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{{Infobox song
| name       = Can You Feel My Heart
| cover      = CanYouFeelMyHeart.jpeg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = Bring Me the Horizon
| album      = Sempiternal
| released   = {{Start date|2013|10|8|df=yes}}
| recorded   = 2012
| studio     =
| genre      = {{flatlist|
* Emo
* hard rock
}}
| length     = 3:47
| label      =
* Sony
* RCA
* Epitaph
| writer     =
* [[Biography:Oliver Sykes|Oliver Sykes]]
* Lee Malia
* Jordan Fish
| producer   = Terry Date
| prev_title = Go to Hell, for Heaven's Sake
| prev_year  = 2013
| next_title = Drown
| next_year  = 2014
| misc       = {{External music video
  }}
}}
"'''Can You Feel My Heart'''" is a song by British rock band Bring Me the Horizon. Written by vocalist [[Biography:Oliver Sykes|Oliver Sykes]], guitarist Lee Malia and keyboardist Jordan Fish, it was produced by Terry Date and featured on the band's 2013 fourth studio album ''Sempiternal''. The song was also released as the fourth and final single from the album on 8 October 2013, reaching number five on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart.

==Promotion and release==
The song was released in October 2013 as the fourth and final single from ''Sempiternal'', backed with remixes of the song by Enter Shikari (under their "Shikari Sound System" alias) and electronic producer Jakwob.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/can-you-feel-my-heart-single/id691291665 |title=Can You Feel My Heart - Single by Bring Me the Horizon |date=11 October 2013 |publisher=[[Software:ITunes|iTunes]] |accessdate=4 May 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.banquetrecords.com/bmthheart |title=Bring Me The Horizon - Can You Feel My Heart |publisher=Banquet Records |accessdate=4 May 2016 }}</ref> It was later included as the closing track on the band's first live video album, ''Live at Wembley'', released in 2015,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-sse-arena-wembley-mw0002854647 |title=Live at the SSE Wembley Arena - Bring Me the Horizon: Songs, Reviews, Credits |work=AllMusic |publisher=All Media Network |accessdate=3 May 2016 }}</ref> and is also featured on their second, 2016's ''Live at the Royal Albert Hall''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://loudwire.com/bring-me-the-horizon-orchestra-london-royal-albert-hall-show/ |title=Bring Me the Horizon Welcome Orchestra for London's Royal Albert Hall Show |last=Childers |first=Chad |work=Loudwire |publisher=[[Company:Townsquare Media|Townsquare Media]] |date=24 April 2016 |accessdate=4 May 2016 }}</ref> In June 2014, "Can You Feel My Heart" was featured on the soundtrack of the video game ''[[Software:EA Sports UFC|EA Sports UFC]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.easports.com/ufc/news/2014/ea-sports-ufc-soundtrack |title=EA Sports UFC Soundtrack |work=EA Sports |publisher=[[Company:Electronic Arts|Electronic Arts]] |date=16 June 2014 |accessdate=6 May 2016 }}</ref>

==Composition and lyrics==
"Can You Feel My Heart" was one of the first Bring Me the Horizon songs written with keyboardist Jordan Fish, prior to his official addition to the band in 2013.<ref name="sugarscape">{{cite web |url=http://www.sugarscape.com/music/news/a847389/bring-me-the-horizons-matt-kean-gives-us-a-sempiternal-track-by-track/ |title=Bring Me the Horizon's Matt Kean gives us a Sempiternal track by track |work=Sugarscape.com |publisher=Hearst Corporation |date=1 April 2013 |accessdate=3 May 2016 }}</ref> Speaking to Sugarscape.com, bassist Matt Kean recalled that "When we were writing this song it was the first time we kinda realised that Jordan ... was having a big impact on the writing", suggesting that it influenced the band's change in direction on the rest of ''Sempiternal''.<ref name="sugarscape"/> Vocalist Oliver Sykes confirmed this in a track-by-track feature with ''Metal Hammer'', proclaiming that "This was the turning point; it was the first one that Jordan really got his teeth into, and obviously you can hear that because it’s very heavy on the electronica".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/features/bring-me-the-horizons-full-track-by-track-guide-to-sempiternal |title=Bring Me The Horizon's Full Track-By-Track Guide To 'Sempiternal' |last=Alderslade |first=Merlin |work=Metal Hammer |publisher=Future plc |date=14 February 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217033554/http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/features/bring-me-the-horizons-full-track-by-track-guide-to-sempiternal |archivedate=17 February 2013 |accessdate=4 May 2016 }}</ref> The song's lyrics were written by Sykes, who has explained that it is "all about admittance, admitting you have a problem, and admitting something's wrong".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/oli-sykes-of-bring-me-the-horizon-talks-sempiternal-movies-and-more/10565341 |title=Oli Sykes of Bring Me the Horizon Talks "Sempiternal", "Movies, and More |last=Florino |first=Rick |publisher=Artistdirect |date=20 May 2013 |accessdate=3 May 2016 |archive-date=9 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609072721/http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/oli-sykes-of-bring-me-the-horizon-talks-sempiternal-movies-and-more/10565341 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Alternative Press'' labelled "Can You Feel My Heart" as an emo song.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/top-50-emo-songs-2010s-decade/|title=THE BEST EMO SONGS OF THE DECADE THAT DEFINED THE 2010'S|work=Alternative Press|last=Shoemaker|first=Whitney|date=19 September 2019|access-date=September 13, 2021}}</ref> Writing for ''Music Feeds'', Mike Hohnen described "Can You Feel My Heart" as a track which combines elements of [[Physics:Electronic music|electronic]] and hard rock.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/bring-me-the-horizon-release-music-video-for-new-single-can-you-feel-my-heart/ |title=Bring Me The Horizon Release Music Video For New Single 'Can You Feel My Heart' |last=Hohnen |first=Mike |magazine=Music Feeds |date=20 August 2013 |accessdate=3 May 2016 }}</ref> Further explaining the song, Sykes explained:

