Feels So Right (song)
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| “Feels So Right” | |||||
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| Single by Alabama from the album Feels So Right |
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| A-side | "Feels So Right" | ||||
| B-side | "See the Embers, Feel the Flame" | ||||
| Released | May 1, 1981 (U.S.) | ||||
| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | August 26, 1980 | ||||
| Genre | Country | ||||
| Length | 3:36 | ||||
| Label | RCA Records 12236 | ||||
| Writer(s) | Randy Owen | ||||
| Producer | Harold Shedd and Alabama | ||||
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"Feels So Right" is a song made famous by the country music band Alabama. Written by the group's lead singer, Randy Owen when he was only 18 years old, the song was released in 1981 as the title track to the band's second RCA Records album. It became the group's fourth straight No. 1 single (and first multi-week No. 1) on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart.
A mellow love song with somewhat explicit lyrics and a strong country pop styling, "Feels So Right" also became Alabama's first crossover hit, performing modestly well on CHR and Top 40 radio stations. The song peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1981.
The pop "love ballad" style evident on "Feels So Right," along with the country rock style of its other songs, became the cornerstone of Alabama's sound throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Today, it remains one of Alabama's most popular songs.
[edit] Single and album edits
A slightly early fade on the single version is the only difference between the single and album versions of "Feels So Right"
[edit] References
- Morris, Edward, "Alabama," Contemporary Books Inc., Chicago, 1985 (ISBN 0809253062)
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006.
- All Music Guide — Feels So Right by Alabama.
| Preceded by "Fire and Smoke" by Earl Thomas Conley |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number one single by Alabama July 18-July 25, 1981 |
Succeeded by "Dixie On My Mind" by Hank Williams Jr. |
