Feel Good (Ike & Tina Turner song)

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"Feel Good"
Ike-Tina-Single-Feel-Good.jpg
German picture sleeve
Single by Ike & Tina Turner
from the album Feel Good
B-sideOutrageous[1]
ReleasedApril 1972
RecordedMarch 1972
StudioBolic Sound (Inglewood, California)
Genre
Length3:32
LabelUnited Artists Records
Songwriter(s)Tina Turner
Producer(s)Ike Turner, Gerhard Augustin
Ike & Tina Turner singles chronology
"Up In Heah"
(1972) 		"Feel Good"
(1972) 		"Let Me Touch Your Mind"
(1972)

"Feel Good" is a song written by Tina Turner. It was released as a single by R&B duo Ike & Tina Turner on United Artists Records in 1972.[2]

Recording and release[]

"Feel Good" was written by Tina Turner and recorded at her recording studio, Bolic Sound, in March 1972. The record was produced by Ike Turner and Gerhard Augustin. It was released on United Artists Records as the first single from Ike & Tina Turner's album Feel Good. They promoted the single on Soul Train on April 22, 1972[3] and on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson the same year. The song later appeared on the compilation album The Ike & Tina Turner Story: 1960–1975 in 2007.

Critical reception[]

Record World (May 6, 1972): "You can hardly help but feel good after listening to the latest from Ike & Tina. Typically great release, written by Tina."[4]

Cash Box (May 6, 1972): "Tina explodes on vocals, Ike does crazy things guitar-wise and everything's righteous. Lyrics are especially ear catchin' this time out for the duo."[5]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Tina Turner.

No.TitleLength
1."Feel Good"3:24
2."Outrageous"2:16

Chart performance[]

Chart (1972) Peak
position
US Cash Box R&B Top 60[6] 48
US Cash Box Looking Ahead[6] 101
US Record World Singles[7] 95

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.45cat.com/record/up35373
  2. ^ "New Radio Action And Billboard Pick Singles" (PDF). Billboard: 74. May 6, 1972.
  3. ^ https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/ike-and-tina-turner/1972/soul-train-studios-los-angeles-ca-2b8688be.html
  4. ^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World: 10. May 5, 1972.
  5. ^ "Singles Reviews: Pick of the Week" (PDF). Cash Box: 18. May 6, 1972.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "R&B Top 60 / Looking Ahead" (PDF). Cash Box: 24, 33. May 20, 1972.
  7. ^ "The Singles Chart" (PDF). Record World: 23. June 3, 1972.
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