Feels So Good (composition)
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"Feels So Good" is the title of an instrumental composition by the American flugelhorn player Chuck Mangione. It was written and produced by Mangione, and is the title track from his 1977 album Feels So Good. "Feels So Good" was released as a single in early 1978, which reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in June of that year after spending a week atop the Billboard easy listening chart in May. The recording was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Record of the Year at the ceremony held in 1979, losing out to Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are". Mangione re-recorded the tune (as a slow ballad, and with lyrics sung by Don Potter) for his 1982 album 70 Miles Young. Mangione was quoted describing the editing of the original version of the track as "major surgery."
Infobox
B-side
"Maui-Waui"
Released
February 1978
Recorded
1977
Genre
Smooth jazzsoft rockdisco
Length
3:31 (single version)9:43 (album version)
Label
A&M
Songwriter
Chuck Mangione
Producer
Chuck Mangione
Tables
· Chart performance › Weekly charts
Australia (Kent Music Report)
Australia (Kent Music Report)
Chart (1978)
Australia (Kent Music Report)
Peakposition
49
Canadian RPM Top Singles
Canadian RPM Top Singles
Chart (1978)
Canadian RPM Top Singles
Peakposition
5
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary
Chart (1978)
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary
Peakposition
1
New Zealand (RIANZ)
New Zealand (RIANZ)
Chart (1978)
New Zealand (RIANZ)
Peakposition
5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
Chart (1978)
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
Peakposition
4
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening
Chart (1978)
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening
Peakposition
1
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles
Chart (1978)
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles
Peakposition
68
U.S. Cash Box Top 100
U.S. Cash Box Top 100
Chart (1978)
U.S. Cash Box Top 100
Peakposition
6
| Chart (1978) | Peakposition |
| Australia (Kent Music Report) | 49 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 5 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| New Zealand (RIANZ) | 5 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 4 |
| Billboard Easy Listening | 1 |
| Billboard Hot Soul Singles | 68 |
| Cash Box Top 100 | 6 |
· Chart performance › Year-end charts
Canada RPM Top Singles
Canada RPM Top Singles
Chart (1978)
Canada RPM Top Singles
Rank
32
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
Chart (1978)
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
Rank
21
U.S. Cash Box
U.S. Cash Box
Chart (1978)
U.S. Cash Box
Rank
39
| Chart (1978) | Rank |
| Canada RPM Top Singles | 32 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 21 |
| Cash Box | 39 |
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