Editing Feeling This (section)

==Release==
Blink-182 first performed "Feeling This" alongside other new songs from ''Blink-182'' during their performances at the 2003 [[Reading and Leeds festivals]].<ref name="tonedown"/> The band picked "Feeling This" as the first single because they felt it representative of the transition they had undergone since their fourth studio album, ''[[Take Off Your Pants and Jacket]]'' (2001).<ref name="feeling">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1479587/20031006/blink_182.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040618205613/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1479587/20031006/blink_182.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 18, 2004|title=Jail Cells, Whips, Sexual Energy – Yup, It's a Blink-182 Video|author=Corey Moss|date=October 6, 2003 |publisher=[[MTV News]]|access-date=September 22, 2010}}</ref> A slightly different version of the song had been released previously as part of the soundtrack for the video game ''[[Madden NFL 2004]]'' under the erroneous title "Action".<ref name="tonedown">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1476576/20030811/blink_182.jhtml |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205195720/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1476576/20030811/blink_182.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |title=Blink-182 Tone Down Pranks, Get Down to Real 'Action' on Next LP |author=Jon Wiederhorn|date=August 11, 2003|publisher=MTV News |access-date=September 22, 2010}}</ref> Barker explained in an interview that "'Action' just sounded kind of dorky to us. Like we would always call it 'Feeling This' and then someone at our label, I think, like wrote it as 'Action' one time and sent out singles to people. And it was always supposed to be 'Feeling This'."<ref name="travisinterview">{{cite news|url=http://www.thepunksite.com/interviews.php?page=blink182 |title=Blink-182 Interview - Travis Barker|author=Bobby Gorman |date=December 10, 2003 |publisher=ThePunkSite.com|access-date=September 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040120115235/http://www.thepunksite.com/interviews.php?page=blink182|archive-date=January 20, 2004}}</ref>

To promote ''Blink-182'', the group performed "Feeling This", as well as their past hit "[[Dammit (Growing Up)|Dammit]]" on ''[[Total Request Live]]'' on November 11, 2003,<ref>{{cite video |people=[[Damien Fahey]], Grasie Mercedes |date=November 11, 2003|title=[[Total Request Live]] |medium=Television production |publisher=[[MTV]] |location=United States}}</ref> and on the late-night talk show ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'' in November 26, 2003.<ref>{{cite video |people=[[Jimmy Kimmel]] |date=November 26, 2003|title=[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]] |medium=Television production |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] |location=United States}}</ref> [[Richard Cheese]] covered the song on their 2004 album ''I'd Like a Virgin''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/id-like-a-virgin-mw0000331714| title=I'd Like a Virgin – Richard Cheese| work=[[AllMusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | access-date=April 28, 2016}}</ref>