Make You Feel My Love

Spectrum Culture included the song on a list of "Bob Dylan's 20 Best Songs of the 90s". In an article accompanying the list, critic John Paul described it thus:{{Cite journal|last1=Read|first1=Gardner|last2=Burge|first2=David|last3=Badings|first3=Henk|last4=Penderecki|first4=Krzysztof|date=March 1970|title=A Song of Sixpence, for Soprano and Piano (1967)|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/896896|journal=Notes|volume=26|issue=3|pages=618|doi=10.2307/896896|jstor=896896|issn=0027-4380}}

"Accompanied by a lone piano, ghostlike bass line and slightly woozy sounding organ playing sustained notes throughout, the arrangement of the song isn't terribly remarkable, the meat of the song itself relying on Dylan's surprisingly emotional read and jazz-like chord progression.

Ultimate Classic Rock critic Matthew Wilkening rated "Make You Feel My Love" as the 7th best song Dylan recorded between 1992 and 2011, praising it as a "weary, textured masterpiece".{{cite web|title=Top 10 Bob Dylan songs of the last 20 years (1992-2011)|author=Wilkening, Matthew|date=May 24, 2011|accessdate=2023-01-10|publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/top-bob-dylan-songs-last-20-years/}}

A 2021 Guardian article included it on a list of "80 Bob Dylan songs everyone should know".{{Cite news | title=Beyond Mr Tambourine Man: 80 Bob Dylan songs everyone should know | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/22/beyond-mr-tambourine-man-80-bob-dylan-songs-everyone-should-know |last=Docx |first=Edward | work=The Guardian | date=May 22, 2021}}

• Bob Dylan – piano, vocals

Additional musicians

• Tony Garnier – upright bass
• Augie Meyers – organ

According to his official website, Dylan performed the song live over 300 times in concert between 1997 and 2019 on the Never Ending Tour.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/make-you-feel-my-love/ |title=Make You Feel My Love | publisher=The Official Bob Dylan Site |website=www.bobdylan.com}} A live version performed in Los Angeles in 1998 was released on Dylan's "Things Have Changed" CD single in 2000{{Cite web | url=https://searchingforagem.com/2000s/2000.htm |title=2000 | website=searchingforagem.com}} and on The Bootleg Series Vol. 17: Fragments - Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996-1997).{{cite web |last=Murray |first=Robin |date=2022-11-17 |title=Bob Dylan Announces 'Fragments - Time Out Of Mind Sessions' {{!}} News |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/bob-dylan-announces-fragments-time-out-of-mind-sessions/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews }} The live debut occurred at Columbia Township Auditorium in Columbia, South Carolina on November 2, 1997, and the last performance (to date) took place at The Anthem in Washington, D.C., on December 8, 2019.{{Cite web | title=Setlists | publisher=The Official Bob Dylan Site | url=http://www.bobdylan.com/setlists/?id_song=26570}}

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Billy Joel released his original version of the song, titled "To Make You Feel My Love", for his compilation album Greatest Hits Volume III (1997). It was released as the album's lead single and reached number 50 on the US Billboard Hot 100.{{cite web| url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/billy-joel-mn0000085915| title=Billy Joel: Singles & EPs| publisher=AllMusic}} Joel's single pre-dated Dylan's release of the song by one month.

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| producer = Allen Reynolds

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Garth Brooks covered the song as "To Make You Feel My Love" in 1998. It appeared on the soundtrack of the 1998 film Hope Floats, along with a cover version by Trisha Yearwood (whom Brooks would marry in 2005) as the first and last tracks. Yearwood's version would be the only version of the song on the soundtrack's 2007 reissue. It was included first as the bonus track on Fresh Horses for Brooks' first Limited Series box set and then included on all later pressings of that album. Brooks' version resulted in a nomination at the 41st Grammy Awards for Best Male Country Vocal Performance and a nomination for Bob Dylan for Best Country Song.

