"Feelings" | ||||
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Single by Morris Albert | ||||
from the album Feelings | ||||
A-side | "Feelings" | |||
B-side | "Christine" (original version) "This World Today Is a Mess" (RCA Victor version) |
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Released | 1974 | |||
Format | 7" Single | |||
Length | 3:46 | |||
Label | Charger Records (Brazil, South America) and RCA Victor (United States and Canada). | |||
Songwriter(s) |
Louis Gasté Morris Albert |
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Producer(s) | Morris Albert | |||
Morris Albert singles chronology | ||||
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"Feelings" is a 1974 song with lyrics written by Brazilian singer Morris Albert, set to the tune of "Pour Toi" separately composed by Louis “Loulou” Gasté in 1957. Albert recorded "Feelings" as a single and later included it as the title track of his 1975 debut album. The song's lyrics, recognizable by their "whoa whoa whoa" chorus, concern the singer's inability to "forget my feelings of love". Albert's original recording of the song was very successful, performing well internationally. "Feelings" peaked at #6 on the pop charts and #2 on the Adult Contemporary charts in America.
Over the next few years "Feelings" was performed by many other vocalists including Ella Fitzgerald, Shirley Bassey, Nina Simone, Salena Jones, Angelica Maria, Petula Clark, José José, Caetano Veloso, Engelbert Humperdinck, Muslim Magomayev, Glen Campbell, The O'Jays, Sarah Vaughan, Walter Jackson, Sergey Penkin, Julio Iglesias, Dobie Gray and Johnny Mathis. It was also recorded by numerous easy listening bandleaders and ensembles such as Percy Faith, Ferrante & Teicher, Franck Pourcel, 101 Strings and Herb Ohta whose ukulele rendition was recorded with André Popp's orchestra for A&M Records.