Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again

"Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again"
Single by Barry Manilow
from the album Tryin' to Get the Feeling
B-side	"Beautiful Music"
Released	1976
Format	7" single
Length	3:51
Label	Arista
Writer(s)	David Pomeranz
Barry Manilow singles chronology
"I Write the Songs" (1975) "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" (1976) "This One's for You" (1976)

"Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again"
Single by The Carpenters
from the album Interpretations
Released	1994
Format	CD Single
Recorded	1975
Genre	Pop
Label	A&M 1940
Producer	Richard Carpenter
The Carpenters singles chronology
"Let Me Be the One" (1991) "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" (1994) "The Rainbow Connection" (2001)

"Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" is a song written by David Pomeranz. It was sung by '70s superstars Barry Manilow and the Carpenters. Manilow's version was included on his album, Tryin' to Get the Feeling, and the Carpenters' version wasn't released until 1995, on their 25th anniversary CD, Interpretations: A 25th Anniversary Celebration.

Barry Manilow version

Manilow released his version as a single in 1976 from his album Tryin' to Get the Feeling. It became the most successful version of the song at the time, charting in the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 at #10. The song also hit #1 on the adult contemporary chart. An alternate version, at a slightly longer time length, appears on the CD set The Complete Collection and Then Some....

The Carpenters version

The Carpenters' version was recorded during the Horizon sessions in 1975 but had been shelved as being `one too many ballads'. Seven years after production wrapped on the song, Richard was looking for songs to include on Voice of the Heart, the first album released after Karen's untimely death from anorexia in February, 1983.

According to Richard Carpenter, the basic uncompleted rhythm tracks were found at that time, but since the song had been shelved, any performance of Karen's vocal was thought to have been lost forever.

Even though the final production vocal intended for the release of the record had been recorded over and was gone, many years later, a "work lead" was found in its' place, hidden away on a master tape that also contained the song Only Yesterday.

A work lead can easily be identified by such anomalies as Karen flipping a sheet of paper over at about 1:50 into the play time of the song as she sight reads and sings. However, this work lead was never intended for public release, originally intended only to serve as a guide for familiarizing the band members with the emotional feel of the song and to get a sense of its' structure.

However, besides that slight flaw, Richard felt that the vocal was good enough to finish production of the song and release it as he did in 1995 almost 20 years after it was recorded.

See also

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1976 (U.S.)

References

• CD Insert - Interpretations