Can't Fight This Feeling
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| "Can't Fight This Feeling" | ||||
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| Single by REO Speedwagon | ||||
| from the album Wheels Are Turnin' | ||||
| B-side | "Break His Spell" | |||
| Released | December 31, 1984 (UK) January 23, 1985 (US) |
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| Format | Vinyl | |||
| Recorded | August 1984 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 4:55 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Writer(s) | Kevin Cronin | |||
| REO Speedwagon singles chronology | ||||
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"Can't Fight This Feeling" is a number-one power ballad performed by the American rock band REO Speedwagon about a man falling in love with a girl with whom he has been friends for a long time.
The song first appeared on REO Speedwagon's 1984 album Wheels Are Turnin'. It was the group's second number-one hit on the U.S. charts (the first being 1981's "Keep on Loving You", also written by Kevin Cronin) and reached number sixteen in the UK. "Can't Fight This Feeling" has appeared on dozens of 'various artists' compilation albums, as well as several REO Speedwagon greatest hits albums. REO Speedwagon performed the song at the 1985 Live Aid concert.
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Music video[edit]
Two different music videos exist for the song. One is a basic video, appearing almost homemade, featuring the band in the studio. It begins with Kevin Cronin playing the piano, attempting to find the key in which he can best sing the song (starting off in G major, he later decides he can sing it better in A). After Cronin exchanges some laughs with his bandmates, the song officially begins; the video essentially consists of the band members lip-synching to the original track of the song. It then concludes with Cronin uttering the line, "That warmed the cockles of my cockles!" The other version of the video is much more "professional," and makes various references to the life-cycle. Both videos have been shown at various times on VH1 Classic.
In popular culture[edit]
"Can't Fight This Feeling" has been featured on soundtracks of films such as Not Another Teen Movie, Waiting..., Kickin' It Old Skool and Sex Drive. In 2012, a cover of the song performed by Russell Brand and Alec Baldwin appeared in the film Rock of Ages. The song was heard on the South Park episode "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy", the Fringe episode "Power Hungry", as well as in the Showtime series Queer as Folk. It was featured in an episode of King of the Hill.
The song was performed by Cory Monteith (Finn Hudson) and the Glee Cast in the television series Glee. It was referred to in The CW show Supernatural (in the second season episode #5, "Simon Said", Jo Harvelle turns this song on for Dean Winchester in Harvelle's Roadhouse, later he sings it in the car claiming the song had stuck in his head). It was featured prominently in advertisements for the film, Horton Hears a Who!, and sung by the major characters near the end of the film as the titular character celebrates his vindication and his charges' salvation.
Charts[edit]
| Chart (1984-85) | Peak Position |
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| Canadian RPM Singles Chart | 1 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 5 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 33 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 15 |
| UK Singles Chart | 16 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| US Adult Contemporary | 3 |
| US Top Rock Tracks | 5 |
External links[edit]
| Preceded by "Careless Whisper" by Wham! featuring George Michael |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single March 9, 1985 - March 23, 1985 |
Succeeded by "One More Night" by Phil Collins |
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