Feels Like I'm in Love

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"Feels Like I'm in Love"
Mungo Jerry single.jpg
Single by Mungo Jerry
Released1977
Recorded1977
GenreSoul, Funk, Disco
Length3:32
LabelPolydor[1]
Songwriter(s)Ray Dorset[1]
Producer(s)Ray Dorset
Mungo Jerry singles chronology
"Hello Nadine"
(1976) 		"Feels Like I'm in Love"
(1977) 		"Sur le pont d'avignon"
(1977)

"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..[2]

Original version[]

Written by Ray Dorset[3] of Mungo Jerry, the song was originally intended for Elvis Presley who recorded it in 1977 but he died before it was released. Dorset's group recorded the song but their version was relegated to the B-side of a Belgian single "Sur Le Pont D'Avignon" (A-side). It was also featured on the bands album 'In the summer time'. The band later released several variations and remixes of the song.

Kelly Marie version[]

"Feels Like I'm in Love"
Feels Like I'm In Love Kelly Marie song.jpg
Single by Kelly Marie
ReleasedJuly 1979 (1979-07)
Recorded23–24 June 1979
GenreDisco
Length3:13
LabelCalibre Records[1]
Songwriter(s)Ray Dorset[1]
Producer(s)Pete Yellowstone[1]
Kelly Marie singles chronology
"If I Can't Have You"
(1979) 		"Feels Like I'm in Love"
(1979) 		"Hot Love"
(1981)
Music video
"Feels Like I'm in Love" on YouTube

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.[4] The following year, aided by a number of remixes the song became a club hit in the US, reaching number ten on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart.[5]

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.[1]

The song sold 760,000 copies in United Kingdom in 1980 alone.[6]

It was then re-released again in 1990 as a remix that was done by PWL.

Charts[]

Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 7
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[8] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[9] 2
Germany (Official German Charts)[10] 5
Ireland (IRMA)[11] 3
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12] 3
UK Singles (OCC)[13] 1
US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)[14] 10

Composition[]

The song is performed in the key of C major with a tempo of 121 beats per minute.[15]

Appearances in other media[]

The song featured in the 2002 romantic comedy-drama Once Upon a Time in the Midlands. It also appeared in the 2005 comedy-romance film, Imagine Me & You, in the Dance Dance Revolution sequence. It was also featured in the Channel 4 series It's a Sin in 2021.

Cover versions[]

"Feels Like I'm in Love (90's PWL Remix)"
Feels like I'm in love ('91 Mix).jpg
Single by Kelly Marie
B-side"My Heart Surrenders Stealing My Time (UK)"
Released1990
Recorded23–24 June 1979?
GenreDisco
Length3:40 (Radio Edit)

4:15 (Feels Like I'm A Remix Mix/UK 7")

6:58 (90's PWL 12" Remix)
LabelDance Street, Loading Bay Records, ZYX Records
Songwriter(s)R. Dorset
Kelly Marie singles chronology
"Stealing My Time"
(1988) 		"Feels Like I'm in Love (90's PWL Remix)"
(1990) 		"Rescue Me"
(1997)
Music video
"Feels Like I'm in Love" on YouTube
  • 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.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 208. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 385. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. ^ "Feels Like I'm in Love". ACE Title Search. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  4. ^ "One-Hit Wonders at the BBC". One-Hit Wonders at the BBC. 17 April 2015. BBC Four.
  5. ^ "Kelly Marie | Awards". AllMusic. 23 October 1957. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  6. ^ Rob Copsey (26 February 2021). "The Official Top 50 best-selling songs of 1980". Official Charts. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  7. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 192. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  8. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Kelly Marie – Feels Like I'm in Love" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Ultratop.be – Kelly Marie – Feels Like I'm in Love" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Offiziellecharts.de. 13 October 1980. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  11. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Feels Like I'm in Love". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  12. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Kelly Marie – Feels Like I'm in Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  13. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  14. ^ "Kelly Marie - Feels Like I'm in Love". 10 September 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  15. ^ "Feels Like I'm in Love - Kelly Marie - Spot on Track". www.spotontrack.com. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  16. ^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 26 Mar 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 20 April 2017.

16: discogs. 2021. [online] Available at <https://www.discogs.com

/it/Kelly-Marie-Feels-Like-Im-In-Love-90s-PWL-Remix/

release/6288823> [Accessed 3 May 2021].


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