How Does It Feel (Slade song)
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UK/European cover of "How Does It Feel".
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| Single by Slade | |||||||||||||||
| from the album Slade in Flame | |||||||||||||||
| B-side | So Far So Good | ||||||||||||||
| Released | 7 February 1975 | ||||||||||||||
| Format | 7" Single | ||||||||||||||
| Genre | Soft rock, glam rock | ||||||||||||||
| Length | 5:55 (album version) 4:46 (single edit) |
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| Label | Polydor Records | ||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Noddy Holder; Jim Lea | ||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Chas Chandler | ||||||||||||||
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"How Does It Feel" is a single from glam rock band Slade which appeared on the album Slade in Flame. It was written by lead singer Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea. The single was released in early 1975. The single only peaked at #15 in the UK which was the lowest charting since Slade's first charting single Get Down and Get With It in 1971. The first week in the top 100, the single only began at #38 which was poor for a Slade single.
The first 200,000 copies of the single featured coloured sleeves whilst the remainder came in an ordinary vinyl sleeve.
The tune was originally written by Lea, back in 1970 on an old out of tune piano with half the keys missing. It was brought out of the cupboard to be the theme tune for Slade's film Flame. Holder's melancholy lyrics added an extra dimension to the opening and closing credits. The song also featured members of the band Gonzalez on brass instruments.
Noel Gallagher of the British band Oasis had claimed this track to be easily "one of the best songs written, in the history of pop, ever". The song has become a favourite of fans.
At the time of release, no promotional video was created although the track was performed on Top of The Pops and children show Crackerjack.
According to the Fan Club Newsletter for June and July, 1975, "How Does It Feel" had entered the top ten of most European countries.
In an early 1986 fan club magazine interview, Hill spoke of the song. "Yes, it was totally different to anything we had ever done before, but you see we were capable of that sort of thing before, though our manager/producer Chas Chandler used to keep us clear from that - keeping the stimulus of the right type of music for the right people. Trying to be too clever was considered at the time to be going in another direction. Whether it has helped us in the long run is questionable. We were maybe cleverer in those early years, which could have introduced us to new things - but it never happened, apart from "How Does It Feel". "Nobody's Fools" was a bit different, wasn't it? That was recorded in America, but it didn't happen over there."
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