Make You Feel My Love (song)

“Make You Feel My Love”
Single by Adele from the album 19
B-side	"Painting Pictures"
Released	October 27, 2008
Recorded	2007
Genre	Soul, pop
Length	3:32
Label	XL Recordings
Writer(s)	Bob Dylan
Producer(s)	Eg White
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"Make You Feel My Love" is a song originally recorded by Bob Dylan for his 1997 album Time Out of Mind. In 2008, it was covered by Adele for her debut album, 19. It was released as the album's fourth and final single on October 27, 2008. The song was released on CD, vinyl, and digitally, peaking at #26 on the official UK Top 75 singles chart. The largest sales of her recording, however, came during 2010–11 when it peaked at number 4. Adele recorded the song on the recommendation of her manager Jonathan Dickins, who loved the song and played it to her.

Following Annastasia Baker's audition performance of the song on The X Factor on 28 August 2010, the single re-entered the UK Singles Chart at #78 and then reached a new peak of #24 on 11 September 2010, but after a subsequent performance by various artists at boot camp shown on 26 September, it reappeared again at #4 on 3 October 2010. Following its use in Kerry Katona's first routine in the 2011 series of Dancing on Ice on ITV1, the song rocketed back up to #7 on 17 January 2011. It re-entered the chart again at #34 on 5 June following a contestant's performance in the finals of Britain's Got Talent, and has now spent a cumulative total of 54 weeks on the official UK Top 75, making it the joint 18th longest runner of all time, and 65 weeks on the Top 100. On the Irish Singles Chart, it originally charted at #26 in 2008 and after the broadcast of The X Factor, re-entered the charts at #8 on October 1, 2010, peaking at #5.

In addition to Bob Dylan's initial recording of the song, it was later covered by famous artists including Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Bryan Ferry, and Billy Joel, who had also achieved success with the song prior to Adele's version.

Recording

Jonathan Dickins, Adele's manager, had recommended that Adele include a cover of this song on her album, 19. Expanding on her decision to cover the song, Adele stated:

“

I wrote 9 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. Although I was trying to. It wasn't that I was holding back or anything, but I just couldn't get it down. I was bitterly upset and then my manager 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 favorite song on my album is a cover, but I couldn't not put it on there.

”

Adele played the bass guitar on the album version of "Make You Feel My Love." In an interview with BBC Radio 2, Adele revealed that her cover of "Make You Feel My Love" was the song that was the most difficult song for her to sing, emotionally: "I always envision someone that I love or someone that's not here anymore or someone that I'm not friends with anymore, and I always got a bit choked up. I remember doing it in Birmingham, and I had to walk off stage. It was like full on snot coming off my face!"

Music video

The video for Adele's version was released on music channels and her website in late September 2008. In the video, Adele is in a city apartment. According to the clock, it is 4:02 a.m. The room is in darkness as she looks out at the city. She picks up her phone and starts singing while texting. She continues sitting in darkness looking out at the city and checking her phone regularly for a response. The song ends, and she hears the phone "ring" indicating that she's received a text message. The video ends as she sits down to read the message.

The video's director, Mat Kirkby, foolishly included his actual phone number in the promo and the resulting phone calls have since driven him to distraction. He told The Sun: "The song featured on her first album, 19, but because everybody sang it on X Factor people have started downloading it and watching the video on YouTube. I've had more than 5,000 calls. Some people sing the song down the phone, others shout abuse. It's making my life a misery."

Live performances

"Make You Feel My Love" has been included in all of Adele's tours so far—An Evening With Adele, Adele Live, and Adele Live 2016. Live versions of the song appeared on her 2008 EP iTunes Live from SoHo and her 2011 Live at the Royal Albert Hall CD/DVD.

At the Black Ball in 2008, an annual event held to support the children and families that Keep a Child Alive serves, Alicia Keys and Adele performed a duet of this song and Adele's single "Hometown Glory."

Following Amy Winehouse's death in 2011, Adele began dedicating the song to her on tour. During her September 2011 performance at the Royal Albert Hall, she again dedicated the song to Winehouse, stating that every night she sang it in dedication of Winehouse because she was such an inspiration. Since then, the song has become a staple in her live setlists, with Adele asking her audiences to turn the lights on their phones on in order to create "a sky full of stars."

Usage in media

Adele's version of "Make You Feel My Love" was used in the media several times, especially in TV shows, including: Lipstick Jungle, Brothers & Sisters, Ghost Whisperer, One Tree Hill, Parenthood, Hellcats, Bones, General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful, and Glee. It was also used in the movie When in Rome.

"Make You Feel My Love" was included in two compilation albums: Songs for Japan and Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International. The original studio recording was used for Songs for Japan; the album was criticized for using pre-recorded and previously released songs with the exception of a remix of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way." A live version of "Make You Feel My Love," from WXPN, was released on Chimes of Freedom.

Single artwork

CD single

List of recordings

Digital download (version 1)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Make You Feel My Love"	Bob Dylan	3:32

Digital download (version 2)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Make You Feel My Love"	Bob Dylan	3:32
2.	"Make You Feel My Love" (video)		3:32

CD single
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Make You Feel My Love"	Bob Dylan	3:32
2.	"Painting Pictures"	Adele Adkins	3:33

Album version
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Make You Feel My Love"	Bob Dylan	3:32

19 deluxe edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Make You Feel My Love (Live at the Hotel Café)"	Bob Dylan	3:52

Chimes of Freedom live version
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Make You Feel My Love (Recorded Live at WXPN)"	Bob Dylan	4:04

Live at the Royal Albert Hall live version
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Make You Feel My Love (Live)"	Bob Dylan	3:48

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2008–12)	Peak Position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)	17
European Hot 100 Singles	17
Ireland (IRMA)	5
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	3
Scotland (Official Charts Company)	4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)	44
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)	4
UK Official Streaming Chart Top 100	96
UK Indie Chart (Singles)	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)	Position
Dutch Singles Chart	7
Chart (2010)	Position
UK Singles Chart	48

Certifications

Country	Certification
United Kingdom	Platinum
United States	Gold

Credits

Personnel

• Adele – vocals, bass
• Bob Dylan – songwriting
• Neil Cowley – piano
• Wired Strings – strings
• Rosie Danvers – arrangement (strings)
• Jim Abbiss – producer, mixer
• Richard Wilkinson – mixer, recording
• Alex Mackenzie – mixing assistant

Lyrics

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When the rain is blowing in your face And the whole world is on your case I could offer you a warm embrace To make you feel my love When the evening shadows and the stars appear And there is no one there to dry your tears I could hold you for a million years To make you feel my love I know you haven't made your mind up yet But I will never do you wrong I've known it from the moment that we met No doubt in my mind where you belong I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue And I'd go crawling down the avenue No there's nothing that I wouldn't do To make you feel my love The storms are raging on the rolling sea And on the highway of regret The winds of change are blowing wild and free You ain't seen nothing like me, yet I could make you happy, make your dreams come true Nothing that I wouldn't do Go to the ends of the earth for you To make you feel my love To make you feel my love