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| Single by Mungo Jerry | ||||
| A-side | "Sur le Pont d'Avignon" | |||
| Released | 1977 | |||
| Length | 3:32 | |||
| Label | Polydor [1] | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ray Dorset [1] | |||
| Producer(s) | Ray Dorset | |||
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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]
Written by Ray Dorset [3] of Mungo Jerry, the song was originally written for Elvis Presley [4] [5] but he died before it was ever recorded. Dorset's group recorded the song but their version was relegated to the B-side of a Belgian single, "Sur le Pont d'Avignon".
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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(s) | Ray Dorset [1] | |||
| Producer(s) | Pete Yellowstone [1] | |||
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| Released | 1990 | |||
| Length | 3:40 (radio edit) | |||
| Label | Dance Street, Loading Bay, ZYX | |||
| Songwriter(s) | 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.
The song is performed in the key of C major with a tempo of 121 beats per minute. [9]
| 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 (OCC) [20] | 1 |
| US Hot Dance Club Play ( Billboard ) [21] | 10 |
| West Germany (Official German Charts) [22] | 5 |
| Chart (1980) | Position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report) [23] | 85 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [24] | 14 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [25] | 38 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100) [26] | 36 |
| UK Singles (OCC) [27] | 3 |
| Chart (1981) | Position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report) [11] | 69 |
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