‘Do You Feel Like We Do’ is a song by English guitarist, singer and songwriter Peter Frampton. It was originally released on his 1973 studio album Frampton's Camel. The song later became one of the highlights during his live performances in the following years, and it was one of the three hit singles released from his signature 1976 live album Frampton Comes Alive!. The live version was recorded on 14 June 1975 at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, California, United States.
The title of the song is ‘Do You Feel Like We Do,’ although the lyrics read, ‘Do you feel like I do?’ Only after Bob Mayo's electric piano solo in the Frampton Comes Alive! version does Frampton sing, "Do you feel like we do?", but sings "Do you feel like I do?" through the talk box, in the midst of his extended guitar solo.
The song was written and composed during the early 1970s with members of Frampton's band, then called "Frampton's Camel." It is about a hangover. Frampton would often write from experience, and at the time he was experiencing the effects of a night of drinking. When he woke up that morning there was a wine glass by his bed, and he wondered how it got there ("Whose wine? What wine? Where the hell did I dine?"). Still hungover, Frampton went to rehearsal and somehow remembered some chords he was playing the night before on his acoustic guitar. The band hashed out the tune and told Frampton to come up with some lyrics, to which he replied, "I can't, I have a really bad hangover." His bandmates told him to just write about that, which he did.
The song was then released on Frampton's 1973 studio album Frampton's Camel. This version was shorter than the duration of the live version (approximately 14 minutes), with the studio recording totalling 6 minutes and 44 seconds, and it was not released as a single.
As a result of the strength of Frampton's live show, A&M Records decided to release a live album taped when Frampton performed at Winterland in San Francisco. The live version of ‘Do You Feel Like We Do’, along with the bulk of what would ultimately be released as Frampton Comes Alive!, was captured during that performance. Frampton Comes Alive! was originally going to be a single album until Jerry Moss asked, "Where's the rest?"
‘Do You Feel Like We Do’ was released as the third single from Frampton Comes Alive! in September 1976. On September 8, U.S. President Gerald Ford invited him to stay at the White House, as a result of the success of Frampton Comes Alive! It was edited down extensively for the 45 RPM single and promo single for pop radio stations, but this version was still seven minutes long. Many radio stations were known to edit the song down even further, to make it fit into the then-tightly-programmed AM radio formats. It reached number 10 on the US pop charts and number 39 in the UK, making it one of the longest songs to reach the US top 10.
Label – A&M
Songwriters – Peter Frampton, Mick Gallagher, Rick Wills, John Siomos
Producer – Peter Frampton
SONG LYRICS
Woke up this morning with a wine glass in my handWhose wine, what wine, where the hell did I dine?
Must have been a dream. I don't believe where I've been
Come on - let's do it again
Do you, you feel like I do?
Do you, you feel like I do?
My friend got busted just the other day
They said don't walk, don't walk, don't walk away
He drove into a taxi. Bent the boot, hit the back
Had to play some music otherwise he'd crack
Do you, you feel like I do?
Do you, you feel like I do?
Do you, you feel like I do?
Do you, you feel like I do?
Champagne for breakfast and a sherman in my hand
White top, White tails, never fails
Must have been a dream. I don't believe where I've been
Come on - let's do it again
Do you, you feel like I do?
Do you, you feel like I do?