{{Quote|"'Can You Feel My Heart' is all about admittance, admitting you have a problem and admitting something's wrong, that's the first step of the whole album. In my life, I had to admit certain things to go further. They all deal with different topics."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://killyourstereo.com/news/997854/bring-me-the-horizon-release-new-video-2/|title=Bring Me the Horizon release new video|publisher=Kill Your Stereo|last=G|first=Blake|date=18 August 2013|access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>}}

==Music video==
The music video for "Can You Feel My Heart", directed by Richard Sidwell and Alistair Legrand,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vevo.com/watch/bring-me-the-horizon/Can-You-Feel-My-Heart/GB1101300454 |title=Can You Feel My Heart - Bring Me the Horizon |publisher=[[Software:Vevo|Vevo]] |accessdate=3 May 2016 }}</ref> was filmed in {{wipe|Los Angeles}}, {{wipe|California}} and released on 16 August 2013.<ref name="videoguardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/aug/16/bring-me-horizon-feel-heart-video |title=Bring Me The Horizon - Can You Feel My Heart: Video exclusive |work={{wipe|The Guardian}} |date=16 August 2013 |accessdate=3 May 2016 }}</ref> ''{{wipe|The Guardian}}'', who premiered the video, described it as "suitably ostentatious" for the song, outlining that it "follows a distressed looking man who is chased by evil beings wearing doctor masks of black Plague".<ref name="videoguardian"/> Noisecreep's Amy Sciaretto added that the masked people "[stalk] and then [perform] an exploratory procedure on an unsuspecting young gentleman who bleeds thick, black blood", extracting something from his stomach.<ref name="videonoisecreep">{{cite news |url=http://noisecreep.com/bring-me-the-horizon-can-you-feel-my-heart-video/ |title=Bring Me the Horizon Deliver 'Can You Feel My Heart' Video |last=Sciaretto |first=Amy |work=Noisecreep |publisher=[[Company:Townsquare Media|Townsquare Media]] |date=20 August 2013 |accessdate=3 May 2016 }}</ref> In a feature published in April 2015, ''Kerrang!'' ranked it the fifth best Bring Me the Horizon music video.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kerrang.com/16412/bring-horizons-best-videos/ |title=Bring Me The Horizon's 11 Best Videos |last=Carter |first=Emily |work=Kerrang! |publisher=Bauer Media |date=25 April 2015 |accessdate=3 May 2016 }}</ref>

