Feel Good (Robin Thicke song)

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"Feel Good"
Robin Thicke Feel Good.jpg
Single by Robin Thicke
from the album Blurred Lines
Released12 November 2013 (2013-11-12)
Genre
Length3:28
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) will.i.am
Robin Thicke singles chronology
"Give It 2 U"
(2013)
"Feel Good"
(2013)
"Calling All Hearts"
(2014)
Music video
"Feel Good" on YouTube

"Feel Good" is a song by the American recording artist, Robin Thicke, from his sixth studio album Blurred Lines (2013). The song was released to Top 40 radio stations on November 12, 2013, as the album's fourth and final single. It was produced by will.i.am.

Contents

Music video

A music video for "Feel Good" was directed by Sophie Muller and was premiered on December 16, 2013. [1] A behind-the-scenes video of the music video was uploaded to YouTube on December 20, 2013.

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Feel Good"3:27

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Blurred Lines. [2]

Location

The song was recorded and mixed at the Record Plant in New York City. Mastering was done at Sterling Sound in New York City.

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [3] 45
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [4] 23
France (SNEP) [5] 137
US Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [6] 37

Release history

CountryRelease dateFormat
Worldwide12 November 2013Digital download

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