Just to Feel That Way
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{{Infobox song
| name = Just to Feel That Way
| cover = Justtofeelthatway.jpg
| alt = A grey-haired man wearing a black suit, standing behind a sticker-covered wall. Both the artist's logo and song title appear below him, colored in white.
| type = single
| artist = Taylor Hicks
| album = Taylor Hicks
| released = February 5, 2007
| recorded = October–November 2006
| studio = EMBLEM/Castle Oaks, Calabasas, California
| genre =
| length = 3:10
| label = Arista
| writer = Lindy Robbins, Jess Cates, Emanuel Kiriakou
| producer = Matt Serletic
| prev_title = Do I Make You Proud
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = Heaven Knows
| next_year = 2007
}}
"Just to Feel That Way" is the first single from Taylor Hicks' major label debut album Taylor Hicks, released by Arista Records. It was written by Lindy Robbins, Jess Cates and Emanuel Kiriakou, and produced by Matt Serletic. It was officially released to radio on February 5, 2007, nearly two months after the album. Hicks said that fan reaction contributed to releasing it as a single instead of "The Runaround", as originally planned.{{cite news|last=Moss|first=Corey|title=Taylor Hicks Excited About Chris Daughtry's Success, 'Obscure Covers'|work=MTV|date=January 24, 2007|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1550642/20070123/index.jhtml|access-date=January 24, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115071433/http://www.mtv.com/news/1550642/taylor-hicks-excited-about-chris-daughtrys-success-obscure-covers/|archive-date=November 15, 2020}} The video starts with a black-and-white vision, then shows Hicks performing with the band.
Critical reception
AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine put "Just to Feel That Way" alongside "Places I've Been" and "Wherever I Lay My Hat" as being "professional and pleasant" cuts from the record, calling it "plodding yet anthemic" with Hicks delivering "just enough personality".{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r938936|pure_url=yes}}|title=Taylor Hicks - Taylor Hicks|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=January 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129002344/https://www.allmusic.com/album/taylor-hicks-mw0000451968|archive-date=January 29, 2024|url-status=live}} A writer for Billboard praised Hicks for delivering "a powerhouse vocal that goes from coarse growl to cool-guy sensitivity", and called the track "more convincing than most anything he sang on the show."{{cite magazine|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/070126/11/127nz.html|title=Billboard single reviews: Underwood, Hicks|magazine=Billboard|date=January 27, 2007|access-date=January 27, 2007|via=Yahoo! Australia|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213011939/http://au.news.yahoo.com/070126/11/127nz.html|archive-date=February 13, 2007}}
Chart performance
On the week of February 24, 2007, "Just to Feel That Way" debuted at number 30 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, and peaked at number 20 the week of April 7, staying on the chart for 18 weeks.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/2007-02-24|title=Adult Contemporary: February 24, 2007|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 29, 2024|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326143145/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/2007-02-24|archive-date=March 26, 2017}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/2007-04-07|title=Adult Contemporary: April 7, 2007|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 29, 2024|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317043340/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/2007-04-07|archive-date=March 17, 2018}}
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!align="left"|Chart (2007) !align="center"|Peak |
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References
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External links
- [http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/t/taylor_hicks/just_to_feel_that_way_crd.htm Song lyrics and guitar chords]
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Category:Arista Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Matt Serletic
Category:Songs written by Emanuel Kiriakou
Category:Songs written by Jess Cates
Category:Songs written by Lindy Robbins
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