Feels So Good (Chuck Mangione album)

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Feels So Good
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Studio album by
Chuck Mangione
ReleasedDecember 8, 1977
Studio
  • Kendun Recorders (Burbank, California)
Genre Smooth jazz, easy listening
Length45:55
Label A&M
Producer Chuck Mangione
Chuck Mangione chronology
Main Squeeze
(1976)		Feels So Good
(1977)		 An Evening of Magic, Live at the Hollywood Bowl
(1978)
Singles from Feels So Good
  1. "Feels So Good"
    Released: February 1978
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Feels So Good is a 1977 jazz album released by Chuck Mangione. It contains his hit single, the title song "Feels So Good", an edited form of which reached No. 4 on the U.S. charts. [2] The song also reached the top of the Billboard adult contemporary chart. [3] It was also frequently referenced on the animated television comedy King of the Hill , on which Mangione had a recurring voice role as himself.

Contents

The album Feels So Good peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard albums chart in 1978, behind the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. [3]

The jazz-classical fusion duo Marimolin covered "Feels So Good" (arranged for marimba and violin) on their 1994 album Combo Platter.

Track listing

All selections written by Chuck Mangione.

  1. "Feels So Good" – 9:42
  2. "Maui-Waui" – 10:13
  3. "Theme from Side Street " – 2:05
  4. "Hide and Seek (Ready or Not Here I Come)" – 6:25
  5. "Last Dance" – 10:54
  6. "The XIth Commandment" – 6:36

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1978)Peak
position
Australia Albums (Kent Music Report) [4] 59
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [5] 19
US Billboard 200 [6] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1978)Position
US Billboard 200 [7] 6

Certifications

Certifications for Feels So Good
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [8] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Musicians

Production

References

  1. ↑ Yanow, Scott. "Feels So Good - Chuck Mangione". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  3. 1 2 Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
  4. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 190. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  5. ↑ "Charts.nz – Chuck Mangione – Feels So Good". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Chuck Mangione Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1978". Billboard. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  8. ↑ "American album certifications – Chuck Mangione – Feels So Good". Recording Industry Association of America.


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