – 7:03
4. "Push the Feeling On" (MK mix 95) – 7:06

Charts

Original version

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Marc Kinchen remix

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Other versions

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Marc Kinchen remix

Impact and legacy

The MK version of the track has been extensively sampled and covered:

• In 2020, AJ Tracey sampled the track for "Dinner Guest" featuring MoStack which reached the UK top 10 singles chart.
• Nightcrawlers and Riton collaborated to release "Friday" in 2021, which samples "Push the Feeling On" and features Mufasa & Hypeman.
• In 2024, Nemo sampled the track for their Felix Jaehn remix of The Code

Accolades

For "Push the Feeling On (MK Dub Revisited Edit)"

(*) indicates the list is unordered.

In popular culture

Since 2022, the melody of "Push the Feeling On" has been used in advertising for UK automobile selling website We Buy Any Car.

References

References

1. "Push the Feeling On - Nightcrawlers - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic".
2. [http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19950319/41/ Official Scottish Singles Chart - 19 March 1995]
3. "Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On".
4. Tilli, Robbert. (27 May 1995). "EHR Finally Surrenders To Reid's Nightcrawlers".
5. "Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On (Official Video)".
6. "Discogs for Let's Push It by Nightcrawlers".
7. Flick, Larry. (9 January 1993). "New & Noteworthy".
8. "New Singles". ''Lennox Herald''. 9 October 1992. page 28.
9. Hamilton, James. (24 September 1992). "DJ Directory: Out On Monday".
10. Bush, John. "Nightcrawlers – ''Let's Push It''". [[AllMusic]].
11. Bush, John. "Nightcrawlers – ''Push the Feeling On''". [[AllMusic]].
12. Flick, Larry. (23 September 1995). "Dance Trax: Box Supplements Its Rap Diet With Georgie Porgie".
13. Masterton, James. (26 February 1995). "Week Ending March 4th 1995".
14. Turner, Ben. (24 September 1994). "Stone free".
15. (25 March 1995). "New Releases: Singles".
16. Hamilton, James. (8 October 1994). "Dj directory".
17. George, Iestyn. (25 February 1995). "Groove Check".
18. Lorenz, Christian. (27 January 1996). "European Dance Awards Launched".
19. (24 February 1996). "The First Annual Dance d'Or: Congratulations To the Dance D'or Trophy Winners".
20. (27 January 2015). "Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On (Official Video)". [[YouTube]].
21. (1 April 1995). "M&M Airplay Station Reports: The Box/London".
22. (3 June 1995). "M&M Airplay Station Reports: MTV Europe".
23. (3 June 1995). "M&M Airplay Station Reports: VIVA".
24. (12 August 1995). "M&M Airplay Station Reports: MCM".
25. "RPM Dance (Jun 26, 1993)".
26. "31 October 1992 (from 'The 76-100 pos. UK-Charts-Thread' thread on ukmix.org)". Imgur.com.
27. (31 October 1992). "Top 60 Dance Singles".
28. (17 October 1992). "The Record Mirror Club Chart".
29. Billboard [{{AllMusic
30. (30 October 1993). "Hot Dance Music: Maxi-Singles Sales".
31. (30 October 1993). "Top 100 Pop Singles".
32. (26 December 1992). "The Record Mirror Club Chart 92".
33. (25 December 1993). "The Year in Music: Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales".
34. (1 October 1994). "The ''RM'' Club Chart".
35. "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 17 Mar 1996". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA).
36. (3 June 1995). "Hits of the World: Denmark (IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research) 06/03/95". [[Nielsen Company.
37. (25 March 1995). "Eurochart Hot 100".
38. (13 May 1995). "European Dance Radio".
39. Pennanen, Timo. (2006). "Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972". Tammi.
40. Salaverri, Fernando. (September 2005). "Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002". Fundación Autor-SGAE.
41. (25 March 1995). "Top 50 Airplay Hits".
42. (18 February 1995). "The ''RM'' Club Chart".
43. (11 March 1995). "The ''RM'' on a Pop Tip Club Chart".
44. • Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. ''Zimbabwe: singles chart book''. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
45. "Jaaroverzichten 1995". [[Ultratop]].
46. "Rapports annuels 1995". [[Ultratop]].
47. (23 December 1995). "1995 Year-End Sales Charts: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles".
48. "Tops de L'année {{!}} Top Singles 1995". [[SNEP]].
49. "Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1995". [[GfK Entertainment]].
50. "Single top 100 over 1995". Dutch Top 40.
51. "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1995".
52. "Årslista Singlar, 1995". [[Sverigetopplistan]].
53. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1995".
54. (13 January 1996). "Top 100 Singles 1995".
55. "The Nightcrawlers singles, German Singles Chart". musicline.
56. "Push the Feeling On 2003", German Singles Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Nightcrawlers&titel=Push+The+Feeling+On+2003&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved 25 June 2009)
57. (25 December 2004). "Year in Music & Touring: Hot Dance Club Play Singles".
58. (15 January 2021). "Riton Teams Up With Nightcrawlers and Mufasa & Hypeman on New Single, 'Friday'".
59. "The Code - Felix Jaehn Remix".
60. "DJ Magazine Top 100 Club Tunes (1998)". Discogs.
61. (15 June 2011). "A history of modern music: Dance".
62. [[MTV Dance]]. 27 December 2011.
63. (8 October 2018). "Before EDM: 30 Dance Tracks From The '90s That Changed The Game". [[Vibe (magazine).
64. (12 June 2019). "17 Best Remixes Ever: Defected HQ Picks". [[Defected Records]].
65. (13 October 2022). "The 30 Best House Tracks of the '90s". [[Pitchfork (website).