Feeling So Real

The single's B-side is Moby's take on the Joy Division song "New Dawn Fades". It would later be included on the Joy Division tribute album A Means to an End: The Music of Joy Division, and Moby would go on to perform it live with New Order.

The remix CD contains all the separate parts (vocals, strings, drums, etc.) for "Everytime You Touch Me". Mute Records and Elektra held a competition where one had to use the parts to create a remix "in any style you want" and mail it in on digital audio tape (DAT) by November 18, 1994. The winning remixes were included on later singles.

Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Leave it to the brilliant mind of Moby to build a bridge uniting rave and classical music. Single has a majestic quality–particularly with its vocals, which have a decidedly operatic bend–that is as interesting to the ear as it is to the body."{{cite magazine|first= Larry |last= Flick |title= Single Reviews |magazine= Billboard |date= October 29, 1994 |page= 77 |access-date= March 21, 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1994/BB-1994-10-29-N.pdf |author-link= Larry Flick}} In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton said, "Few techno singles seem to be complete these days without a gimmick, hence the remixing competition that accompanies this release."{{cite web|last=Masterton|first=James|title=Week Ending October 29th 1994|url=https://chart-watch.uk/archives/1994/week-ending-october-29th-1994|website=Chart Watch UK|date=October 23, 1994|access-date=September 8, 2021|author-link=James Masterton}} Ian Gittins from Melody Maker noted its "giddy, insatiable euphoria",{{cite magazine|first=Ian|last=Gittins|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53404216399/|title=Albums|work=Melody Maker|date=March 18, 1995|page=35|access-date=December 30, 2023}} calling it an "irresistible E-anthem (or, in New York parlance, Ex-anthem)".{{cite magazine|first=Ian|last=Gittins|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53409601227/|title=Whale Of The Century|work=Melody Maker|date=March 25, 1995|page=29|access-date=December 30, 2023}} Another Melody Maker editors, The Stud Brothers, named it "a fairly crass powerbag stormer, complete with soul diva and full-on ragga-man".{{cite magazine|author=The Stud Brothers|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53621335158/|title=Albums|magazine=Melody Maker|date=January 6, 1996|page=30|access-date=May 9, 2024}} Pan-European magazine Music & Media commented, "In '91, 'Go' his version of the Twin Peaks theme, portrayed Moby as the cryptic one in the dance sphere. Now he's as "vulgarly" Euro as everybody else, but still with a wink."{{cite magazine|first= |last= |title= New Releases: Singles |magazine= Music & Media |volume= 11 |issue= 43 |date= October 22, 1994 |page= 8 |access-date= March 15, 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-10-22.pdf}}

An Music & Media editor, Maria Jimenez, stated, "Injected with virtually every vibe from techno to jungle to pop, Moby's latest single 'Feeling So Real' (Mute) flies high and fast. If it hasn't reached your turntable yet, now is as good a time as any to put it on and allow yourself to be energised by the euphenic tone and electrifying sounds."{{cite magazine|first= Maria |last= Jimenez |title= Short Grooves |magazine= Music & Media |volume= 11 |issue= 52 |date= December 24, 1994 |page= 5 |access-date= March 16, 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-12-24.pdf}} Andy Beevers from Music Week gave it four out of five, adding, "The high speed Original Mix of 'Feeling So Real' verges on hardcore and may be the least commercial Moby single for a long while. Slower versions broaden its appeal, but it is unlikely to match the last few releases."{{cite magazine|first= Andy |last= Beevers |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-10-22.pdf |title= Market Preview: Mainstream - Dance |magazine= Music Week |date= October 22, 1994 |page= 19 |access-date= April 21, 2021}} Johnny Cigarettes from NME remarked the "ridiculously frantic jungle mantra" at the beginning.{{cite magazine|first=Johnny|last=Cigarettes|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53406392088/|title=Long Play|work=NME|date=March 18, 1995|page=49|access-date=December 30, 2023}} Tim Jeffery from the Record Mirror Dance Update deemed it "another uplifting techno track with vocals from the slightly odd Moby, but does it have to be so fast?"{{cite magazine|first= Tim |last= Jeffery |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-10-01.pdf |title= Hot Vinyl |magazine= Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert) |date= October 1, 1994 |page= 8 |access-date= April 21, 2021}} Another editor, James Hamilton, described it as a "mind bogglingly frantic yet stratospherically soaring flyer strictly for speed freaks, with sweet girl cooed {{'}}I'm feeling so real, take me away{{'}} repetition and some ragga {{'}}step it up DJ{{'}} punctuation".{{cite magazine|first= James |last= Hamilton |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-10-22.pdf |title= Dj directory |magazine= Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert) |date= October 22, 1994 |page= 10 |access-date= April 21, 2021 |author-link= James Hamilton (DJ and journalist)}} Gareth Grundy from Select wrote, "It might be created by a teetotal Christian, but the hedonistic rush of 'Feeling So Real' encapsulates what plenty of people want from their nights out."{{cite magazine|first=Gareth|last=Grundy|url=https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2013/01/albums21.jpg|title=New Albums|work=Select|date=April 1995|page=99|access-date=December 14, 2024}}

A music video was produced to promote the single, directed by Julie Hermelin.{{cite web|url=https://imvdb.com/video/moby/feeling-so-real|title=Feeling So Real (1994) by Moby|publisher=IMVDb|date=|access-date=September 8, 2021}}

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1. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(Original Mix)}} – 4:32
2. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(Unashamed Ecstatic Piano Mix)}} – 5:59
3. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(Old Skool Mix)}} – 5:47
4. "New Dawn Fades" – 5:31

• CD single – remixes {{small|(LCDMUTE173)}}

1. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(WestBam Mix)}} – 5:53
2. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(Ray Keith Jungle Mix)}} – 5:01
3. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(Moby's Dub Mix)}} – 6:46
4. "Everytime You Touch Me" {{small|(Remix Parts)}} – 4:41

• 12-inch single {{small|(12MUTE173)}}

1. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(WestBam Mix)}} – 5:53
2. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(Original Mix)}} – 4:32
3. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(Ray Keith Remix)}} – 5:01
4. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(Old Skool Mix)}} – 5:47
5. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(Unashamed Ecstatic Piano Mix)}} – 5:59

• Cassette single {{small|(CMUTE173)}}

1. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(7" edit)}} – 3:22
2. "New Dawn Fades" – 5:31

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1. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(radio edit)}} – 3:10
2. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(Ecstatic)}} – 5:59
3. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(Old Skool)}} – 5:47
4. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(WestBam Remix)}} – 5:33
5. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(Moby's Dub)}} – 6:46
6. "New Dawn Fades" – 5:31
7. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(Main Mix)}} – 4:32
8. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(Ray Keith Remix)}} – 5:01
9. "Everytime You Touch Me" {{small|(Remix Parts)}} – 4:41

• 12-inch single {{small|(0-66180)}}

1. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(Old Skool Mix)}} – 5:47
2. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(Unashamed Ecstatic Piano Mix)}} – 5:59
3. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(Moby's Dub)}} – 6:46
4. "Feeling So Real" {{small|(WestBam Mix)}} – 5:33
5. "Everytime You Touch Me" {{small|(Remix Parts)}} – 4:41

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