Feel Like Makin' Love (Roberta Flack song)

"Feel Like Makin' Love" is a song composed by singer-songwriter Eugene McDaniels, and recorded originally by soul singer-songwriter Roberta Flack. The song has been covered by several R&B and jazz artists.

Reception

Released nine months before the album of the same title, the song became one of the greatest musical successes of 1974, as well as of Roberta Flack's recording career. It scored a week at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart, making it Flack's third #1 single, making her the first female vocalist since 1940 to top the chart in three consecutive years. "Feel Like Makin' Love" also had five weeks at #1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. and two weeks at #1 on the Adult Contemporary charts of both CanadaRPM, August 24, 1974
/ref> and the U.S. Flack produced the record under the pseudonym Rubina Flake. It went on to receive three Grammy nominations for Flack: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

D'Angelo version

"Feel Like Makin' Love" was covered by American R&B and neo soul musician D'Angelo for his second studio album '' Voodoo'' (2000). It was released April 8, 2000, on Virgin Records as the album's fifth and last single. His cover version features a quiet storm radio-style sound and heavy use of multi-tracking for vocals.Neal, Mark Anthony
Review: ''Voodoo''
PopMatters. Retrieved on 2008-08-09. It was initially planned as a duet with R&B singer Lauryn Hill.Sinclair, Tom
Body & Soul: ''Voodoo''
''Entertainment Weekly''. Retrieved on 2009-06-04. Although tapes were sent via FedEx between the two, the collaboration between D'Angelo and Hill was aborted and the song was instead recorded solo. According to producer and drummer Questlove, the duet failed to materialize due to "too many middle men.... I don't think Lauryn and D ever talked face-to-face." Mistakenly, some critics who later reviewed the album's track assumed that Lauryn Hill's vocals are present in the recording.

According to Questlove's review of ''Voodoo'' at Okayplayer, the song's production was also managed by late hip hop producer J Dilla, as Questlove stated "Jay Dee did the Lauryn track".Thompson, Ahmir 'Questlove'.
Review: ''Voodoo''
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on 2008-08-09. Dilla, however, did not receive an official credit for the song.D'Angelo (2000), pp. 5–24. As a single, "Feel Like Makin' Love" was ''Voodoo''s least successful, as it only reached #109 on the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.

Chart performance

Other versions

The song has been covered by many artists. Among the most notable are:
*An instrumental version by Bob James for his 1974 album '' One'', reaching #88 on the Hot 100. This version was later used in the '' Breaking Bad'' episode " Bit by a Dead Bee".
*An Estonian-language version by Velly Joonas, "Käes on aeg", was recorded in 1980, but did not gain mass popularity until it was re-released in 2015.
*An instrumental version by George Benson for his 1983 album ''In Your Eyes'', reaching #28 in the United Kingdom and #18 in Ireland.
*Lumidee covered it in her 2007 album, '' Unexpected'', and released it as a single, peaking at #90 on the Hot 100.
* Celeste Legaspi covered it in 1976 with her song "Pag-ibig Na Lubos Lubos."

See also

* List of RPM number-one singles of 1974
* List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1974 (U.S.)
* List of number-one R&B singles of 1974 (U.S.)
*List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1974 (U.S.)

Notes

References

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External links

Feel Like Making Love by D'Angelo on Yahoo! Music
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1974 singles
Roberta Flack songs
D'Angelo songs
Lumidee songs
Nancy Wilson (jazz singer) songs
Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
Cashbox number-one singles
RPM Top Singles number-one singles
1974 songs
Atlantic Records singles
Virgin Records singles
Songs written by Gene McDaniels