Английская Википедия:Feels Like I'm in Love

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox song "Feels Like I'm in Love" is a song written and recorded by Ray Dorset with his band Mungo Jerry. It was a number-one hit on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in September 1980 for Scottish singer Kelly Marie.

Original version

Written by Ray Dorset of Mungo Jerry, the song was originally written for Elvis PresleyШаблон:Cn but he died before it was ever recorded. Dorset's group recorded the song but their version was relegated to the B-side of a Belgian single "Sur Le Pont D'Avignon" (A-side). It was also featured on the band's album "In the Summer Time". The band later released several variations and remixes of the song.Шаблон:Citation needed

Kelly Marie version

In 1979, Kelly Marie recorded the song for Pye Records. The song was a sleeper hit on the Scottish club scene before breaking through nationally in the summer of 1980, reaching the top of the UK Singles Chart in September. The song sold 760,000 copies in United Kingdom in 1980 alone. The following year, aided by a number of remixes the song became a club hit in the United States, reaching number ten on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Re-released on the Calibre record label with a new B-side "New York at Night", it followed a rare breed of record labels who gained a chart-topping success after their debut release. It was then re-released again in 1990 as a remix that was done by PWL.

Composition

The song is performed in the key of C major with a tempo of 121 beats per minute.

Charts

Weekly charts

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Chart (1980–1981)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	7
Denmark (Hitlisten)	1
South Africa (Springbok Radio)	7
Switzerland (Sonntagsblick Hitparade)	11
US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)	10

Year-end charts

Chart (1980)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	85
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)	14
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	38
Netherlands (Single Top 100)	36
UK Singles (OCC)	3

Chart (1981)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	69

Cover versions

• Australian dance group Raffles released a cover version of "Feels Like I'm in Love" in November 1994, which peaked at number 66 on the Australian singles chart in early 1995.

Appearances in other media

Шаблон:Unreferenced section The song featured in the 2002 romantic comedy-drama Once Upon a Time in the Midlands. It also appeared in the 2005 comedy-romance film, Imagine Me & You, in the Dance Dance Revolution sequence. It was also featured in the Channel 4 series It's a Sin in 2021.