That! Feels Good!
{{short description|2023 album by Jessie Ware}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox album
| name = That! Feels Good!
| type = studio
| artist = Jessie Ware
| cover = Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! (official studio album cover).png
| alt =
| released = 28 April 2023
| recorded =
| genre = * Disco
| length = 40:22
| label = * EMI
| producer = * James Ford
| prev_title = What's Your Pleasure?
| prev_year = 2020
| year = 2023
| misc = {{singles
| name = That! Feels Good!
| type = studio
| single1 = Free Yourself
| single1date = 19 July 2022
| single2 = Pearls
| single2date = 9 February 2023
| single3 = Begin Again
| single3date = 13 April 2023
| single4 = Freak Me Now
| single4date = 27 July 2023
| single5 = Hello Love
| single5date = 27 October 2023
}}
}}
That! Feels Good! is the fifth studio album by English singer-songwriter Jessie Ware, released on 28 April 2023 via EMI Records.{{cite AV media notes |title=That! Feels Good! |type=liner notes |author=Jessie Ware |publisher=EMI Records |year=2023 |id=EMICD 2092}} Co-produced by Stuart Price and James Ford, whom she had worked with on her previous record What's Your Pleasure? (2020), Ware co-wrote all tracks alongside Shungudzo, Danny Parker, Clarence Coffee Jr., Sarah Hudson and its producers.
The album was met with critical acclaim, earning Ware a nomination for Album of the Year at the 2023 Mercury Prize, Ware's first nomination for the award since her debut album. Commercially, Ware gained her second top-three entry on the UK Albums Chart after What's Your Pleasure?, as well as her highest charting on the American Top Album Sales chart, peaking at number sixteen for one week.
To date, five singles have been released to promote the album, which includes a version of the track "Freak Me Now" with Irish musician Róisín Murphy.
Background and release
The album was released on 28 April 2023, 3 years after the release of Ware's fourth studio album What's Your Pleasure?, released in 2020, which received widespread critical acclaim for its "disco-inspired" sound.{{Cite web |title=Jessie Ware confirms That Feels Good! album details, shares "Pearls" |url=https://www.thefader.com/2023/02/09/jessie-ware-that-feels-good-pearls |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=The Fader |language=en}} Pitchfork placed the upcoming album on its list for "The 34 Most Anticipated Albums of 2023", with Marc Hogan stating that "Ware stayed well within that 'sex and dancing' sweet spot" following the release of her single "Free Yourself", released on 19 July 2022, as a "taster" to the album.{{Cite web |last=Hogan |first=Marc |date=2023-01-09 |title=The 34 Most Anticipated Albums of 2023 |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-most-anticipated-albums-of-2023/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}
Ware teased tracks of various genres, including R&B, house and soul.{{Cite podcast |url=https://play.acast.com/s/shut-up-evan/jessie-ware |title=Jessie Ware |website=Shut Up Evan |publisher=Acast |host= |date=27 December 2022 |access-date=9 February 2023 |last=Ross Katz |first=Evan}} In an interview with Primavera Sound's "RPS Presents" podcast, she described the record as "Remember Where You Are" but a "bit more soulful".{{Cite podcast |url=https://soundcloud.com/radioprimaverasound/rps-presents-jessie-ware-at-primavera-sao-paulo |title=Jessie Ware at Primavera Sao Paulo |website=RPS Presents |date=20 December 2022 |time=1:48 |access-date=9 February 2023}}
The album's title was unofficially announced in January through a set of billboards in London of Ware.{{Cite magazine |last=Goggins |first=Joe |date=2023-02-09 |title=Jessie Ware announces fifth album and unveils first single |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/jessie-ware-announces-fifth-album-unveils-first-single-26588/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}} This was later confirmed by Ware on 3 February 2023 in a social media post asking fans "Can you feel it?",{{Cite tweet|number=1621562772814454784|user=JessieWare|title=…..can you feel it? #thatfeelsgood|author=Jessie Ware|date=2023-02-03|access-date=2023-02-03}} with the official announcement coinciding with the release of the single "Pearls" on 9 February.{{Cite magazine |last=Paul |first=Larisha |date=2023-02-09 |title=Jessie Ware Isn't Clutching Her 'Pearls' on New Single From Upcoming Album 'That! Feels! Good!' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jessie-ware-pearls-upcoming-album-that-feels-good-1234676405/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} The exclamation mark that follows "That" in the album's title (and its first track) was the choice of songwriter Shungudzo, who had previously worked with Ware on her What's Your Pleasure? record.{{Cite twitter|number=1648017621701238797|user=JessieWare|title=Chat chat chatting about That! Feels Good! Let me tell you a bit about the songs on the album… first up.. title track, track 1 - That! Feels Good! Oh and for those of you that don't know, it's out next FRIDAY!|author=Jessie Ware|date=2023-04-17|df=dmy}}
