Soul Kind of Feeling
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{{Infobox song
| name = Soul Kind of Feeling
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Dynamic Hepnotics
| album = Take You Higher
| B-side = Last to Know
| released = 27 August 1984{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/zVoxiOd.jpg|title=Kent Music Report No 531 – 27 August 1984 > Singles: New Releases|publisher=Kent Music Report|via=Imgur.com|access-date=12 January 2022}}
| recorded = January–March 1984
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 3:54
| label = White Label
| writer = Robert Susz
| producer = Mark Sydow, Dynamic Hepnotics
| prev_title = I'll Make You
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = Gotta Be Wrong (Way to Love)
| next_year = 1984
}}
"Soul Kind of Feeling" was a single released in August 1984 by Australian soul music group Dynamic Hepnotics from their album Take You Higher. It was their highest charting hit, which appeared on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart in October 1984 and peaked at No. 5. It charted higher in neighbourly country New Zealand, spending eight weeks in the top 10 and peaking at No. 3 on June 30, 1985. In 1986, "Soul Kind of Feeling" won the APRA Music Award for 'Most Performed Australasian Popular Work'.{{cite web | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History/1986Winners.aspx | title = 1986 Winners - APRA Music Awards | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | access-date = 13 December 2011 }}
"Soul Kind of Feeling" was written by lead singer, Robert Susz.{{cite web | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | title = "Soul Kind of Feeling" at APRA search engine | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Soul%20Kind%20of%20Feeling | access-date = 14 December 2011 }} The 12-inch single version, "Soul Kind of Feeling (12" Hepno Mix)" was remixed and extended from the earlier 7-inch single. Both were issued on Mushroom Records' White Label Records. In 1998, Mushroom released a three-track CD version.
The music video was directed by Fiona Cochrane.{{cite web|first=Bill|last=Mousoulis|url=http://www.innersense.com.au/mif/cochrane.html|title=Melbourne independent filmmakers > Fiona Cochrane|publisher=innersense.com.au|access-date=12 January 2022}}
Other uses
The song featured prominently in the background in Australian soap opera Neighbours until the early nineties. The song was also performed in an episode of Home and Away by
Dan Baker (Tim Campbell), at the reception of his wedding to Leah Patterson (Ada Nicodemou).{{cite web|title=Tim Campbell (Dan Baker) filmed his final scene with Home and Away last week|url=http://seven.com.au/homeandaway/feat-interview-071008-tim-campbell|work=Yahoo!7|publisher=(Yahoo! and Network Seven)|access-date=22 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010201747/http://seven.com.au/homeandaway/feat-interview-071008-tim-campbell|archive-date=10 October 2008}}
Track listing
7" single version
- "Soul Kind of Feeling" (Robert Susz) – 3:54
- "Last to Know" (Andrew Silver) – 2:40
12" single version
- "Soul Kind of Feeling (12" Hepno Mix)" – 5:07
- "Last to Know" – 2:40
CD version
- "Soul Kind of Feeling" – 3:54
- "Last to Know" – 2:40
- "Gotta Be Wrong (Way to Love)" (Robert Susz) – 4:06
Credits and personnel
Dynamic Hepnotics
Credited to:{{cite book | last1 = McFarlane | first1 = Ian | author-link1 = Ian McFarlane | title = Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'The Dynamic Hepnotics' | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040419220446/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=305 | chapter-url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=305 | access-date = 12 December 2011 | archive-date = 19 April 2004 | year = 1999 | publisher = Allen & Unwin | location = St Leonards, NSW | isbn = 1-86508-072-1 | url-status = dead }}{{cite web | title = Dynamic Hepnotics | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131022063158/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/d/dynamichepnotics.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/d/dynamichepnotics.html | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | work = Passagen.se | publisher = Australian Rock Database. (Magnus Holmgren) | archive-date = 22 October 2013 | url-status = usurped | access-date = 15 May 2014 }}
- Bruce Allen – saxophone
- Allen Britton – bass guitar
- Andrew Silver – guitar
- Robert Souter – drums
- Robert Susz – vocals, harmonica
- Ian Dixon - trumpet, piccolo trumpet (guest)
Production
- Producer – Mark Sydow, Dynamic Hepnotics
- Engineer – Tony Cohen recorded at Alberts, Sydney
- Mixing engineer – John Bee mixed at EMI Studios 301, Sydney
- Remixer – John Bee, Mark Sydow (for 12" version)
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| Chart (1984–1985)
!Peak |
|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=Illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|page=99|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}
| style="text-align:center;"|5 |
| {{singlechart|New Zealand|3|artist=Dynamic Hepnotics|song=Soul Kind of Feeling|accessdate=12 January 2022}} |
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Chart (1984)
!Peak |
|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/MyookoA.jpg|title=Kent Music Report No 548 – 31 December 1984 > National Top 100 Singles for 1984|publisher=Kent Music Report|via=Imgur.com|access-date=12 January 2022}}
| style="text-align:center;"|53 |
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References
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