Feels Just Like It Should (Jamiroquai song)

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"Feels Just Like It Should"
Jamiroquai Feels.jpg
Single by Jamiroquai
from the album Dynamite
B-side "Feels So Good" (remix)
Released6 June 2005 (2005-06-06)
Length4:34
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Jay Kay
  • Sola Akingbola
  • Rob Harris
  • Matt Johnson
  • Derrick McKenzie
Producer(s)
Jamiroquai singles chronology
"Corner of the Earth"
(2002)		"Feels Just Like It Should"
(2005)		"Seven Days in Sunny June"
(2005)

"Feels Just Like It Should" is the first single from British funk and acid jazz band Jamiroquai's sixth studio album, Dynamite (2005). Mike Spencer and Jay Kay produced the song. The track was built on a bass line created by Kay as a human beatbox. This bassline initially formed part of an interlude intended to feature on the band's 2001 album, A Funk Odyssey. Still, it was dropped for the album's final version, only appearing on the test pressing. The song was their fourth number-one on the US Dance Chart and peaked at eight on the UK Singles Chart. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video at the 48th Grammy Awards.

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Music video

The video shows a nerd (played by Jay Kay) entering an elevator. The elevator takes him to a strange area (the number bar reads "hell"), where the nerd turns into Jay Kay. He walks down a street and into an alley, where he meets a pimp (also played by Jay Kay), who is the "candyman" mentioned in the lyrics. He plays several mind tricks on Jay Kay. Jay Kay's reactions almost precisely fit in with the lyrics; for example, with the line I'm throwing out my laser beams, he shoots lasers at a laser-shooting woman, and with I pick a little free agent, he picks up a dwarf secret agent (Jason Acuña) who shoots the woman but gets thrown away. As the video progresses, Jay Kay rides down the street on a skateboard and sees the candyman driving the car, with a lady wearing a red dress as a passenger. He goes into a phone booth and presumably calls his wife or someone else. Then he transforms back into the nerd, who enters a room with the lady, and she tries having sex with him. In the video, the woman appears to be Jay Kay dressed up for a brief moment. The video ends with the nerd lying in an alley. [1]

Track listings

UK CD1

  1. "Feels Just Like It Should" – 4:34
  2. "Feels So Good" (Knee Deep Remix) – 3:44

UK CD2

  1. "Feels Just Like It Should" – 4:34
  2. "Feels Just Like It Should" (Mark Ronson Remix) – 3:49
  3. "Feels Just Like It Should" (Timo Maas Remix) – 9:31

Charts

Chart (2005)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [2] 27
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [3] 71
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [4] 4
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [5] 5
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [6] 19
Germany (Official German Charts) [7] 69
Ireland (IRMA) [8] 29
Italy (FIMI) [9] 8
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade) [10] 9
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [11] 88
Scotland (OCC) [12] 10
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [13] 6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [14] 60
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [15] 33
UK Singles (OCC) [16] 8
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC) [17] 1
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [18] 1

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Australia6 June 2005CD Sony BMG [19]
Denmark [20]
United Kingdom [21]

See also

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