"Feels So Good" is the title of an

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composition by the American

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player

Chuck Mangione Charles Frank Mangione ( ; born November 29, 1940) is an American flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer. He came to prominence as a member of Art Blakey's band in the 1960s, and later co-led the Jazz Brothers with his brother, Gap Mangione, ...

. It was written and produced by Mangione, and is the title track from his 1977 album ''Feels So Good''. "Feels So Good" was released as a single in early 1978, which reached number 4 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in June of that year after spending a week atop the ''Billboard''

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in May.Hyatt, Wesley (1999). ''The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits'' (Billboard Publications) The recording was also nominated for a

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at the ceremony held in 1979, losing out to

Billy Joel William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Piano Man" after his Signature song, signature 1973 song Piano Man (song), of the same name, Joel has ha ...

's " Just the Way You Are". Mangione re-recorded the tune (as a slow ballad, and with lyrics sung by Don Potter) for his 1982 album ''70 Miles Young''. Mangione was quoted describing the editing of the original version of the track as "major surgery."

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Personnel

* Chuck Mangione: Flugelhorn & electric piano * Chris Vadala: Saxes * Grant Geissman: Guitar * Charles Meeks: Electric Bass * James Bradley, Jr.: Drums

In popular culture

Mangione appeared in a commercial for

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1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

performing "Feels So Good".

Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April25, 1917June15, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phra ...

, who famously appeared in Memorex commercials during the 1970s, heard Mangione and musicians perform it, then it was played back for her. When she was asked "is it live or is it Memorex?", Ella shrugged and said, "beats me!" The composition was heard frequently in ''

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'', including a running gag in which Mangione (who often guest starred on the show as himself) worked it into whatever he was playing. The ''

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'' episode The One with All the Haste begins and ends with scenes in which a neighbour across the alley from apartment 19 sings a song about the morningtime loudly to himself first thing in the morning, much to the annoyance of Rachel, but to the pleasure of Joey. The song uses the melody from "Feels So Good". In ''

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'' episode '' The Relaxation Integration'', the song is briefly played by

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in a dream. "Feels So Good" was heard in the 2016 Marvel Studios film ''

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'' in a scene where Dr. Stephen Strange responds to trivia questions while performing surgery.

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External links

Single release info from discogs.com
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