"Feels So Good" is the title of an

instrumental An instrumental is a recording normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to inst ...

composition by the American flugelhorn player

Chuck Mangione Charles Frank Mangione ( ; born November 29, 1940) is an American flugelhorn player, voice actor, 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 ...

. It was written and produced by Mangione, and is the title track from his 1977 album. "Feels So Good" was released as a single in early 1978, which reached #4 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in June of that year after spending a week atop the ''Billboard'' easy listening chart in May.Hyatt, Wesley (1999). ''The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits'' (Billboard Publications) The recording was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Record of the Year at the ceremony held in 1979, losing out to Billy Joel's " Just the Way You Are". Mangione re-recorded the tune (as a slow ballad, and with lyrics sung by

Don Potter Donald Steele Potter (21 April 1902 – 7 June 2004) was an English sculptor, wood carver, potter and teacher. Don Potter was born in Newington, near Sittingbourne, Kent, the son of a school teacher, and attended a private school. He joined ...

) 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 Grant Geissman (born April 13, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist and Emmy-nominated composer. He has recorded extensively for several labels since 1976 and played guitar on the theme for ''Monk'' and other TV series. Career Geissman was born i ...

: Guitar * Charles Meeks: Electric Bass * James Bradley, Jr.: Drums

In popular culture

Mangione appeared in a commercial for

Memorex Memorex Corp. began as a computer tape producer and expanded to become both a consumer media supplier and a major IBM plug compatible peripheral supplier. It was broken up and ceased to exist after 1996 other than as a consumer electronics bran ...

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performing "Feels So Good".

Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, 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, phrasing, timing, in ...

, who became famous for Memorex commercials in 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 ''

King of the Hill ''King of the Hill'' is an American animated sitcom created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It aired its original non-syndicated run from January 12, 1997, to September 13, 2009, and centers on the Hills, an Am ...

'', including a running gag in which Mangione (who often guest starred on the show as himself) worked it into whatever he was playing. "Feels So Good" was heard in the 2016 Marvel Studios film '' Doctor Strange'' in a scene where Dr. Stephen Strange responds to trivia questions while performing surgery.

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Single release info from discogs.com
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