As of July 2023, the music video for "Can You Feel My Heart" has over 170 million views on [[Company:YouTube|YouTube]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJJYpsA5tv8|title=Bring Me The Horizon - Can You Feel My Heart|publisher=[[Company:YouTube|YouTube]]|author=Bring Me The Horizon|date=19 August 2013|access-date=2 November 2022}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
Multiple critics praised "Can You Feel My Heart" as a good illustration of the album, in particular the presence of [[Physics:Electronic music|electronic]] elements driven by the addition of keyboardist Jordan Fish to the band. Dean Brown of ''PopMatters'' explained that "Where the swathes of artificial electronica on [previous album] ''There Is a Hell...'' sounded disengaged from the music, Jordan Fish's contributions here are seamlessly incorporated and audible from the bright beginnings of opener "Can You Feel My Heart"".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/169938-bring-me-the-horizon-sempiternal/ |title=Bring Me the Horizon: Sempiternal |last=Brown |first=Dean |magazine=PopMatters |date=31 March 2013 |accessdate=3 May 2016 }}</ref> BBC Music's Mike Diver noted that the track, alongside earlier single "Sleepwalking", "present[s] new, synthetic textures to the forefront of the BMTH mix".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/9bzb |title=Review of Bring Me the Horizon - Sempiternal |last=Diver |first=Mike |work=BBC Music |publisher=BBC |accessdate=3 May 2016 }}</ref> Other reviews published by AllMusic, ''Alternative Press'' and ''Exclaim!'' identified the ''Sempiternal'' opener as a highlight of the album.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/sempiternal-mw0002499693 |title=Sempiternal - Bring Me the Horizon: Songs, Reviews, Credits |last=Heaney |first=Gregory |work=AllMusic |publisher=All Media Network |accessdate=3 May 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/bring_me_the_horizon_sempiternal |title=Bring Me The Horizon - Sempiternal |last=Slessor |first=Dan |magazine=Alternative Press |date=4 March 2013 |accessdate=3 May 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/bring_me_horizon-sempiternal |title=Bring Me the Horizon Sempiternal |last=Zorgdrager |first=Bradley |magazine=Exclaim! |date=1 April 2013 |accessdate=3 May 2016 }}</ref> ''The Guardian'' writer Dom Lawson was less positive, criticising the song's "dubstep swagger and overwrought synths".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/mar/28/bring-me-the-horizon-sempiternal-review |title=Bring Me the Horizon: Sempiternal - review |last=Lawson |first=Dom |work={{wipe|The Guardian}} |date=28 March 2013 |accessdate=3 May 2016 }}</ref>

"Can You Feel My Heart" has also been included in several commentators' lists of the best Bring Me the Horizon songs – ''Alternative Press'' included it at number two on their list in May 2015,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/the_10_best_bring_me_the_horizon_songs |title=The 10 best Bring Me The Horizon songs |last=Slessor |first=Dan |magazine=Alternative Press |date=30 May 2015 |accessdate=3 May 2016 }}</ref> Loudwire ranked it at number six in May 2014,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/best-bring-me-the-horizon-songs/ |title=10 Best Bring Me the Horizon Songs |last=C. |first=Sarai |work=Loudwire |publisher=[[Company:Townsquare Media|Townsquare Media]] |date=29 May 2014 |accessdate=3 May 2016 }}</ref> and AXS named it the seventh best in May 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.axs.com/bring-me-the-horizon-s-10-best-songs-51873 |title=Bring Me The Horizon's 10 best songs |last=Harris |first=Rey |work=AXS |publisher=Anschutz Entertainment Group |date=3 May 2015 |accessdate=3 May 2016 }}</ref> ''Metal Hammer'' writer Luke Morton ranked it the fifth best song by the band, highlighting it as "the point the metal game changed" due to its use of electronics, which he claimed was "the finest use of electronics ever in a BMTH song".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-07-08/the-top-10-best-bring-me-the-horizon-songs |title=The Top 10 best Bring Me The Horizon songs |last=Morton |first=Luke |work=Metal Hammer |publisher=TeamRock |date=8 July 2016 |accessdate=13 November 2016 }}</ref> In 2019, ''Billboard'' ranked the song number eight on their list of the 10 greatest Bring Me the Horizon songs,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/bring-me-the-horizon-best-songs-top-10-8494644/|title=Bring Me The Horizon's 10 Best Songs: Critic's Picks|first=Bobby|last=Olivier|magazine=Billboard|date=23 January 2019|accessdate=5 May 2022}}</ref> and in 2022, ''Kerrang!'' ranked the song number six on their list of the 20 greatest Bring Me the Horizon songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-20-greatest-bring-me-the-horizon-songs-ranked|title=The 20 greatest Bring Me The Horizon songs – ranked|first=Sam|last=Law|work=Kerrang!|date=9 February 2022|accessdate=5 May 2022}}</ref>

