Without You (The Feeling song) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

"Without You" is the second single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

to be released from the number-one album Join with Us
Join with Us
Join with Us is the second full-length studio album from guitar-based pop band The Feeling. It was released on 18 February 2008, preceded by the first single from the album, "I Thought It Was Over"....

by pop/rock

Pop rock

Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...

band The Feeling. Announcement of single release The band recorded the song in their live set each night during their tour of the UK

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

from 7 March 2008 to 20 March 2008—these recordings became available to download at the time of the single's release.Without You live recordings The song has been on BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...

's A-List, meaning it received around 20 plays each week at its peak.BBC Radio 2's A Listed tracksNumber of plays for A List tracks The song's lyrics concern the Virginia Tech massacre

Virginia Tech massacre

The Virginia Tech massacre was a school shooting that took place on April 16, 2007, on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. In two separate attacks, approximately two hours apart, the perpetrator, Seung-Hui Cho, killed 32 people...

. It is the band's third lowest charting single to date, missing the top 40 altogether, peaking at #53 on the UK Singles chart.
The radio edit of the song cuts out the entire second verse.

Formats and track listing

CD single
(Released April 21, 2008)

"Without You" – 4:48
"Play, Don't Think" – 4:15
"Different for Girls" (Joe Jackson
Joe Jackson (musician)
Joe Jackson is an English musician and singer-songwriter now living in Berlin, whose five Grammy Award nominations span from 1979 to 2001...

cover) – 3:29
"I Thought It Was Over
I Thought It Was Over
"I Thought It Was Over" is a soft rock song performed by British band The Feeling for their second studio album, Join with Us. The song was released as the album's lead single on 13 February 2008 and peaked at number 9 in the UK Singles Chart...

" (Tom Middleton Mix) – 7:24
"Without You" (official music video)

Coloured 7" vinyl
(Released April 21, 2008)

"Without You" – 4:48
"Play Don't Think" – 4:15

Digital EP
(Released April 18, 2008)

"Without You" – 4:48
"Play, Don't Think" – 4:15
"Different for Girls" – 3:29
"I Thought It Was Over
I Thought It Was Over
"I Thought It Was Over" is a soft rock song performed by British band The Feeling for their second studio album, Join with Us. The song was released as the album's lead single on 13 February 2008 and peaked at number 9 in the UK Singles Chart...

" (Tom Middleton Mix) – 7:24

Digital download
(Released April 14, 2008)

"Without You" (radio edit) – 3:34

Music video

The official music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

accompanying the song was previewed exclusively by The Sun
The Sun (newspaper)
The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...

newspaper's website, followed by a general release on the band's official site.Music video - The SunMusic video - The Feeling's website It shows Gillespie Sells

Dan Gillespie Sells

Daniel Giles Gillespie Sells is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known as being the lead vocalist and frontman for the pop band, The Feeling.-Biography:...

, frontman in the group, playing a Russian cosmonaut

Astronaut

An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....

with the rest of the band members playing other roles.Video information

Ciaran Jeremiah describes the band's roles in the video on the band's official website. He describes himself as a "scientific-space-boffin", while "Paul

Paul Stewart (musician)

Paul Ronald Stewart is the drummer in the British band The Feeling.He went to St Wilfrid's Catholic School, Crawley, where he met Kevin Jeremiah and Ciaran Jeremiah, now fellow members of The Feeling....

is a soldier, Richard

Richard Jones (bassist)

Richard Jones is bassist with British band The Feeling.Jones attended the BRIT School in Croydon. He married British pop star Sophie Ellis-Bextor on 25 June 2005 in Italy. Together the couple have two sons, Sonny Jones, born in April 2004, and Kit Valentine Jones, born in February 2009...

is a fellow lab-boffin, and Kev is a photographer."

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	53
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	66

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