You Made Me Realise

Release

Both the single and EP versions were released on 8 August 1988. The single version was limited to 1,000 copies.

The Mercury Records version of the EP was released in November 1988 and added the tracks from its successor EP, Feed Me with Your Kiss.

Reception

The You Made Me Realise EP has been very well-received critically.

Spin magazine called the record "astonishing". AllMusic wrote that the EP "made critics stand up and take notice of the brilliant things My Bloody Valentine were up to; it developed some of the stunning guitar sounds that would become the band's trademark, and features tracks which are just as innovative."

In 2005, Stylus Magazine ranked the title song's bassline at number 24 in their list of the "Top 50 Basslines of All Time".

Influence

In 1993, experimental rock band Disco Inferno sampled a looped second from the title track in their song "D. I. Go Pop" from their EP The Last Dance.

Music video

The promotional video for "You Made Me Realise" was directed by ex-Jesus and Mary Chain bassist Douglas Hart.

Live performances

During live performances the band would repeat a single chord from the song for as long as they felt bearable, the song descending into cacophony. This is sometimes referred to as the "holocaust section", and usually lasted about 15 minutes, although there are reports of shows where it went on for well over half an hour. For the 2008–09 reunion shows, "You Made Me Realise" brought each show to an ear-splitting conclusion, reaching up to 130 dB.

From the 2014 documentary Beautiful Noise, Billy Corgan, on the long holocaust section played live, said:

It's one of those things where, it was full volume
and for the first three minutes it's like "oh okay this is kind of cool".
Then you're like "This is really too much. I wish they'd fucking stop".
And then at about 7 minutes it actually became kind of funny.
And about 10 minutes in you start actually getting into it.

and Colm Ó Cíosóig interpreted audience reaction as:

We hate you. But we have to keep on watching you. Because we can't believe what you're doing, that you're bringing this torture upon us!

Track listing

All tracks written by Kevin Shields, except where noted.

Personnel

All personnel credits adapted from the EP's liner notes.