Feet Touch the Ground

{{Infobox song

| name = Feet Touch the Ground

| cover = Jeb_Feet.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Jebediah

| album = Of Someday Shambles

| released = 22 November 1999

| format =

| recorded = April–June 1999

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Alternative rock

| length = 13:26

| label = Murmur

| writer = Chris Daymond, Brett Mitchell, Kevin Mitchell, Vanessa Thornton

| producer = Mark Trombino

| prev_title = Animal

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Please Leave

| next_year = 2000

}}

"Feet Touch the Ground" is a song by Australian alternative rock band Jebediah. It was released on 22 November 1999 as the second single from the band's second studio album, Of Someday Shambles and peaked at number 73 on the ARIA Singles Chart{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35111&pages= |title=Chart Positions 51-100 Post 1989 Part 1 – Jebediah singles |work=Australian Charts Portal |publisher=Hung Medien |last=Ryan |first=Gavin |date=26 June 2011 |access-date=30 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019063858/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35111&pages= |archive-date=19 October 2011 }} and polled at number 28 on Triple J's Hottest 100 for 1999.{{cite web |title = Hottest 100 1999 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_08/history/1999.htm | publisher = Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) | access-date = 10 February 2015 | year = 1999 }} The track was co-written by all four band members Chris Daymond, Brett Mitchell, Kevin Mitchell and Vanessa Thornton.

Background

"Feet Touch the Ground" was recorded during the sessions for Of Someday Shambles, from April to June 1999, by Jebediah with American producer, Mark Trombino (Knapsack, Jimmy Eat World, Blink 182).{{cite book | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'Jedediah' | chapter-url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=1049 | title = Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop | publisher = Allen & Unwin | location = St Leonards, NSW | archive-date = 3 August 2004 | isbn = 1-86508-072-1 | first = Ian | last = McFarlane | author-link = Ian McFarlane | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040803121202/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=1049 | year = 1999 | access-date = 12 February 2015 }}{{Cite web | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120726191200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/14231/20120727-0512/www.howlspace.com.au/en3/jebediah/jebediah.htm | url = http://www.howlspace.com.au/en3/jebediah/jebediah.htm | title = Jebediah | last1 = Nimmervoll | first1 = Ed | author-link1 = Ed Nimmervoll | publisher = Howlspace – The Living History of Our Music. White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd (Ed Nimmervoll) | archive-date = 26 July 2012 | access-date = 12 February 2014 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The group's line-up was Chris Daymond on lead guitar, Kevin Mitchell on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Vanessa Thornton on bass guitar and Kevin's older brother, Brett Mitchell, on drums. All four members co-wrote the track.{{cite web | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | title = 'Feet Touch The Ground' at APRA search engine | url = https://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch#axd?q=Feet | access-date = 12 February 2015 }} Note: User may have to click 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:' e.g Feet Touch The Ground; or at 'Performer:' Jebediah

Brett Mitchell stated during a rundown of the songs on Of Someday Shambles, in reference to "Feet Touch The Ground", "Don't really want to say what it's about. The intensity of that song far exceeds anything else we've ever done.",{{cite web | title = Song Meanings | work = The Jebediah Lair | publisher = Geocities | author = Kim | url = http://www.geocities.org/thejebediahlair/meanings.html | access-date = 5 May 2014 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [http://www.oocities.org/thejebediahlair/meanings.html Alt URL] both Kevin and Brett however have revealed in subsequent interviews that the song is about the death of their father in February 1998 and how you deal with the loss of someone you love.

The lyrics in the bridge of the song are most representative of the song's meaning: "Father away, every day. Feels like you're farther away."{{cite web | title=Jebediah – Feet touch the ground | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r02vwPbUUI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/-r02vwPbUUI |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live| via=YouTube | access-date=28 August 2012 | author=Oldspark123 | date=28 April 2011 }}{{cbignore}} However, lyricist, Kevin Mitchell, appears to play with the words "father" and "further", as it is unclear which is used at the beginning of the line.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Chris Daymond, Brett Mitchell, Kevin Mitchell and Vanessa Thornton{{cite web | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | title = 'Animal' at APRA search engine | url = https://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch#axd?q=Animal | access-date = 5 February 2015 }} Note: User may have to click 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:' e.g Animal; or at 'Performer:' Jebediah

| title1 = Feet Touch the Ground (Single Version)

| length1 = 5:05

| title2 = Look That Way

| length2 = 3:02

| title3 = Work in Progress

| length3 = 5:17

| title4 = Animal

| note4 = video

}}