Feels Like I'm in Love
{{Short description|1977 song by Mungo Jerry}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Feels Like I'm in Love
| cover = Mungo_Jerry_single.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Mungo Jerry
| album =
| A-side = Sur le Pont d'Avignon
| released = 1977
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=32}}
| label = Polydor
| writer = Ray Dorset
| producer = Ray Dorset
| prev_title = All That a Woman Should Be
| prev_year = 1977
| title = Sur le Pont d'Avignon
| title2 = Feels Like I'm in Love
| next_title = We're OK
| next_year = 1977
}}
"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.{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 385}}
Original version
Written by Ray Dorset{{cite web|url=http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=360172412&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=25&start=1|title=Feels Like I'm in Love|work=ACE Title Search|publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|access-date=28 February 2011}} of Mungo Jerry, the song was originally written for Elvis Presley{{cite web | url=https://recordcollectormag.com/articles/way-2 | title=THE WAY IT COULD HAVE BEEN - Record Collector Magazine }}https://www.amazon.co.uk/Feels-Like-Im-Love-Best/dp/B000093NN0 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}} 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".
Kelly Marie version
{{Infobox song
| name = Feels Like I'm in Love
| cover = Feels Like I'm In Love Kelly Marie_song.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Kelly Marie
| album = Do You Like It Like That?
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|1979|7}}
| genre = Disco
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=13}}
| writer = Ray Dorset
| prev_title = If I Can't Have You
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = Lovin' Just for Fun
| next_year = 1980
| misc = {{External music video|1="[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_suedIaYGY]" on YouTube}}
}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Feels Like I'm in Love
| cover =
| type = single
| artist = Kelly Marie
| B-side =
- "My Heart Surrenders"
- "Stealing My Time"
| released = 1990
| recorded =
| length = 3:40 (radio edit)
| label = Dance Street, Loading Bay, ZYX
| writer = R. Dorset
| chronology = Kelly Marie
| prev_title = Stealing My Time
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = Rescue Me
| next_year = 1997
| misc = {{External music video|1="[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IxOn0g1rZw_uA Feels Like I'm in Love]" on YouTube}}
}}
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.{{cite episode|series=One-Hit Wonders at the BBC|title=One-Hit Wonders at the BBC|network=BBC Four|airdate=17 April 2015}} The song sold 760,000 copies in United Kingdom in 1980 alone.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-50-best-selling-songs-of-1980__32562/|publisher=Official Charts|title=The Official Top 50 best-selling songs of 1980|last=Rob Copsey|date=26 February 2021|accessdate=10 July 2021}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/kelly-marie-mn0000087030/awards |title=Kelly Marie | Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=23 October 1957 |accessdate=29 March 2014}}
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.{{cite book
| first= Jo
| last= Rice
| year= 1982
| title= The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits
| edition= 1st
| publisher= Guinness Superlatives Ltd
| location= Enfield, Middlesex
| page= 208
| isbn= 0-85112-250-7}} It was then re-released again in 1990 as a remix that was done by PWL.
=Composition=
The song is performed in the key of C major with a tempo of 121 beats per minute.{{cite web|title=Feels Like I'm in Love - Kelly Marie - Spot on Track|url=http://www.spotontrack.com/track/feels-like-i-m-in-love/407095|website=www.spotontrack.com|accessdate=31 January 2017|language=en}}
=Charts=
==Weekly charts==
==Year-end charts==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1981)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report)
| 69 |
Cover versions
- Australian dance group Raffles released a cover version of "Feels Like I'm in Love" in November 1994, which peaked at number 66 on the Australian singles chart in early 1995.{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/hgAduZp.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 26 Mar 1995|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA)|accessdate=20 April 2017}}
References
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