==Commercial performance==
"Can You Feel My Heart" debuted on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart at number 26 on 7 April 2013, following the release of ''Sempiternal''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/20130407/111/ |title=07 April 2013 - 13 April 2013 |work=Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40 Archive |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=3 May 2016 }}</ref> It later reached its peak position in the top five of the chart on 20 October, after it was released as the album's fourth and final single,<ref name="ukrocksingles">{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/20131020/111/ |title=20 October 2013 - 26 October 2013 |work=Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40 Archive |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=3 May 2016 }}</ref> and spent a total of 12 weeks in the top 40.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/20131229/111/ |title=29 December 2013 - 04 January 2014 |work=Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40 Archive |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=3 May 2016 }}</ref> The song re-entered the chart in January 2021, and climbed back to its peak position on 22 January 2021.<ref name="ukrocksingles"/> In the United States, the single reached number 26 on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock chart and number 39 on the Hot Rock Songs chart.<ref name="usmainstream">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/297508/bring-me-horizon/chart?f=376 |title=Mainstream Rock Songs: Bring Me the Horizon - Chart History |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |accessdate=3 May 2016 |archive-date=21 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121185408/http://www.billboard.com/artist/297508/bring-me-horizon/chart?f=376 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="usrocksongs">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/297508/bring-me-horizon/chart?f=902 |title=Hot Rock Songs: Bring Me the Horizon - Chart History |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |accessdate=3 May 2016 |archive-date=23 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123063232/http://www.billboard.com/artist/297508/bring-me-horizon/chart?f=902 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==In popular culture==
In early 2021, the song gained popularity on the video sharing platform [[Software:TikTok|TikTok]], possibly due to TikTok star Jeris Johnson remixing the song of his own accord<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Josh |date=February 12, 2021 |title=Bring Me the Horizon teases collaboration with Jeris Johnson following "Can You Feel My Heart" remix |url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2021/2/12/bring-me-the-horizon-teases-collaboration-with-jeris-johnson.html |website=ABC News Radio |access-date=4 March 2021 |archive-date=22 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222102850/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2021/2/12/bring-me-the-horizon-teases-collaboration-with-jeris-johnson.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and its users using the song for their videos. The song became widely used in various [[Social:Internet meme|internet memes]] following its resurgence in popularity, in particular, memes featuring Russian bodybuilder and model Ernest Khalimov (also known as the "Giga [[Social:Chad (slang)|Chad]]") and "ItzMeFraz".{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}} As a result, the song was ranked number one on ''Billboard'''s Hard Rock Streaming Songs, becoming the first song released after the year 2000 to achieve the feat.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Rutherford |first=Kevin |date=January 29, 2021 |url=https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/business/chart-beat/9518377/bring-me-the-horizon-tops-hard-rock-streaming-songs|title=Bring Me the Horizon Crowns Hard Rock Streaming Songs With TikTok Hit|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=29 January 2021}}</ref> Johnson's remix caught the band's attention, with Sykes commenting "Holy shit we love this Jeris. Check ur inbox. Let's do something".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Childers |first1=Chad |date=February 11, 2021 |title=Oli Sykes Responds to TikTok Star's Bring Me the Horizon Remix, Two May Collaborate Soon |url=https://loudwire.com/jeris-johnson-remix-bring-me-the-horizon-can-you-feel-my-heart-collaboration/ |website=Loudwire.com |access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref> The full song was released on 5 March 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carter |first1=Emily |date=March 4, 2021 |title=BMTH to release Can You Feel My Heart? remix with Jeris Johnson tomorrow |url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/bmth-to-release-can-you-feel-my-heart-remix-with-jeris-johnson-tomorrow/ |website=Kerrang.com |access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref>

In 2023, "Can You Feel My Heart" was sampled in the song "Automotivo Bibi Fogosa" by Brazilian female singer Bibi Babydoll and sound producer DJ Brunin XM, which went viral on TikTok and topped the chart in {{wipe|Ukraine}} during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Minas |first=Estado de |date=2023-07-30 |title=Bibi Babydoll: Funkeira brasileira alcança topo das paradas na Ucrânia |url=https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/cultura/2023/07/30/interna_cultura,1534901/bibi-babydoll-funkeira-brasileira-alcanca-topo-das-paradas-na-ucrania.shtml |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=Estado de Minas |language=pt-BR}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline        = Digital download
| title1          = Can You Feel My Heart
| length1         = 3:48
| title2          = Can You Feel My Heart
| note2           = Shikari Sound System remix
| length2         = 4:24
| title3          = Can You Feel My Heart
| note3           = Jakwob remix
| length3         = 4:33
| total_length    = 12:45
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = 7" picture disc
| title1          = Can You Feel My Heart
| length1         = 3:49
| title2          = Can You Feel My Heart
| note2           = Shikari Sound System remix
| length2         = 4:26
| total_length    = 8:15
}}

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for "Can You Feel My Heart"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2014–2021)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparada.ifpicr.cz/index.php?hitp=D|title=ČNS IFPI|publisher=IFPI ČR|id=Note: Select SK SINGLES DIGITAL TOP 100 and insert 20214 into search.|access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref>
| 94
|-
! scope="row"| UK Physical Singles (OCC)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-singles-chart/20131020/1|title=Official Physical Singles Chart|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=20 October 2013|access-date=4 July 2023}}</ref>
| 8
|-
|-
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Can You Feel My Heart"}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJJYpsA5tv8 "Can You Feel My Heart"] music video at [[Company:YouTube|YouTube]]



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