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| artist = Adele

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In 2007, English singer-songwriter Adele recorded "Make You Feel My Love" for her debut studio album 19 (2008). It was released as the album's fourth and final single on October 27, 2008, both on CD and vinyl, originally peaking at number 26.{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/make-you-feel-my-love/ |title=MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE: Adele | publisher=Official Charts Company}}

"Make You Feel My Love" is the only cover version on 19; Adele either wrote or co-wrote all the other tracks.{{cite news | url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/revisiting-adeles-breakthrough-19-turns-10 |title=Revisiting Adele's Breakthrough: '19' Turns 10 | last=Quan | first=Denise | work=Grammy Awards | date=January 26, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714121818/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/revisiting-adeles-breakthrough-19-turns-10 | archive-date=14 July 2020}}

Although she did not want a cover version on her album, as she was worried it would imply she was incapable of writing enough of her own songs, she listened to the song under pressure from her manager, Jonathan Dickins and loved it. She told the Huddersfield Daily Examiner:

I wrote nine songs in a short space of time, all about this awful relationship I was in. I never quite got down what I was really feeling in those songs, though. It wasn't that I was holding back or anything, but I just couldn't get it down. I was bitterly upset and then [Dickins] played me this Bob Dylan song 'Make You Feel My Love'. The lyrics are just amazing and summed up exactly what I'd been trying to say in my songs. It's about regretting not being with someone and it's beautiful. It's weird that my favourite song on my album is a cover, but I couldn't not put it on there. I'm not normally a Dylan fan either.{{cite news |author=YorkshireLive |title=Rapid rise to fame of teenage Adele |url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/whats-on/music/rapid-rise-fame-teenage-adele-5044284 |access-date=30 September 2024 |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=27 January 2008 |location=Huddersfield}}

Piano is played by Neil Cowley and Adele is credited with bass.{{cite news| url=https://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/entertainment/music/neil-cowley-adele-s-hometown-glory-only-took-one-take-to-record-1-4713942| title=Neil Cowley: 'Adele's Hometown Glory only took one take to record'| last=Paskett| first=Zoe| work=Islington Gazette| date=September 29, 2016| access-date=December 7, 2018| archive-date=December 9, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209123613/https://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/entertainment/music/neil-cowley-adele-s-hometown-glory-only-took-one-take-to-record-1-4713942| url-status=dead}}

Adele's version received critical acclaim. According to Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy, the version expresses Adele's affection for the song, "with just piano as backing, her dreamy, passionate vocals are allowed to shine".{{cite news | title=Adele: 'Make You Feel My Love' |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/single-reviews/review/a133170/adele-make-you-feel-my-love | last=Fletcher| first=Alex | work=Digital Spy | date=October 23, 2008}}

According to Dave Simpson of The Guardian, with her "hushed delivery", Adele makes the song "her own".{{cite news | title=Adele – review | url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/apr/15/adele-academy-leeds-review | last=Simpson | first=David | work=The Guardian | date=April 15, 2011}}

In January 2013, Heart Radio listed Adele's recording as the UK's number one song of all time in its Hall of Fame Top 500.{{cite news | url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2013/01/adele-wins-hearts-best-song-of-all-time/ | title=Adele wins Heart's best song of all time | work=Radio Today | date=January 2, 2013}}

Initially, the song only reached a peak of number 26, but found a new lease of life in 2010, two years after its release, following performances by several contestants on the seventh series of The X Factor. In September 2010, after it was performed by Annastasia Baker,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ST5uii4pGU |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901120312/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ST5uii4pGU |archive-date=2010-09-01 |url-status=dead|title=Annastasia Baker's X Factor Audition (Full Version) - itv.com/xfactor|last=The X Factor UK|date=August 28, 2010|via=YouTube}} it re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 24. The song then surged to number 4 the following month after a second performance by Gamu Nhengu.{{Cite web|url=http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=118714|title=Music Week (October 3, 2010)|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=October 3, 2010|website=Buzzjack|language=en|access-date=March 22, 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a279371/adele-enjoys-x-factor-chart-boost/|title=Adele enjoys 'X Factor' chart boost|last=Copsey|first=Robert|date=September 29, 2010|website=Digital Spy|access-date=September 30, 2024}} Following a third X Factor performance and heavy use in the Comic Relief 2010 television, it spent three more non-consecutive weeks in the top 10. Thanks to this newfound attention, "Make You Feel My Love" was the 48th biggest-selling song of 2010. In early 2011 the song returned to the top 40 again, at number 34, after it was used on the fifth series of Britain's Got Talent.

