Feels Like I'm in Love
1977 song by Mungo Jerry
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"Feels Like I'm in Love" is a song written and recorded by Ray Dorset with his band Mungo Jerry. It was a number-one hit on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in September 1980 for Scottish singer Kelly Marie.[2]
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| Single by Mungo Jerry | ||||
| A-side | "Sur le Pont d'Avignon" | |||
| Released | 1977 | |||
| Length | 3:32 | |||
| Label | Polydor[1] | |||
| Songwriter | Ray Dorset[1] | |||
| Producer | Ray Dorset | |||
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Original version
Written by Ray Dorset[3] of Mungo Jerry, the song was originally written with Elvis Presley in mind,[4][5] but he died before it was sent to him. Dorset's group recorded the song but their version was relegated to the B-side of a Belgian single, "Sur le Pont d'Avignon".
Kelly Marie version
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| Single by Kelly Marie | ||||
| from the album Do You Like It Like That? | ||||
| Released | July 1979 | |||
| Genre | Disco | |||
| Length | 3:13 | |||
| Label | Calibre[1] | |||
| Songwriter | Ray Dorset[1] | |||
| Producer | Pete Yellowstone[1] | |||
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| Single by Kelly Marie | ||||
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| Released | 1990 | |||
| Length | 3:40 (radio edit) | |||
| Label | Dance Street, Loading Bay, ZYX | |||
| Songwriter | R. Dorset | |||
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In 1979, Kelly Marie recorded the song for Pye Records. The song was a sleeper hit on the Scottish club scene before breaking through nationally in the summer of 1980, reaching the top of the UK Singles Chart in September.[6] The song sold 760,000 copies in United Kingdom in 1980 alone.[7] The following year, aided by a number of remixes the song became a club hit in the United States, reaching number ten on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.[8]
Re-released on the Calibre record label with a new B-side "New York at Night", it followed a rare breed of record labels who gained a chart-topping success after their debut release.[1] It was then re-released again in 1990 as a remix that was done by PWL.
Composition
The song is performed in the key of C major with a tempo of 121 beats per minute.[9]
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (1980–1981) | Peak position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)[10][11] | 7 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[12] | 6 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[13] | 2 |
| Denmark (Hitlisten)[14] | 1 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[15] | 3 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[16] | 4 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[17] | 3 |
| South Africa (Springbok Radio)[18] | 7 |
| Switzerland (Sonntagsblick Hitparade)[19] | 11 |
| UK Singles (Official Charts)[20] | 1 |
| US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)[21] | 10 |
| West Germany (GfK)[22] | 5 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1981) | Position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)[11] | 69 |
Cover versions
- Australian dance group Raffles released a cover version of "Feels Like I'm in Love" in November 1994, which peaked at number 66 on the Australian singles chart in early 1995.[28]