The Energy (Feel the Vibe)

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"The Energy (Feel the Vibe)"
Single by Astro Trax featuring Shola Phillips
Released1998
Recorded1997
Genre House, garage
Songwriter(s) Evren Omer, Sonjay Prabhakar, Shola Phillips [1]
Producer(s) Evren Omer, Sonjay Prabhakar [1]

"The Energy (Feel the Vibe)" is a song by Astro Trax released as a single in 1998. It features Shola Phillips, [1] who had also collaborated with 187 Lockdown on their album 187 . [2]

The song reached No. 74 on the UK Singles Chart. [3] In 2010, the song was sampled by Sepalcure for their song "Love Pressure". [4]

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