After years of trickle selling, "Make You Feel My Love" passed the million sales mark in the UK in 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-official-chart-millionaires-revealed__20459/|title=The UK's Official Chart 'millionaires' revealed|last=Copsey|first=Rob|date=September 19, 2017|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=November 4, 2018}}

The song's music video features Adele singing the song in London Marriott Hotel Canary Wharf.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} It was directed by Mat Kirkby.{{YouTube|0put0_a--Ng|ADELE - 'Make You Feel My Love'}} {{As of|2025|January|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0put0_a--Ng}}, the music video has received over 195 million views on YouTube.{{cite web|title=ADELE - 'Make You Feel My Love' - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0put0_a--Ng|access-date=January 27, 2025|website=www.youtube.com| date=September 25, 2008 }}

On Friday, November 20, 2015, Adele sang the song during a BBC special, Adele at the BBC, hosted by talk show host Graham Norton. One segment of the show, which went viral,{{cite web |last=Goodman |first=Jessica |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/11/24/adele-impersonator-interview-bbc-video/ |title=Adele impersonator interview: Talullah Windmill explains the BBC video |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=November 24, 2015 |access-date=May 22, 2019 }} featured a prank in which eight Adele impersonators were invited to audition at the Wimbledon Theatre for a nonexistent show.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/1852fda1-bc6e-464a-9b21-efdf2cf022d2 |title=Adele at the BBC: When Adele wasn't Adele at all... but was Jenny! |publisher=BBC |date=November 20, 2015 |access-date=May 22, 2019 }} Adele herself, disguised as a nanny named "Jenny", pretended to also be an Adele impersonator, and was the last one to sing. When she started singing "Make You Feel My Love", the other performers finally recognized her and realized they had been pranked.{{cite web |last=Saad |first=Nardine |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-adele-impersonators-prank-jenny-bbc-music--20151124-story.html |title=Adele gets a make-under for BBC Music special, pranks Adele impersonators |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=November 24, 2015 |access-date=May 22, 2019 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQM3XUhiXbQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211218/PQM3XUhiXbQ |archive-date=2021-12-18 |url-status=live|title=EXTENDED version of 'When Adele Wasn't Adele' - Adele: Live in London |publisher=BBC America |date=February 8, 2016 |access-date=May 22, 2019 }}{{cbignore}}

Adele's version features in the soundtrack of the 2010 romantic comedy film When in Rome. Her cover version was also featured in the compilation album for the benefit of those affected by Supertyphoon Haiyan in the Philippines entitled Songs for the Philippines.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beatles-eminem-u2-set-for-philippines-benefit-album-20131126|title=Beatles, Eminem, U2 Set for Philippines Benefit Album|magazine=Rolling Stone|publisher=Wenner Media LLC|first=Kory|last=Grow|date=November 26, 2013|access-date=July 23, 2014|archive-date=May 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508042323/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beatles-eminem-u2-set-for-philippines-benefit-album-20131126|url-status=dead}}

During a concert at London's O2 Arena on March 22, 2016, the day of the Brussels bombings, Adele dedicated a performance of the song to the victims of the attacks.{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35878806/adele-fans-pay-tribute-to-victims-of-brussels-attacks-at-london-concert |title=Adele fans pay tribute to victims of Brussels attacks at London concert |work=BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat |publisher=BBC |date=March 22, 2016 |access-date=March 23, 2016}}

In addition, Adele's video of the song, directed by Mat Kirby, was released on music channels in late September 2008 and continues to be featured on her website.{{cite web | url = http://www.adele.tv/videos/ | title = Make You Feel My Love | access-date = April 9, 2012 | publisher = Adele website | archive-date = February 17, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140217010329/http://www.adele.tv/videos | url-status = dead }}

Digital download {{small|(version 1)}}

1. "Make You Feel My Love" – 3:32{{Cite news |date=2016-02-26 |title=Adele: The full story |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35152397 |access-date=2023-12-07}}

Digital download {{small|(version 2)}}

1. "Make You Feel My Love" – 3:32
2. "Make You Feel My Love" {{small|(video)}} – 3:32

CD single

1. "Make You Feel My Love" – 3:32
2. "Painting Pictures" – 3:33

19 version

1. "Make You Feel My Love" – 3:32

19 Deluxe version

1. "Make You Feel My Love" {{small|(live at Hotel Cafe)}} – 3:52

Chimes of Freedom live version

1. "Make You Feel My Love" {{small|(recorded live at WXPN)}} – 4:04

Live at the Royal Albert Hall live version

1. "Make You Feel My Love" {{small|(Live)}} – 3:48

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{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/make-you-feel-my-love/ Lyrics] at Bob Dylan's official site
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrPVov3TAOk The Story of "Make You Feel My Love"] on YouTube

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