Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?

"Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?" is a song by American electronica musician Moby. It was released in November 1999 by record label Mute as the fourth single from his 1999 album Play.^[1]

Content

The song is an original composition by Richard Hall (aka the artist Moby), using samples from a 1963 recording of the Banks Brothers song, "He'll Roll Your Burdens Away." ^[2]

The cover of the single features Moby's character Little Idiot.

Use in Exams

In 2008, the English exam boards AQA and Edexcel added 'Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?' to their GCSE syllabus, and is now used as one of the 12 set works covered in the course.

Release

"Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?" was released on November 17, 1999 by record label Mute. The song reached number 16 in the UK Singles Chart.^[3]

In 2000, the single was re-released, along with a remix of "Honey" featuring singer Kelis. And the cover on the re-issue single features a teddy bear in a honey jar.

Music video

The video for "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?" was produced in 1999 and was inspired by the book Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It was directed by Susi Wilkinson from Belzebu Films.^[4] It is completely animated and features Little Idiot from the single cover (and his dog from the remixes cover). The video reveals that they live on the moon and the rest of the video revolves around their adventures on Earth through snow, war, and rain. The ending shows Little Idiot and his dog going back to the moon climbing a ladder.

Track listing

12" vinyl promo

"Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad (ATB Remix)"
"Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad (Ferry Corsten Remix)"

CD

"Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad (Single Version)"
"Flying Foxes"
"Princess"
"Why Does My Heart Feel so Bad (Video)"

Chart positions

Original version

Chart (1999)	Peak position
German Singles Chart	3
UK Singles Chart	16^[3]

"Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?"/"Honey (Remix featuring Kelis)"

Chart (2000)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	17

References

↑ Weingarten, Christopher R. (July 2, 2009). ""Play" 10 Years Later: Moby's Track by Track Guide to 1999's Global Smash | Music News". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
↑ "Moby's Why Does My Heard Feel So Bad? sample of the Banks Brothers". Retrieved 2015-09-13.
1 2 "Moby | Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved June 4, 2015. delete character in |title= at position 6 (help)
↑ http://www.moby.com/videos/play/why-does-my-heart-feel-so-bad

External links

Music video on DailyMotion
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Moby

Discography Awards and nominations

Studio albums	Moby Ambient Everything Is Wrong Animal Rights Play 18 Hotel Last Night Wait for Me Destroyed Innocents Long Ambients 1: Calm. Sleep.

EPs	Move – The E.P. Be the One

Compilation albums	Instinct Dance Early Underground Rare: The Collected B-Sides 1989–1993 I Like to Score MobySongs 1993–1998 iTunes Originals – Moby Go – The Very Best of Moby Making Patterns Rhyme

Singles	"Mobility" "Go" "Drop a Beat" "Next Is the E" "I Feel It"/"Thousand" "Move (You Make Me Feel So Good)" "All That I Need Is to Be Loved" "Hymn" "Feeling So Real" "Everytime You Touch Me" "Into the Blue" "Bring Back My Happiness" "That's When I Reach for My Revolver" "Come on Baby" "James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version)" "Honey" "Run On" "Bodyrock" "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?" "Natural Blues" "Porcelain" "South Side" "Find My Baby" "We Are All Made of Stars" "Extreme Ways" "In This World" "In My Heart" "Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday)" "Jam for the Ladies" "Make Love Fuck War" (with Public Enemy) "Lift Me Up" "Raining Again" "Spiders" "Dream About Me" "Beautiful" "Slipping Away" "New York, New York" "Extreme Ways (Bourne's Ultimatum)" "Alice" "Disco Lies" "I Love to Move in Here" "Ooh Yeah" "Shot in the Back of the Head" "Pale Horses" "Mistake" "The Day" "Lie Down in Darkness" "Extreme Ways (Bourne's Legacy)" "A Case for Shame" "Rio"

as Voodoo Child	Demons/Horses The End of Everything Baby Monkey

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