Afraid to Feel

"Afraid to Feel"
Single by LF System
Released2 May 2022 (2022-05-02)
GenreHouse[1]
Length2:57
LabelWarner Music UK
Songwriter(s)
  • Charles B. Simmons
  • Joseph B. Jefferson
  • Richard William Roebuck
Producer(s)LF System
LF System singles chronology
"So Do You"
(2022) 		"Afraid to Feel"
(2022) 		"Hungry (For Love)"
(2022)
Audio video
"Afraid to Feel" on YouTube

"Afraid to Feel" is a song by Scottish duo LF System. The mix was created in 2019[2] and picked up for full release on 2 May 2022, by Warner Music UK. The single rose to popularity in June 2022 and spent eight consecutive weeks at number one in the UK Singles Chart and six non-consecutive weeks at number two in Ireland. The song prominently samples the Philadelphia International Records[3] act Silk's 1979 song "I Can't Stop (Turning You On)", with Louise Clare Marshall's vocals slowed down and sped up throughout the single.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Knights was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Week Ending July 14th 2022". Archived from the original on 2022-07-16. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  3. ^ "Silk Page".
  4. ^ "Week Ending July 14th 2022". Archived from the original on 2022-07-16. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  5. ^ "LF System's 'Afraid to Feel' sample of Silk (Funk Group)'s I Can't Stop (Turning You On)". WhoSampled. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  6. ^ Midnight Dancer album by Silk, 1979 Philadelphia International Records (catalogue number JZ 36025)