Feelin' Alright?
| "Feelin' Alright?" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Traffic from the album Traffic | |
| Released | 1968 |
| Genre | Folk rock |
| Length | 4:16 |
| Label | Island |
| Writer(s) | Dave Mason |
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Miller |
| "Feeling Alright" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Joe Cocker from the album With a Little Help from My Friends | |
| Released | 1969 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 4:10 |
| Writer(s) | Dave Mason |
| Producer(s) | Denny Cordell |
"Feelin' Alright?", also known as "Feeling Alright", is a song written by Dave Mason of the English rock band Traffic from their eponymous 1968 album Traffic. It was also released as a single, and it reached #123 on the US charts but failed to chart in the UK. Another very famous version was the one by Joe Cocker. Both Traffic's and Cocker's versions appeared in the 2012 movie Flight, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Denzel Washington. The song had also been featured in the 2000 film Duets, sung by Huey Lewis.
Joe Cocker recorded it in his debut album With a Little Help from My Friends in 1969. He also amended the title of the original from "Feelin' Alright?" to "Feeling Alright". The song was the opening track on the album.
In its first release in 1969, it reached #69 on the US Billboard Hot 100. In a 1972 re-release, it reached even higher to #33 on the same chart.
Cocker performed a 'duet' of this song with John Belushi on episode 3 of Saturday Night Live's second season which aired on October 2, 1976.
Cocker also performed the song with Huey Lewis on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which aired on 19 July 2012.
Cocker included this song live in his double album Mad Dogs & Englishmen.
The song was also a charting hit single for several other performers:
It has also been recorded by:
Other artists who released their covers are Freddie King, Widespread Panic and The Black Crowes. A Steel Drum version by Trinidad Oil Company was reissued on the dancefloor jazz compilation Blue Juice 2.
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