Push the Feeling On

The original song was initially issued in the United Kingdom in 1992.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Nightcrawlers-Push-The-Feeling-On/master/98164|title=Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On|website=Discogs}} 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 The song itself was rooted in acid jazz and disco, and the vocalist of the band John Reid noted later it was quite out of date for the time.

{{Quote box|width=30%|align=right|quote="A bit of justice after all the hard work. It was two and a half years into the process before I saw the light at the end of the tunnel. It surely has taken an amount of time to come around again. I can't take all the credit for the hit that Push The Feeling On has eventually become. Marc [Kinchen] deserves to get that. The original version was a quite out-of-date sounding R&B track; Marc brought it into the '90s. He only used that one vocal line out of the chorus, that nobody seems to get—namely 'your lies will pull us through'—in a very striking manner."|source=—John Reid talking to Music & Media about the sudden success of the song.{{cite magazine|last=Tilli|first=Robbert|title=EHR Finally Surrenders To Reid's Nightcrawlers|magazine=Music & Media|volume=12|issue=21|date=27 May 1995|page=14|accessdate=11 April 2018|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-05-27.pdf}}}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-BnB3xxUoA|title=Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On (Official Video)|website=YouTube |accessdate=16 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Nightcrawlers-Featuring-John-Reid-Lets-Push-It/master/354598|title=Discogs for Let's Push It by Nightcrawlers|website=Discogs |accessdate=16 January 2020}}

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'.

Larry Flick from Billboard 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."{{cite magazine|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-01-09.pdf|first=Larry|last=Flick|title=New & Noteworthy|magazine=Billboard|date=9 January 1993|accessdate=23 January 2018|author-link=Larry Flick}} A reviewer from Lennox Herald described it as "confident sassy soul with good hook and chorus.""New Singles". Lennox Herald. 9 October 1992. page 28. 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".{{cite magazine|first= James |last= Hamilton |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1992/MW-1992-10-24.pdf |title= DJ Directory: Out On Monday |magazine= Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert) |date= 24 September 1992 |page= 8 |accessdate= 2 October 2020 |author-link= James Hamilton (DJ and journalist)}}

Scottish Aberdeen Press and Journal called the song "infectious". AllMusic editor John Bush deemed it a deep-house hit{{cite web|first= John |last= Bush |title= Nightcrawlers – Let's Push It |publisher= AllMusic |date= |accessdate= 8 November 2020 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/lets-push-it-mw0000893929}} and a house anthem.{{cite web|first= John |last= Bush |title= Nightcrawlers – Push the Feeling On |publisher= AllMusic |date= |accessdate= 8 November 2020 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/push-the-feeling-on-mw0000106679}} 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.{{cite magazine|first= Larry |last= Flick |title= Dance Trax: Box Supplements Its Rap Diet With Georgie Porgie |magazine= Billboard |date= 23 September 1995 |page= 32 |accessdate= 13 October 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1995/BB-1995-09-23.pdf |author-link= Larry Flick}} 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."{{cite web|last=Masterton|first=James|title=Week Ending March 4th 1995|url=https://chart-watch.uk/archives/1995/week-ending-march-4th-1995|website=Chart Watch UK|date=26 February 1995|accessdate=18 September 2021|author-link=James Masterton}} In September 1994, Ben Turner from Melody Maker stated, "Proof that, on its day, pure "house" is still the saviour of contemporary music."{{cite magazine|first=Ben|last=Turner|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53278140725/|title=Stone free|magazine=Melody Maker|date=24 September 1994|page=40|access-date=24 October 2023}} 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."{{cite magazine|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-03-25.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=12|issue=12|date=25 March 1995|page=9|accessdate=24 April 2018}} 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".{{cite magazine|first= James |last= Hamilton |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-10-08.pdf |title= Dj directory |magazine= Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert) |date= 8 October 1994 |page= 11 |accessdate= 21 April 2021 |author-link= James Hamilton (DJ and journalist)}} 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."{{cite magazine|first=Iestyn|last=George|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53391185946/|title=Groove Check|magazine=NME|date=25 February 1995|page=19|access-date=14 December 2023|author-link=Iestyn George}}

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".

A music video was produced to promote the Marc Kinchen version. It takes place inside of a photo booth and shows different characters entering and leaving. One of them is John Reid. The video was later made available on Nightcrawlers' official YouTube channel in 2015, and had generated more than forty million views as of late 2024.{{cite web|title=Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On (Official Video)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-BnB3xxUoA|publisher=YouTube|date=27 January 2015|access-date=11 November 2024}}

• Original song (19 October 1992){{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Nightcrawlers-Push-The-Feeling-On/release/1201519|title=Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On|website=Discogs}}

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 (3 October 1994)

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 (20 February 1995)

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

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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.{{Cite web|date=15 January 2021|title=Riton Teams Up With Nightcrawlers and Mufasa & Hypeman on New Single, 'Friday'|url=https://celebmix.com/riton-teams-up-with-nightcrawlers-and-mufasa-hypeman-on-new-single-friday/|access-date=14 February 2021|website=CelebMix|language=en-GB}}
• In 2024, Nemo sampled the track for their Felix Jaehn remix of The Code{{cite web | url=https://open.spotify.com/track/2RFO0W60VvlbJWtqzIOxXz | title=The Code - Felix Jaehn Remix | website=Spotify }}

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

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