"(It) Feels So Good" is a song by

Aerosmith Aerosmith is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Boston in 1970. The group consists of lead vocalist Steven Tyler, bassist Tom Hamilton (musician), Tom Hamilton, drummer Joey Kramer, and guitarists Joe Perry (musician), Joe Perry and B ...

frontman

Steven Tyler Steven Victor Tallarico (born March 26, 1948), known professionally as Steven Tyler, is an American singer and songwriter. Tyler is best known as the lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith, in which he also plays the keyboards, h ...

. Written by Tyler and

Marti Frederiksen Martin Harold "Marti" Frederiksen (born July 1, 1962) is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician. He writes and produces music primarily in rock, country, and pop. He is best known for his work with many artists and bands incl ...

, it features background vocals from American recording artist

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. It premiered on Ryan Seacrest's radio show on KIIS-FM in Los Angeles on May 9, 2011, and released digitally via

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and

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on May 10, 2011.

Background

Originally titled "Oxygen", the track was written in 2002 throughout the making of Aerosmith's 'career-spanning compilation' '' O Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits'' and is in a similar vein to pop-orientated efforts such as ''

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''. The band instead opted to record "Girls of Summer" and "Lay It Down". Tyler subsequently recorded a demo of the song, which later leaked to the Internet. The cover photo was captured by Steve Erle. The logo used can be found on much of Tyler's clothing range (e.g. jackets, shirts, etc.), while the font is a similar style to that of the Aerosmith logo.

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by

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. Kay, in the past has directed videos for

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Melanie C Melanie Jayne Chisholm (born 12 January 1974), commonly known as Melanie C or Mel C, is an English singer and songwriter. She rose to fame in the mid-1990s as a member of the pop group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Sporty Spice. W ...

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and

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. Filming took place in April 2011 and the world premiere took place on Thursday, May 12, 2011, on ''

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'' where Tyler was a member of the judging panel alongside

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and

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. It features

, who also provides backing vocals. Tyler performed the song in 2011 in

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with

on backing vocals, fellow Idol judge

playing bass guitar, and legendary British guitarist

Jeff Beck Geoffrey Arnold Beck (24 June 1944 – 10 January 2023) was an English musician. He rose to prominence as the guitarist of the rock band the Yardbirds, and afterwards founded and fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. In 1975, ...

Cover versions

Tribute Mega Stars made an album with a cover of the song, an instrumental mix, an a cappella mix, a drums and vocals mix, and a mix with no drums.

Chart performance

"(It) Feels So Good" made its debut on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number 35, the highest-charting song by any member of

since 2001's " Jaded". It also debuted at number 24 on

Hot Digital Songs The Digital Song Sales (previously named Digital Songs and Hot Digital Songs) ranks the best-selling digital songs in the United States, as compiled by Luminate and published by ''Billboard'' magazine. Although it originally started tracking so ...

, with 77,000 downloads. As of July 15, 2011, the song has sold 197,000 copies.

Charts

References

External links

Official Aerosmith announcement

Billboard announcement
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