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It Feels So Good
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Wikipedia article
"'It Feels So Good'" is a song by British singer Sonique. It was originally released on 9 November 1998 and peaked at number 24 on the UK Singles Chart. In May 2000, in the wake of the song's success in the United States, the single was re-released and spent three weeks at number one on the same chart. The song remained in the top 40 for 14 weeks and became the third-biggest-selling single of 2000 in Britain. It has sold over 700,000 copies in the UK as of October 2014.
The song also proved successful in many other countries, including the United States, where repeated radio airplay in Florida helped it reach number eight on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 and led Sonique to sign with Republic Records. In 2017, 'BuzzFeed' listed the song at number 33 in their list of "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs of the '90s".
Background and content
Sonique said of the song, "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." The song received widespread acclaim after it was played by a Tampa, Florida deejay in February 2000. Because of the song's popularity, Sonique was approached by Universal Music executives Doug Morris and Jimmy Iovine. She was eventually signed to Universal, and her album 'Hear My Cry' was the first to be released on Universal's new internet-based record label, Republic Records.
Music video
One of two music videos for the song was directed by Tim Story and premiered in February 2000.[http://www.mvdbase.com/person.php?id=A8411 Sonique videography] mvdbase.com
Track listings
Original release
'UK CD1 (1998)'
# "It Feels So Good" (original 7-inch mix)
# "It Feels So Good" (12-inch breakbeat edit)
# "It Feels So Good" (Serious remix)
'UK CD2 (1998)'
# "It Feels So Good" (7-inch breakbeat edit)
# "It Feels So Good" (original 12-inch mix)
# "I Put a Spell on You" (remastered 12-inch mix)
'UK 12-inch single (1998)'
:A1. "It Feels So Good" (12-inch breakbeat edit)
:B1. "It Feels So Good" (original 12-inch mix)
:B2. "It Feels So Good" (Serious remix)
'US CD single (1999)'
# "It Feels So Good" (7-inch breakbeat) 3:49
# "It Feels So Good" (12-inch breakbeat) 6:02
'Australian CD single (1999)'
# "It Feels So Good" (original 7-inch mix)
# "It Feels So Good" (breakbeat 7-inch)
# "It Feels So Good" (Serious remix)
# "It Feels So Good" (original 12-inch mix)
# "It Feels So Good" (video)
Re-release (2000)
'UK CD single'
# "It Feels So Good" (radio edit) 3:49
# "It Feels So Good" (Can 7 Soulfood club mix) 7:57
# "It Feels So Good" (The Conductor & The Cowboy's Amnesia Mix) 8:11
'UK 12-inch single'
:A1. "It Feels So Good" (Can 7 Soulfood club mix) 7:57
:AA1. "It Feels So Good" (original breakbeat mix) 6:02
:AA2. "It Feels So Good" (En-Motion Remix) 5:52
'UK cassette single'
# "It Feels So Good" (radio edit) 3:49
# "It Feels So Good" (Can 7 Soulfood club mix) 7:57
# "It Feels So Good" (Serious remix) 7:50
'European CD single'
# "It Feels So Good" (radio edit) 3:49
# "It Feels So Good" (Serious remix) 7:50
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"!Chart (2000)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)
|84
|-
!scope="row"|Austria (3 Austria Top 40)
|25
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)
|74
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)
|25
|-
!scope="row"|Denmark (IFPI)
|22
|-
!scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)
|12
|-
!scope="row"|France (SNEP)
|33
|-
!scope="row"|Germany (Official German Charts)
|22
|-
!scope="row"|Ireland (IRMA)
|11
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)
|7
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)
|44
|-
!scope="row"|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)
|27
|-
!scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100)
|5
|-
!scope="row"|Spain (PROMUSICAE) 'Click on' Msica grabada'.
|7
|-
!scope="row"|Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)
|34
|-
!scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)
|12
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)
|3
|-
!scope="row"|US 'Billboard' Hot 100
|34
|}
Decade-end charts
Certifications
Release history
See also
* List of Romanian Top 100 number ones of the 2000s
References
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