Feels Like I'm in Love
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main other "Feels Like I'm in Love" is a song written and recorded by Ray Dorset with his band Mungo Jerry. It was a number-one hit on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in September 1980 for Scottish singer Kelly Marie.[1]
Original version
Written by Ray Dorset[2] of Mungo Jerry, the song was originally written for Elvis Presley[3][4] but he died before it was ever recorded. Dorset's group recorded the song but their version was relegated to the B-side of a Belgian single, "Sur le Pont d'Avignon".
Kelly Marie version
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In 1979, Kelly Marie recorded the song for Pye Records. The song was a sleeper hit on the Scottish club scene before breaking through nationally in the summer of 1980, reaching the top of the UK Singles Chart in September.[5] The song sold 760,000 copies in United Kingdom in 1980 alone.[6] The following year, aided by a number of remixes the song became a club hit in the United States, reaching number ten on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.[7]
Re-released on the Calibre record label with a new B-side "New York at Night", it followed a rare breed of record labels who gained a chart-topping success after their debut release.[8] It was then re-released again in 1990 as a remix that was done by PWL.
Composition
The song is performed in the key of C major with a tempo of 121 beats per minute.[9]
Charts
Weekly charts
Template:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chart| Chart (1980–1981) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[10][11] | 7 |
| Denmark (Hitlisten)[12] | 1 |
| South Africa (Springbok Radio)[13] | 7 |
| Switzerland (Sonntagsblick Hitparade)[14] | 11 |
| US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)[15] | 10 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1980) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[16] | 85 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[17] | 14 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[18] | 38 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[19] | 36 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[20] | 3 |
| Chart (1981) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[11] | 69 |
Cover versions
- Australian dance group Raffles released a cover version of "Feels Like I'm in Love" in November 1994, which peaked at number 66 on the Australian singles chart in early 1995.[21]
References
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