It Feels So Good

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This article is about the song by DJ Sonique. For the song by Steven Tyler, see (It) Feels So Good.
"It Feels So Good"
Single by Sonique
from the album Hear My Cry
B-side Remix
Released November 1998 (U.K.)
January 4, 2000
Format CD single, CD maxi, 12" maxi
Recorded September 1998
Genre breakbeat, garage house
Length 3:50 (Radio Edit)
Label Phantom Sound
Writer(s) Linus Burdick, Simon Belofsky, Graeme Pleeth, Sonia Clarke
Producer Chris Allen, Simon Belofsky, Levent Canseven, Sonia Clarke, Guido Craveiro, Graeme Pleeth
Certification Platinum (BPI)
Sonique singles chronology
"Let Me Hold You"
(1985)		 "It Feels So Good"
(2000)		 "Sky"
(2000)

"It Feels So Good" is the second single by singer, DJ Sonique, first released in 1998 (climbing to number 24 in UK in December),[1] and then again in 2000, where it spent three weeks at number one in the UK in May of that year.[2] It remained in the Top 40 for 14 weeks, and became the third-biggest selling single of 2000 in Britain.

The song also proved successful in many other countries, including the United States, where some repeated radio airplay in Florida helped it to reach #8[3][4] and led her to sign with Republic Records.[5] Furthermore, The Guinness Book Of Records announced that she was the first British female solo artist to be #1 for 3 consecutive weeks since Kate Bush in 1978.[1]

On the June 27, 2008, the Official UK Charts Company named "It Feels So Good" as the biggest selling dance song of the 21st century. It has sold over 650,000 copies in the UK.[6]

Contents

[edit] Background and content

Sonique said of the song (which she wrote), 'It's about this guy whom I really liked years ago, but who didn't return my feelings. For he was very successful and I wasn't - at that time. And he thought that I was in love with his success. This song is just a way of declaring that it was him I liked."[7]

[edit] Track listings

These are the major formats and track listings for releases of "It Feels So Good":[8]

12" maxi - UK
  1. "It Feels So Good" (Sonique breakbeat edit) — 6:02
  2. "It Feels So Good" (original 12" mix) — 5:37
  3. "It Feels So Good" (serious remix) — 7:49
12" maxi - U.S., UK
  1. "It Feels So Good" (radio edit) — 3:49
  2. "It Feels So Good" (original 12" mix) — 5:37
  3. "It Feels So Good" (12" breakbeat) — 6:02
12" maxi - UK, Spain
  1. "It Feels So Good" (can 7 soulfood club mix) — 7:57
  2. "It Feels So Good" (original breakbeat mix) — 6:02
  3. "It Feels So Good" (en-motion remix) — 5:52
12" maxi - Germany
  1. "It Feels So Good" (en-motion remix) — 7:15
  2. "It Feels So Good" (serious edit) — 7:50
  3. "It Feels So Good" (original breakbeat mix) — 5:47
  4. "It Feels So Good" (can 7 soulfood mix) — 7:57
12" maxi - Italy
  1. "It Feels So Good" (serious remix)
  2. "It Feels So Good" (conductor & the cowboy-amnesia mix)
  3. "It Feels So Good" (en-motion mix)
  4. "It Feels So Good" (original 12" mix)
CD maxi - UK
  1. "It Feels So Good" (breakbeat edit 7") — 3:51
  2. "I Put a Spell on You" (remastered 12" mix) — 8:55
  3. "It Feels So Good" (original 12" mix) — 5:40
CD maxi -Australia
  1. "It Feels So Good" (original 7-inch (180 mm) mix) — 3:48
  2. "It Feels So Good" (breakbeat 7 inch) — 6:06
  3. "It Feels So Good" (serious remix) — 7:54
  4. "It Feels So Good" (original 12-inch (300 mm) mix) — 5:39
CD maxi 1 - UK
  1. "It Feels So Good" (radio edit) — 3:49
  2. "It Feels So Good" (can 7 soulfood club mix) — 7:57
  3. "It Feels So Good" (the conductor & the cowboy's amnesia mix) — 8:11
CD maxi 2 - UK
  1. "It Feels So Good" (radio edit) — 3:49
  2. "It Feels So Good" (serious remix) — 7:50
  3. "It Feels So Good" (the conductor & the cowboy's amnesia mix) — 9:06
  4. "It Feels So Good" (en-motion mix) — 7:15
CD maxi - Europe
  1. "It Feels So Good" (radio edit) — 3:49
  2. "It Feels So Good" (can 7 soulfood radio mix) — 4:28
  3. "It Feels So Good" (en-motion remix) — 7:15
  4. "It Feels So Good" (serious remix) — 7:50
  5. "It Feels So Good" (conductor & the cowboy amnesia mix) — 6:46
  6. "It Feels So Good" (original breakbeat mix) — 5:47
CD single
  1. "It Feels So Good" (radio edit) — 3:49
  2. "It Feels So Good" (serious remix) — 7:50

[edit] Official versions

  • "It Feels So Good" (Original Version)
  • "It Feels So Good" (Original 7" Mix) / (Radio Edit)
  • "It Feels So Good" (Original 12" Mix)
  • "It Feels So Good" (Breakbeat 7 Inch)
  • "It Feels So Good" (Can 7 Soulfood Club Mix)
  • "It Feels So Good" (The Conductor & The Cowboy's Amnesia Mix)
  • "It Feels So Good" (Serious Remix)

[edit] Charts and sales

[edit] Peak positions

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[9] 21
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[10] 2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[11] 15
Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[12] 9
Canada (RPM)[citation needed] 1
Canada Dance (RPM)[13] 2
Denmark (IFPI)[14] 3
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[15] 7
France (SNEP)[16] 8
Germany (Media Control Charts)[17] 2
Ireland (IRMA)[18] 2
Italy (FIMI)[19] 6
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[20] 5
New Zealand (RIANZ)[21] 7
Norway (VG-lista)[22] 1
Spain (AFYVE)[23] 2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[24] 3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] 2
United Kingdom (The Official Charts Company)[26] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[27] 8
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[27] 1
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[27] 9
U.S. Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay[27] 19

[edit] Year-end charts

End of year chart (2000) Position
Australian Singles Chart[28] 84
Austrian Singles Chart[29] 25
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[30] 74
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[31] 25
Dutch Top 40[20] 7
French Singles Chart[32] 33
New Zealand Singles Chart[33] 27
Swiss Singles Chart[34] 12
UK Singles Chart 3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[35] 34

[edit] Decade-year charts

Chart (2000–2009) Peak
position
UK Top 100 Songs of the Decade 34[36]

[edit] Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified[37]
Australia[38] Gold 2000 35,000
France[39] Silver November 14, 2001 125,000
Germany[40] Gold 2000 150,000
Norway[41] Platinum 2000 10,000
Sweden[42] Platinum August 21, 2001 20,000
Switzerland[43] Gold 2000 25,000
UK[44] Platinum May 29, 2000 600,000

[edit] Chart successions

Preceded by
"Missing You" by Kim English		 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
April 29, 2000 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"Be with You" by Enrique Iglesias
Preceded by
"Day & Night" by Billie Piper		 UK number-one single
May 28, 2000 - June 11, 2000 (3 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"You See the Trouble with Me" by Black Legend
Preceded by
"The Whistle Song" by DJ Aligator Project
"Bønda fra nord 2000" by Racer		 Norwegian VG-lista number-one single
23/2000 (1 week)
26/2000 - 29/2000 (4 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Bønda fra nord 2000" by Racer
"Sandstorm" by Darude

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