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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = F.E.A.R.
| name = F.E.A.R.
| cover = FEAR.jpg
| cover = FEAR.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| type = single
| type = single
| artist = [[Ian Brown]]
| artist = [[Ian Brown]]
| album = [[Music of the Spheres (Ian Brown album)|Music of the Spheres]]
| album = [[Music of the Spheres (Ian Brown album)|Music of the Spheres]]
| released = 17 September 2001
| released = 17 September 2001
| recorded =
| recorded =
| studio =
| studio =
| genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[trip hop]]
| venue =
| length = 4:29
| length = 4:29
| label = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| label = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| writer = [[Ian Brown]], [[Dave McCracken]], Dave Colquhoun
| writer =
* Ian Brown
* [[Dave McCracken]]
* Dave Colquhoun
| producer =
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Thriller (song)|Thriller]]/[[Billie Jean]]
| prev_title = [[Thriller (song)|Thriller]]/[[Billie Jean]]
| prev_year = 2000
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = [[Whispers (Ian Brown song)|Whispers]]
| next_title = Whispers
| next_year = 2002
| next_year = 2002
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|8f8wAXDZ9D0|"F.E.A.R."}}}}
}}
}}


"'''F.E.A.R.'''" is the first single from [[Ian Brown]]'s third solo album, ''[[Music of the Spheres (Ian Brown album)|Music of the Spheres]]''. Released on 17 September 2001, it placed No. 13 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] and was both a commercial and critical success. In late 2002, it won a [[Muso Award]] for best single, as voted by his peers in the British music industry. In October 2011, ''NME'' placed it at number 67 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".<ref>[https://www.nme.com/list/150-best-tracks-of-the-past-15-years/248648/page/9 150 Best Tracks Of The Past 15 Years | NME.COM]</ref>
"'''F.E.A.R.'''" is the first single from [[Ian Brown]]'s third solo album, ''[[Music of the Spheres (Ian Brown album)|Music of the Spheres]]''. Released on 17 September 2001, it placed No. 13 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] and was both a commercial and critical success. In late 2002, it won a [[Muso Award]] for best single, as voted by his peers in the British music industry. In October 2011, ''NME'' placed it at number 67 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".<ref>[https://www.nme.com/list/150-best-tracks-of-the-past-15-years/248648/page/9 150 Best Tracks Of The Past 15 Years | NME.COM]</ref>


==Influences==
==Influences==


The song incorporates a lyric scheme where each [[Verse (popular music)|verse]] forms the [[acrostic]] "F.E.A.R." (for example, ''"For each a road"'' and ''"Fallen empires are ruling"''). In an interview with ''Clash'' magazine, Brown said that a main influence for "F.E.A.R." was ''[[The Autobiography of Malcolm X]]'', which preached the study of [[etymology]], so that one could have "control over people through the use of language." He then created hundreds of acrostics for the word "fear".
The song incorporates a lyric scheme where each [[Verse (popular music)|verse]] forms the [[acrostic]] "F.E.A.R." (for example, ''"For each a road"'' and ''"Fallen empires are ruling"''). In an interview with ''Clash'' magazine, Brown said that a main influence for "F.E.A.R." was ''[[The Autobiography of Malcolm X]]'', which preached the study of [[etymology]], so that one could have "control over people through the use of language." He then created hundreds of acrostics for the word "fear".


Brown revisited the concept in the title of the ''[[Solarized (album)|Solarized]]'' track, "[[Time Is My Everything]]", which is often abbreviated by with the acronym "T.I.M.E." on concert setlists.
Brown revisited the concept in the title of the ''[[Solarized (album)|Solarized]]'' track, "Time Is My Everything", which is often abbreviated by with the acronym "T.I.M.E." on concert setlists.


⚫
Remixed and instrumental versions of "F.E.A.R." also appeared in the remix album, ''[[Remixes of the Spheres]]''. A 30-second clip of the instrumental version appears at the end of the LP version of ''Music of the Spheres''; this is a tribute to [[Marvin Gaye]]'s ''[[What's Going On (Marvin Gaye album)|What's Going On]]'' which also featured a clip of the [[What's Going On (song)|lead track]] at the end of the album.
Brown wrote “F.E.A.R” in the back of a taxi.

⚫
Remixed and instrumental versions of "F.E.A.R." also appeared in the remix album, ''[[Remixes of the Spheres]]''. A 30-second clip of the instrumental version appears at the end of the LP version of ''Music of the Spheres''; this is a tribute to [[Marvin Gaye]]'s ''[[What's Going On (Marvin Gaye album)|What's Going On]]'' which also featured a clip of the [[What's Going On (song)|lead track]] at the end of the album.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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===7" single===
===7" single===
#"F.E.A.R."
#"F.E.A.R."
#"F.E.A.R. (instrumental)"
#"F.E.A.R." (instrumental)


===12" single===
===12" single===
# F.E.A.R. ([[UNKLE]] remix)
# "F.E.A.R." ([[UNKLE]] remix)


==Release details==
==Release details==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! align=center | Country
! Country
! align=center | Date
! Date
! align=center | Label
! Label
! align=center | Format
! Format
! align=center | Catalog
! Catalog
|-
|-
| United Kingdom
| United Kingdom
| 17 September 2001
| 17 September 2001
| [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| CD
| CD
| 587 284-2
| 587 284-2
|-
|-
| United Kingdom
| United Kingdom
| 17 September 2001
| 17 September 2001
| [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| [[vinyl record|7"]]
| [[vinyl record|7"]]
| 587 284-7
| 587 284-7
|-
|-
| United Kingdom
| United Kingdom
| 2001
| 2001
| [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| CD 5"
| CD 5"
| IBPRO102{{ref|2}}
| IBPRO102{{efn|Promotional copy with only one song, "F.E.A.R.".}}
|-
|-
| Netherlands
| Netherlands
| 2004
| 2004
| [[white label]]
| [[white label]]
| [[12-inch single|12"]]
| [[12-inch single|12"]]
|
|
|}
|}