A teaser of "Pearls" was released on 6 February, with the track being released on 9 February following a premiere on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-07 |title=Alô, DJ! Jessie Ware divulga nova prévia do single "Pearls"; já viu a capa? |url=https://www.papelpop.com/2023/02/alo-dj-jessie-ware-divulga-nova-previa-do-single-pearls-ja-viu-a-capa/ |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Papelpop |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite tweet|number=1623393651505377280|user=JessieWare|title=Tomorrow Pearls will be all yours! Tune into @zoetheball @bbcradio2 from 8.30am for its first play x|author=Jessie Ware|date=2023-02-08|access-date=2023-02-09}} On 31 March, Ware released a "Pearls" remix by Pabllo Vittar and Brabo.{{Cite web |last=Kenneally |first=Cerys |date=2023-03-31 |title=Pabllo Vittar and Brabo remix Jessie Ware's "Pearls" |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/pabllo-vittar-and-brabo-remix-jessie-wares-pearls |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=The Line of Best Fit |language=en-US}} "Begin Again" was released as the third single from the album on 13 April.{{cite web|url=https://retropopmagazine.com/jessie-ware-announces-new-single-begin-again-from-fifth-lp-that-feels-good/|title=Jessie Ware announces new single Begin Again from fifth LP That! Feels Good!|work=Retro Pop Magazine|date=7 April 2023 |access-date=April 7, 2023}}
Following the album's release, "Freak Me Now" was announced as the album's fourth single on 14 July 2023, with singer Róisín Murphy (who also has a cameo in the title track) collaborating with Ware to remix the track.{{Cite web |last=James |first=Alastair |date=2023-07-14 |title=Fans react as Jessie Ware teases Róisín Murphy 'Freak Me Now' collab: 'MOTHERS!' |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/jessie-ware-teases-roisin-murphy-collab-on-freak-me-now-440414/ |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}} The release date was announced the day after, 15 July, with the track released on 27 July.{{Cite tweet|number=1680171759717216258|user=JessieWare|title=What do you say @roisinmurphy?? Shall we Freak em now? 27.07.23 • pre-save now|author=Jessie Ware|date=2023-07-15|access-date=2023-07-15}} "Hello Love" was also announced as a single on 27 October 2023, with Ware describing the track as "the most sentimental song" on the record.{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Robin |date=2023-10-27 |title=Jessie Ware Shares 'Hello Love' Single Edit {{!}} News {{!}} Clash Magazine... |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/jessie-ware-shares-hello-love-single-edit/ |website=Clash Magazine}}
Composition
File:The British Library - Classic Album Sundays present an Evening with Róisín Murphy (zPkiYJX5h7Q - 1920x1080 - 8m46s).png recorded her vocals for title track "That! Feels Good!" in an airport toilet.]]The title track "That! Feels Good!" opens the record and features cameo vocals from various celebrities speaking the phrase, including singer Kylie Minogue (with whom Ware had collaborated on the single, "Kiss of Life" in 2021), actress Gemma Arterton (who appeared in the music video for "Remember Where You Are"), and Róisín Murphy (who recorded her vocals in an airport toilet {{Cite news |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=2023-04-28 |title=Jessie Ware: Why the 'prudish' star is singing about sex |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65411319 |access-date=2023-04-29}} and who would later work with Ware for a remix of "Freak Me Now"). Ware's rallying cries of "Just remember, pleasure is a right!" is underscored by "a supple, syncopated bassline".{{Cite magazine |last=Freeman |first=Jon |date=2023-04-25 |title=Jessie Ware Goes Even Deeper Into the Groove on 'That! Feels Good!' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/jessie-ware-that-feels-good-1234722753/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} The verses of the track were compared to the rap on Blondie's "Rapture" by Paste{{'}}s Eric Bennet.{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/jessie-ware/jessie-ware-that-feels-good-review|title=Jessie Ware Finds Her Pleasure on That! Feels Good!