Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 1968


Feelin' Alright?

Buy Feelin' Alright? now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




"'Feelin' Alright?'", also known as "'Feeling Alright'", is a song written by Dave Mason of the English rock band Traffic for their eponymous 1968 album 'Traffic'. It was also released as a single, and failed to chart in both the UK and the US, but it did reach a bubbling under position of #123 on the Billboard Hot 100.[http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Feelin%27+Alright%3F+by+Traffic&id=104184 Traffic, "Feelin' Alright?" Chart Position] Retrieved 20 March 2015 Joe Cocker performed a more popular rendition of the song that did chart in the U.S. Both Traffic's and Cocker's versions appear in the 2012 movie 'Flight'. The song had also been featured in the 2000 film 'Duets', sung by Huey Lewis.

Traffic version credits



*Dave Mason lead vocal, guitar

*Chris Wood tenor saxophone, backing vocal

*Steve Winwood piano, bass, backing vocal

*Jim Capaldi drums, percussion, backing vocal

Joe Cocker version



Joe Cocker recorded it to lead off his debut album 'With a Little Help from My Friends' in 1969. He also amended the title of the original from "Feelin' Alright?" to "Feeling Alright". Released as a single in 1969, it reached #69 on the US singles chart,[http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Feeling+Alright+by+Joe+Cocker&id=22253 Joe Cocker, "Feeling Alright" 1969 Chart Position] Retrieved 20 March 2015 and #49 in Canada. In a 1972 re-release, it reached even higher to #33 on the same chart,[http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Feeling+Alright+by+Joe+Cocker&id=22258 Joe Cocker, "Feeling Alright" 1972 Chart Position] Retrieved 20 March 2015 and #35 in Canada. A live version was included in his double album 'Mad Dogs & Englishmen' of 1970. Cocker performed a 'duet' of this song with John Belushi imitating Cocker on the third episode of 'Saturday Night Live''s second season, which aired on October 2, 1976. Cocker also performed the song with Huey Lewis on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!', which aired on 19 July 2012.

Joe Cocker version credits

*Joe Cocker vocals

*Artie Butler piano

*David Bennett Cohen guitar

*Carol Kaye bass

*Paul Humphrey drums

*Laudir de Oliveira percussion

*Merry Clayton, Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway backing vocals

Other versions



It has also been recorded by:

* 1969 - Three Dog Night (as the B-side to "Celebrate"), Rare Earth, David Ruffin, and Rustix. Mongo Santamara released it on Atlantic Records in November 1969; his version titled "Feeling Alright" reached #95 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Feeling+Alright+by+Mongo+Santamar%C3%ADa&id=29458 Mongo Santamara, "Feeling Alright" Chart Position] Retrieved 20 March 2015

* 1970 - Lulu, Lou Rawls, Chairmen of the Board, Hubert Laws, The 5th Dimension.

* 1971 - Gladys Knight & the Pips; The Jackson 5 with lead vocals by Jermaine, Marlon, Michael and Jackie Jackson. Later they recorded the song again with Diana Ross. Wade Marcus, Maceo Parker, Jr. Walker & the All Stars.

* 1971 - Grand Funk Railroad released it in May 1971 as "Feelin' Alright," which reached #54 on the Billboard Hot 100.[http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Feelin%27+Alright+by+Grand+Funk+Railroad&id=18250 Grand Funk Railroad, "Feelin' Alright" Chart Position] Retrieved 20 March 2015 It was included in the band's 1971 album 'Survival'.

*1973 - Isaac Hayes, The Undisputed Truth, and Mother's Finest.

*1978 - The Bar-Kays.

*1985 - A Little Milton recording from 1970 released on the album 'The Checker Days 1961-1970'.

*1992 - Paul Weller on the 'Above the Clouds' EP in 1992.

*1994 - Kate Ceberano recorded a version for her 1994 album, 'Kate Ceberano and Friends'.

*1997 - Craig Chaquio (guitarist) in the album 'Once in a Blue Universe'.

*2001 - Juliette Lewis for the closing song in the movie 'Picture Claire'.

*2003 - Gail Ann Dorsey on the album 'Rude Blue'

*2006 - Ohio Players as a bonus track in 'Pain' album reissue.

*2010 - Nuno Mindelis in the album 'Free Blues'.

*2016 - Lauren Bush on 'All My Treasures'.

*2020 - Dave Mason And The Quarantines (Pandemic release) (Featuring Mick Fleetwood, Sammy Hagar, Michael Mcdonald, Pat Simmons, John McFee, Tom Johnston)

*2022 - Elle King on DreamWorks Animation's 'The Bad Guys'.

Other artists who released their covers are Freddie King, Widespread Panic and The Black Crowes. A steel drum version by Trinidad Oil Company was reissued on the dancefloor jazz compilation 'Blue Juice 2'.

References



Category:1968 songs

Category:1968 singles

Category:1969 singles

Category:1971 singles

Category:1972 singles

Category:Songs written by Dave Mason

Category:Traffic (band) songs

Category:Joe Cocker songs

Category:Grand Funk Railroad songs

Category:Three Dog Night songs

Category:Rare Earth (band) songs

Category:Lulu (singer) songs

Category:Lou Rawls songs

Category:Chairmen of the Board songs

Category:The 5th Dimension songs

Category:Gladys Knight & the Pips songs

Category:The Jackson 5 songs

Category:Diana Ross songs

Category:Isaac Hayes songs

Category:Ohio Players songs

Category:Freddie King songs

Category:The Black Crowes songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Jimmy Miller

Category:United Artists Records singles

Category:A&M Records singles

Category:Atlantic Records singles

Category:Capitol Records singles

Category:MCA Records singles

Category:Island Records singles

Category:Dave Mason songs

Buy Feelin' Alright? now from Amazon

<-- Return to songs from 1968



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1102949209.