==Music video==
==Music video==
The music video for "F.E.A.R." marked Brown's [[film director|directorial]] debut. It featured footage of the singer slowly riding a bicycle through the busy streets of [[Soho]] and [[Chinatown, London|Chinatown]] in [[London]], which was then reversed to give the impression of being ridden backwards. The route followed was from [[Berwick Street]] to [[Gerrard Street, London|Gerrard Street]].
The music video for "F.E.A.R." marked Brown's [[film director|directorial]] debut. It featured footage of the singer slowly riding a bicycle through the busy streets of [[Soho]] and [[Chinatown, London|Chinatown]] in [[London]], which was then reversed to give the impression of being ridden backwards. The route followed was from [[Berwick Street]] to [[Gerrard Street, London|Gerrard Street]].


==Certifications==
==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Ian Brown|title=Fear|award=Gold|id=9000-2200-1|relyear=2004|certyear=2021|access-date=19 July 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Ian Brown|title=Fear|award=Gold|id=9000-2200-1|relyear=2004|certyear=2021|access-date=19 July 2021}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

==In Popular Culture==
A remixed version of the song was used as the menu music in the F1 2010 video game. <ref>https://racingsoundtracks.com/game/f1-2010 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> The song was used in pre-launch music video promos for [[CNX (TV channel)|CNX]], a short-lived British television channel, launched in 2002 and a sister channel to [[Cartoon Network (British and Irish TV channel)|Cartoon Network]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7gtEfgXMtw |title=CNX UK Music Video Advert 2002 (F.E.A.R) |date=2020-09-05 |last=CNX UK |access-date=2024-07-30 |via=YouTube}}</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==
{{notelist}}
*{{note|2}} Promotional copy with only one song, "F.E.A.R.".


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
* {{cite web | title=Discogs | url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ian+Brown | accessdate=17 April 2006}}
* {{cite web|title=Discogs|website=[[Discogs]] |url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ian+Brown|access-date=17 April 2006}}



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[[Category:Songs about language]]
[[Category:2001 singles]]
[[Category:2001 singles]]
[[Category:Ian Brown songs]]
[[Category:Ian Brown songs]]

Latest revision as of 21:00, 3 September 2024

This article is about the Ian Brown song. For the Testament song, see The Formation of Damnation.

"F.E.A.R."
Single by Ian Brown
from the album Music of the Spheres
Released17 September 2001
GenreAlternative rock, trip hop
Length4:29
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)
Ian Brown singles chronology
"Thriller/Billie Jean"
(2000) 		"F.E.A.R."
(2001) 		"Whispers"
(2002)
Music video
"F.E.A.R." on YouTube

"F.E.A.R." is the first single from Ian Brown's third solo album, Music of the Spheres. Released on 17 September 2001, it placed No. 13 on the UK Singles Chart and was both a commercial and critical success. In late 2002, it won a Muso Award for best single, as voted by his peers in the British music industry. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 67 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".[1]

Influences

[edit]

The song incorporates a lyric scheme where each verse forms the acrostic "F.E.A.R." (for example, "For each a road" and "Fallen empires are ruling"). In an interview with Clash magazine, Brown said that a main influence for "F.E.A.R." was The Autobiography of Malcolm X, which preached the study of etymology, so that one could have "control over people through the use of language." He then created hundreds of acrostics for the word "fear".

Brown revisited the concept in the title of the Solarized track, "Time Is My Everything", which is often abbreviated by with the acronym "T.I.M.E." on concert setlists.

Remixed and instrumental versions of "F.E.A.R." also appeared in the remix album, Remixes of the Spheres. A 30-second clip of the instrumental version appears at the end of the LP version of Music of the Spheres; this is a tribute to Marvin Gaye's What's Going On which also featured a clip of the lead track at the end of the album.

Track listing

[edit]

CD single

[edit]
  1. "F.E.A.R." (album version)
  2. "F.E.A.R." (with Dann)
  3. "Hear No See No Speak No"
  4. "F.E.A.R." (CD-ROM video)

7" single

[edit]
  1. "F.E.A.R."
  2. "F.E.A.R." (instrumental)

12" single

[edit]
  1. "F.E.A.R." (UNKLE remix)

Release details

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Country Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 17 September 2001 Polydor CD 587 284-2
United Kingdom 17 September 2001 Polydor 7" 587 284-7
United Kingdom 2001 Polydor CD 5" IBPRO102[a]
Netherlands 2004 white label 12"

Music video

[edit]

The music video for "F.E.A.R." marked Brown's directorial debut. It featured footage of the singer slowly riding a bicycle through the busy streets of Soho and Chinatown in London, which was then reversed to give the impression of being ridden backwards. The route followed was from Berwick Street to Gerrard Street.

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[2] Gold 400,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

[edit]

A remixed version of the song was used as the menu music in the F1 2010 video game. [3] The song was used in pre-launch music video promos for CNX, a short-lived British television channel, launched in 2002 and a sister channel to Cartoon Network.[4]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ Promotional copy with only one song, "F.E.A.R.".

References

[edit]
  1. ^ 150 Best Tracks Of The Past 15 Years | NME.COM
  2. ^ "British single certifications – Ian Brown – Fear". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  3. ^ https://racingsoundtracks.com/game/f1-2010 [bare URL]
  4. ^ CNX UK (5 September 2020). CNX UK Music Video Advert 2002 (F.E.A.R). Retrieved 30 July 2024 – via YouTube.


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