Hooked on a Feeling (song)

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"Hooked on a Feeling"
Hooked on a feeling bj thomas US single var A.png
US single of the original B. J. Thomas recording
Single by B. J. Thomas
from the album On My Way
B-side "I've Been Down This Road Before"
ReleasedOctober 29, 1968
Recorded1968
Studio American Sound (Memphis, Tennessee)
Genre
Length2:48
Label Scepter
Songwriter(s) Mark James
Producer(s) Chips Moman
B. J. Thomas singles chronology
"The Eyes of a New York Woman"
(1968)
"Hooked on a Feeling"
(1968)
"It's Only Love"
(1969)
Lyric video
"Hooked on a Feeling" by B. J. Thomas on YouTube