|date=2023-04-28|access-date=2023-05-04|first=Eric|last=Bennett|website=Paste}} The second track, "Free Yourself", was released as the first single from the record in July 2022 following a debut at Ware's headline set at that year's Glastonbury Festival. The Italo disco song uses keyboard stabs reminiscent of diva house music, before Ware directly addresses the listener, asking them to "hold steady through life's turbulence": "Keep on moving up that mountain top [...] If it feels so good then baby, baby don't you—stop."{{Cite web |last=Griffiths |first=George |date=2022-07-19 |title=Jessie Ware's Free Yourself finds joy in emancipation |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/first-listen-preview-jessie-ware-finds-solace-in-a-new-dancefloor-on-the-joyous-free-yourself__36905/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=officialcharts.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Torres |first=Eric |date=2022-07-19 |title=Jessie Ware: "Free Yourself" |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/jessie-ware-free-yourself/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} "Pearls" is the third track on the album, and was released as the second single in February 2023. Inspired by Donna Summer, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Teena Marie and Chaka Khan, the "ascendant and evangelistic disco" track sees Ware "paint[ing] a three-dimensional picture" of herself: "I'm so 9-to-5, I'm a lady / I'm a lover, a freak and a mother."{{Cite web |last=Kearse |first=Stephen |date=2022-02-09 |title=Jessie Ware: "Pearls" |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/jessie-ware-pearls/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} The pace of the album slows down for the fifth single, "Hello Love", a soft track that was inspired by soul-led and groove-led artists the Gap Band and Donny Hathaway.{{Citation |last=Ware |first=Jessie |title=Hello Love by Jessie Ware on Apple Music |date=2023-04-28 |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/that-feels-good/1668868373 |access-date=2023-04-29 |language=en-GB |quote=It’s me tapping into romance and Donny Hathaway and soul music and groove like The Gap Band.}}
The middle section of the record sees "Begin Again", the third single released in April 2023 and the final track on side A of the vinyl, was inspired by trips to Brazil and features brass instrumentals from Kokoroko.{{Cite web |last=Duran |first=Anagricel |date=2023-04-14 |title=Watch Jessie Ware's groovy video for new single 'Begin Again' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-jessie-wares-groovy-video-for-new-single-begin-again-3429913 |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=NME |language=en-GB}} “Why does all the purest love get filtered through machines?” asks Ware in the pre-chorus, who jokingly said the lyric "probably came" from writing the song long-distance over Zoom, but then going to elaborate about "being a prisoner to screens".{{Citation |last=Ware |first=Jessie |title=Begin Again by Jessie Ware on Apple Music |date=2023-04-28 |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/that-feels-good/1668868373 |access-date=2023-04-29 |language=en-GB |quote=“Begin Again” is the pathway from What’s Your Pleasure? into That! Feels Good!. It’s where this album started—and was written over Zoom between LA and Hackney. The lyric “Why does all the purest love get filtered through machines?” probably came from that—I’m sick to death of Zooms! But if you think further into it, it’s about being a prisoner to screens and it becoming so habitual and wanting to escape that, but not being able to.}} "Beautiful People" celebrates nightclubbing and the community of people you encounter whilst doing so: "Beautiful people are everywhere, everywhere" repeats Ware with "ping-ponging" energy.{{Cite web |last=Joannou |first=Cliff |date=2023-04-19 |title=Jessie Ware is ready to free herself |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/jessie-ware-interview-that-feels-good-28542/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Solomon |first=Kate |date=2023-04-27 |title=Jessie Ware channels the Spice Girls on That! Feels! Good! It's a carnival of carnal pleasure |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/jessie-ware-that-feels-good-review-a-carnival-of-carnal-pleasure-2299430 |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=inews.co.uk |language=en}} The French house "Freak Me Now" sees Ware get "loose and giddy", featuring a "euphoric refrain" reminiscent of Raheem the Dream's "If You Ain't Got No Money".
