I'm Feeling You
{{About|the song by Santana|the song by singer CeCe Peniston|I'm Feelin' U}}
{{Infobox song
| name = I'm Feeling You
| cover = Feelsantana.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Santana featuring Michelle Branch & The Wreckers (Jessica Harp)
| album = All That I Am
| released = {{start date|2005|10|20}} {{small|(US)}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Blues rock
| length = 4:12 {{small|(Album version)}}
4:09 {{small|(Radio edit)}}
| writer = Kara DioGuardi, John Shanks, Michelle Branch
| producer = John Shanks, Kara DioGuardi
| chronology = Santana
| prev_title = Why Don't You & I
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = Just Feel Better
| next_year = 2006
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Michelle Branch
| type = singles
| prev_title = 'Til I Get Over You
| prev_year = 2004
| title = I'm Feeling You
| year = 2005
| next_title = Sooner or Later
| next_year = 2009
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist = The Wreckers
| type = singles
| prev_title = The Good Kind
| prev_year = 2005
| title = I'm Feeling You
| year = 2005
| next_title = Leave the Pieces
| next_year = 2006
}}
}}
"I'm Feeling You" is a song recorded by Santana with The Wreckers (Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp) for Santana's 2005 album All That I Am. The song was written and produced by Kara DioGuardi and John Shanks, with Branch credited as a co-writer at the label's request. "I'm Feeling You" was Santana's second collaboration with Branch, the first being "The Game of Love" (2002).{{cite news |last1=Morales |first1=Tatiana |title=Santana: 'All That I Am' |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/santana-all-that-i-am/ |access-date=August 24, 2020 |work=CBS News |date=November 17, 2005}}
An accompanying music video directed by The Malloys showed Branch and Carlos Santana singing onstage of a party, with Jessica Harp singing background. The single reached number fifty-five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and performed best on adult contemporary radio formats, reaching numbers five and six on the Billboard Adult Contemporary and Adult Top 40 charts, respectively.
Background
On a message posted to her message board on 6 December 2005, Branch expresses her dissatisfaction with being associated with the record.{{cite news |last1=Vaziri |first1=Aidin |date=December 6, 2005 |title=CULTURE BLOG! Michelle Branch: Working With Santana Not So "Smooth" |work=SF Gate |url=https://blog.sfgate.com/culture/2005/12/06/michelle-branch-working-with-santana-not-so-smooth/ |url-status=dead |access-date=August 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117041225/https://blog.sfgate.com/culture/2005/12/06/michelle-branch-working-with-santana-not-so-smooth/ |archive-date=17 November 2012}} She asserts that she was "pressured" by her record company, Maverick Records, to sing on the track, with Jessica Harp being similarly pushed into it so that Maverick could promote Branch and Harp's country music duo, The Wreckers. Branch also claims that she did not do any writing for the song, asserting that her name in the writing credits was used by John Shanks as a "bargaining tool."
Critical reception
David Browne of Entertainment Weekly described parent album All That I Am as "stupendously pedestrian" in the outlet's review of the album and described "I'm Feeling You" specifically as "desperate-housewife pop."{{cite news |last1=Browne |first1=David |title=All That I Am |url=https://ew.com/article/2005/10/31/all-i-am/ |access-date=August 24, 2020 |work=Entertainment Weekly}} Mark Kemp of Paste similarly derided the "messy" formula of the album, and wrote that listeners "won't be feelin' the first single, a gooey pop duet with Michelle Branch called "I'm Feeling You.""{{cite news |last1=Kemp |first1=Mark |title=Santana - All That I Am |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/santana/santana-all-that-i-am/ |access-date=August 24, 2020 |work=Paste |date=January 23, 2006}}
Charts
=Weekly charts=
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! Chart (2005) ! Peak |
| scope="row"| Canada AC Top 30 (Radio & Records){{cite web |title=R&R Canada: AC Top 30 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2006/RR-2006-02-10.pdf |website=Radio & Records |access-date=August 24, 2020 |page=45 |date=February 10, 2006}}
| 5 |
|---|
| scope="row"| Canada Hot AC Top 30 (Radio & Records){{cite web |title=R&R Canada: Hot AC Top 30 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2005/RR-2005-11-25.pdf |website=Radio & Records |access-date=August 24, 2020 |page=48 |date=November 25, 2005}}
| 7 |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|55|artist=Santana|rowheader=true|access-date=August 24, 2020}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|5|artist=Santana|rowheader=true|access-date=August 24, 2020}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|6|artist=Santana|rowheader=true|access-date=August 24, 2020}} |
=Year-end charts=
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! Chart (2006) ! Position |
| scope="row"| US Adult Contemporary Songs (Billboard){{cite web |title=Adult Contemporary Songs - Year-End |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/adult-contemporary-songs |website=Billboard |access-date=August 24, 2020 |date=2006}}
| 18 |
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References
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Category:Michelle Branch songs
Category:Song recordings produced by John Shanks
Category:Songs written by Kara DioGuardi
Category:Songs written by John Shanks
Category:Songs written by Michelle Branch
Category:Music videos directed by The Malloys
Category:Arista Records singles