I still don't think album tracks should go on b-sides as it's a bit of a cheat, even if they are as beautiful as One Caress, more of which later. I hadn't seen the album tracklisting when I bought the single so One Caress appeared to be a brand new b-side. The single itself was available on the usual plethora of formats with the usual number of remixes. It was a fantastic video with its' "Is that REALLY Depeche Mode" imagery fitting the "Hang on is THAT Depeche Mode" feel of the song. Beard! Alan on drums! Martin's hunchback in grey tracksuit trousers walking through a desert impression! Christ Dave - keep that waistcoat on man! Bloody hell - that's the girl from Brush Strokes! Beard! The only "normal" thing about it was the fact that Fletch's keyboard wasn't plugged in. The video for the song confused matters further. This was my first new Depeche music as a fully signed up fan (or Devotee as we would shortly become) and it was thrilling. Regardless of all that though, I loved it. What the bloody hell was this? Screeching tyres, a prominent rock sounding guitar, drums? " This is the morning of Allah?" Wow - Depeche Mode had changed. I taped the song (ask your parents kids) and played it relentlessly for days. I Feel You was exclusively premiered on Simon Mayo's Radio 1 breakfast show in the January. It was released on 15 February 1993, once again skillfully avoiding the UK number one spot by stopping at number 8. The first single from the album was I Feel You, which really was something rather different.
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