In the final section of the album, spoken word verses of "Shake the Bottle" see Ware recount fictional stories of ex-lovers: "Benny wants what Benny gets, broken hearts and cigarettes / I really liked Jackson but he lived too far away / Eddy was romantic but he never, ever paid". Ware drew comparisons to lip syncs on RuPaul's Drag Race and the melodrama of the song. The track was inspired by "Vogue", Grace Jones and the B-52's; its campness was compared to Countess Luann's "Money Can't Buy You Class" by The Independent{{'}}s Adam White and Cristina's "sharply witty depictions of New York's 80s hipster demi-monde" by The Guardian's Alexis Petridis.{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/jessie-ware-interview-new-album-b2326458.html |title=Jessie Ware: 'I self-loathed and apologised for myself for far too long' |website=The Independent |date=2023-04-26 |access-date=2023-05-04 |first=Adam |last=White}} Flirtatious innuendos tell the listener "That's the way to make my bottle pop!" "Lightning", a "gauzy trip-hop slow jam", sees Ware trace back to her R&B roots, taking hints from Sade, Madlib and Drake.{{Citation |last=Ware |first=Jessie |title=Lightning by Jessie Ware on Apple Music |date=2023-04-28 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/that-feels-good/1668868373 |access-date=2023-04-29 |language=en-US |quote=I was definitely leaning into a more R&B moment: This pulled from Sade, Madlib, Drake.}} The final track "These Lips" closes the record with "one last groovy dose of escapism", with a spoken word intro hinting at bringing the record full-circle.{{Cite web |last=Taysom |first=Joe |date=2023-04-28 |title=Jessie Ware - 'That! Feels! Good!' album review |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/jessie-ware-that-feels-good-album-review/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Maddy |date=2023-04-24 |title=Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! {{!}} Reviews |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/jessie-ware-that-feels-good/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |language=en-GB}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| MC = 89/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/that!-feels-good!/jessie-ware|title=That! Feels Good! by Jessie Ware Reviews and Tracks|work=Metacritic|access-date=2023-04-28}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web |last=Kellman |first=Andy |date=2023-04-28 |title=Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! Album Review, Songs & More |work=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/that%21-feels-good%21-mw0003929348 |access-date=2023-04-28}}
| rev2 = Financial Times
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite news |last=Hunter-Tilney |first=Ludovic |date=2023-04-21 |title=Jessie Ware shifts to funk and soul in That! Feels Good! — album review |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/7b1c02c8-70a0-426e-b8f3-364ede3460c4 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-04-22 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230422143308/https://www.ft.com/content/7b1c02c8-70a0-426e-b8f3-364ede3460c4 |archive-date=2023-04-22}}
| rev3 = The Guardian
| rev4 = NME
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Sophie |date=2023-04-25 |title=Jessie Ware – 'That! Feels Good!' review: a true, forward-facing pop visionary |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/jessie-ware-that-feels-good-album-review-pearls-3434741 |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}
| rev5 = Our Culture Mag
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite news |last=Pappis |first=Konstantinos |date=2023-04-26 |title=Album Review: Jessie Ware, That! Feels Good! |website=Our Culture Mag |url=https://ourculturemag.com/2023/04/26/album-review-jessie-ware-that-feels-good}}
| rev6 = Pitchfork
| rev6score = 8.3/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/jessie-ware-that-feels-good/|title=Jessie Ware: That! Feels! Good! Album Review {{!}} Pitchfork|last=Shepherd|first=Julianne Escobedo|website=Pitchfork|date=27 April 2023|access-date=28 April 2023}}
| rev8 = The Skinny
| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite news |last=Marco |first=Marcelline |date=2023-04-24 |title=Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good! album review |website=The Skinny |url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/jessie-ware-that-feels-good}}
| rev9 = The Times
| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite news |last=Hodgkinson |first=Will |date=2023-04-28 |title=Jessie Ware: That! Feels Good! review — Britain's No 1 disco mum |newspaper=The Times |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/jessie-ware-that-feels-good-review-britain-s-no-1-disco-mum-029fg5kkw |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-04-30 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230429144922/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jessie-ware-that-feels-good-review-britain-s-no-1-disco-mum-029fg5kkw |archive-date=2023-04-29 |url-status=live |issn=0140-0460}}
| rev10 = The Telegraph
| rev7 = Retropop Magazine
| rev7score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web|url= https://retropopmagazine.com/jessie-ware-that-feels-good-album-review/|title= Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good!|website=Retropop Magazine|date=23 April 2023|access-date= 9 May 2023}}
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That! Feels Good! received widespread critical acclaim. Ware was praised for her "retro mood", creating a "maximalist tour de force of glossy pop sounds". At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 89, based on 19 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim", being her highest rated album since her debut album Devotion. Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave That! Feels Good! 8.4 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.
Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Andy Kellman claimed that, "Vocally, Ware has somehow found another gear, turning in her most commanding performances while having what sounds like a ball with her background singers." Ludovic Hunter-Tilney of the Financial Times praised the record for shifting to "a more funk-and-soul-based sound", drawing comparisons to Chaka Khan's "majestic vocal attack" with Ware's single "Pearls". Eric Bennett of Paste wrote: "Part Madonna's Confessions on a Dance Floor, part Countess LuAnn's 'Money Can't Buy You Class', That! Feels Good! is a record of sterling, mirrorball-lit songs and bawdy lyricism. It's Ware's finest collection of work to date." Alexis Petridis of The Guardian described it as "pop music made by people who really know what they're doing."
Sophie Williams of NME said this was Ware's "finest album of her career", calling it a "transformative experience". Julianne Escobedo Shepherd of Pitchfork commended its inspired take on disco, calling it "a genre revival album that's painstakingly true to its source material, but doesn't sound like a curdled rehash". Konstantinos Pappis compared the album to its predecessor in the review for Our Culture Mag, writing that, "it feels like Ware is able to tap into a kind of emotionality that was a bit more measured on What's Your Pleasure? While the new record gives off the impression the singer is joyously living through others as well as herself, those intertwined needs – to escape and connect – now have deeper grounding." Retropop Magazine said, "Jessie delivers the perfect record, breathing a breath of fresh air into the commercial charts while paying homage to the icons that influenced her journey to becoming one of the UK's premier artists of the past decade. It's that good!"
Accolades
That! Feels Good! has been included in various mid-year and year-end best-albums-of-2023 lists, and was shortlisted at the Mercury Prize for Album of the Year.
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| scope="row"|Billboard
|The 50 Best Albums of 2023 So Far: Staff Picks |N/A |
|---|
| scope="row"|Het Parool
|The Best Albums of 2023 |4 |{{Cite web |date=2023-12-04 |title=De beste muziek van 2023 |url=https://www.parool.nl/het-beste-van-2023/de-beste-muziek-van-2023~b100583e/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Het Parool |language=nl}} |
| rowspan="2" scope="row" |Pitchfork
|The Best Music of 2023 So Far |N/A |
| The 50 Best Albums of 2023
| 22 | {{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-albums-2023/|title=The 50 Best Albums of 2023|website=Pitchfork|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|date=5 December 2023|access-date=6 December 2023}} |
| scope="row"|PopMatters
|The 20 Best Pop Albums of 2023 |1 |
| scope="row"|NME
|The Best Albums of 2023 |20 |
| scope="row"|Rolling Stone
|Top 100 Albums of 2023 |18 |
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|+Awards and nominations of That! Feels Good! ! scope="col" |Year ! scope="col" |Organization ! scope="col" |Award ! scope="col" |Result !{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
| 2023
|Album of the Year |{{shortlisted}} |{{Cite news |last=Griffiths |first=George |date=September 7, 2023 |title=Mercury Prize 2023: Ezra Collective announced as winner of 2023 Mercury Prize |work=Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/mercury-prize-2023-ezra-collective-announced-as-winner-of-2023-merucry-prize/ |access-date=September 7, 2023}} |
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Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = That! Feels Good! track listing
| total_length = 40:22
| title_width = 35%
| writing_width = 65%
| title1 = That! Feels Good!
