Feels Like I'm in Love
"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 versionWritten by Ray Dorset[3] of Mungo Jerry, the song was originally written for Elvis Presley[4][5] 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
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.[6] The song sold 760,000 copies in United Kingdom in 1980 alone.[7] 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.[8] 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] It was then re-released again in 1990 as a remix that was done by PWL. CompositionThe song is performed in the key of C major with a tempo of 121 beats per minute.[9] ChartsWeekly charts
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