| writer1 = {{hlist|Jessie Ware|James Ford|Shungudzo Kuyimba|Daniel Parker}}
| length1 = 4:22
| title2 = Free Yourself
| writer2 = {{hlist|Ware|Clarence Coffee Jr.|Stuart Price}}
| length2 = 3:54
| title3 = Pearls
| writer3 = {{hlist|Ware|Coffee Jr.|Sarah Hudson|Price}}
| length3 = 4:03
| title4 = Hello Love
| writer4 = {{hlist|Ware|Ford|Kuyimba|Parker}}
| length4 = 4:42
| title5 = Begin Again
| writer5 = {{hlist|Ware|Ford|Kuyimba|Parker}}
| length5 = 5:24
| title6 = Beautiful People
| writer6 = {{hlist|Ware|Ford|Kuyimba|Parker}}
| length6 = 3:35
| title7 = Freak Me Now
| writer7 = {{hlist|Ware|Coffee Jr.|Price}}
| length7 = 3:28
| title8 = Shake the Bottle
| writer8 = {{hlist|Ware|Ford|Kuyimba|Parker}}
| length8 = 3:23
| title9 = Lightning
| writer9 = {{hlist|Ware|Coffee Jr.|Price}}
| length9 = 3:10
| title10 = These Lips
| writer10 = {{hlist|Ware|Ford|Kuyimba|Parker}}
| length10 = 4:21
}}
Personnel
= Musicians =
{{div col}}
- Jessie Ware – vocals
- James Ford – bass guitar, drums, guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming, synthesizer (tracks 1, 4–6, 8, 10); horn arrangement (1, 4–6, 10), string arrangement (4, 5)
- Danny Parker – background vocals (1, 4–6, 8, 10)
- Adenikè Zen – background vocals (3, 4, 7)
- Nile Bailey – background vocals (1, 3–6, 8, 10)
- Elize Kellman – background vocals (1, 4–6, 8, 10)
- Shanice Steele – background vocals (1, 4–6, 8, 10)
- Shungudzo Kuyimba – background vocals (1, 4–6, 8, 10)
- Sheila Maurice Grey – horn arrangement, trumpet (1, 4–6, 10)
- Dan Grech-Marguerat – programming (1, 4–6, 8–10)
- Chelsea Carmichael – tenor saxophone (1, 4–6, 10)
- Viva Msimang – trombone (1, 4–6, 10)
- Dave Okumu – drums (1, 6, 8)
- Dante Hemingway - programming, co-production (1, 4-6, 10)
- Stuart Price – background vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards (2, 3, 7, 9); drums, piano (2); drum programming (3, 7, 9)
- Clarence Coffee Jr. – background vocals (2, 3, 7)
- Atlantic Horns – horns (2)
- Adam Blake – additional keyboards (3)
- Sarah Hudson – background vocals (3)
- Laura Moody – cello (4, 5)
- Richard Jones – string arrangement, viola (4, 5)
- Emma Smith – violin (4, 5)
- Jennymay Logan – violin (4, 5)
{{div col end}}
- "That! Feels Good!" features uncredited additional vocals by Kylie Minogue, Róisín Murphy, Gemma Arterton, Benny Blanco, Clara Amfo, Aisling Bea, Hayley Squires, Jamie Demetriou, and Ware's mother Lennie; and interpolations of "Blood on the Dance Floor", written and performed by Michael Jackson.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023|reason=There is no source that says the song interpolates Michael Jackson.}}
= Technical =
- James Ford – production, engineering (1, 4–6, 8, 10)
- Stuart Price – production, engineering (2, 3, 7, 9); mixing (2, 3, 7)
- Stuart Hawkes – mastering
- Dan Grech-Marguerat – mixing (1, 4–6, 8–10)
- Matt Jaggar – engineering (1, 4–6, 8, 10)
- Shungudzo Kuyimba – vocal production (1)
- Charles Haydon Hicks – mixing assistance (1, 4–6, 8–10)
- Luke Burgoyne – mixing assistance (1, 4–6, 8–10)
- George Chung – engineering assistance (1, 4–6, 8, 10)
= Artwork =
- Photography – Jack Grange
- Artwork – Rory Dewar
Charts
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|+ Chart performance for That! Feels Good! ! scope="col"| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Flanders|54|artist=Jessie Ware|album=That! Feels Good!|rowheader=true|access-date=7 May 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|52|id=513884|artist=Jessie Ware|album=That! Feels Good!|rowheader=true|access-date=5 May 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Ireland3|28|date=20230505|rowheader=true|access-date=5 May 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Poland2|25|date=28.04.2023–04.05.2023|rowheader=true|access-date=11 May 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Portugal|34|artist=Jessie Ware|album=That! Feels Good!|rowheader=true|access-date=24 May 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Scotland|5|date=20230505|rowheader=true|access-date=5 May 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Spain|86|M|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-albums/2023/18|title=Top 100 Albums Weekly|publisher=Promusicae|work=El portal de Música|rowheader=true|access-date= 9 May 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|70|artist=Jessie Ware|album=That! Feels Good!|rowheader=true|access-date=7 May 2023}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|3|date=20230505|rowheader=true|access-date=5 May 2023}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardAlbumSales|16|artist=Jessie Ware|rowheader=true|access-date=10 May 2023}} |
Release history
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| scope="row"| Various
| 28 April 2023 | {{hlist|Cassette|CD|digital download|LP|streaming}} | Standard | style="text-align:center;"| Release formats for That! Feels Good! on 9 February 2023:
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