Feels Just Like It Should
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| "Feels Just Like It Should" | ||
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| Single by Jamiroquai | ||
| from the album Dynamite | ||
| Released | June 6, 2005 | |
| Format | CD, 12" | |
| Genre | Pop, Rock, Experimental, Funk, Human beatbox | |
| Length | 3:46 | |
| Label | Sony Music | |
| Writer(s) | Jay Kay | |
| Producer(s) | Mike Spencer and Jay Kay | |
| Chart positions | ||
| Jamiroquai singles chronology | ||
| Corner Of The Earth (2002) |
Feels Just Like It Should (2005) |
Seven Days in Sunny June (2005) |
Feels Just Like It Should is the first single off Jamiroquai's 2005 album, Dynamite. Produced by Mike Spencer and Jay Kay the track incorporates a bass line created by Kay as a human beatbox, a sample of which was first created during the recording of the band's 2001 album, A Funk Odyssey.
It reached number 8 in the UK charts, but first week sales of the single paled in comparison to the previous album's lead single, "Little L". Whereas the disco-electronic hybrid sold more than 40,000 copies, "Feels Just Like It Should" was able to crack only the 10,000-sold plateau in its opening week. It is agreed upon in some fan circles that this track is the most polarizing song in the history of the band's 13-year career; some fans have fallen in love with it, others have absolutely loathed it.
This track has been used by the BBC's advertising for the 2005 Children in Need appeal, which features Terry Wogan breakdancing to the song, was included in the computer football (soccer) game FIFA 06, and was featured in Need for Speed: Most Wanted as a remix by Timo Maas. It has also been used in a Cingular Music and Payless ShoeSource commercial. It was also used during a game montage for the XBox 360 during E3 2006.
| Jamiroquai |
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| Members: Jason Kay | Rob Harris | Paul Turner | Matt Johnson | Derrick McKenzie | Sola Akingbola | Lorraine McIntosh | Hazel Fernandez | Sam Smith |
| Former members: Gavin Dodds | Simon Katz | Nick Fyffe | Stuart Zender | Simon Carter | Toby Smith | Nick Van Gelder | Darren Galea (DJ D-Zire) | Winston Rollins | Adrian Revell | Wallis Buchanan | Beverley Knight |
| See also: Band logos | Chillington studio | Iroquois | Gig in the Sky |
| Discography |
| Studio albums |
| Emergency on Planet Earth (1993) | The Return of the Space Cowboy (1994/1995) | Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality (Guest appearance) (1995) | Travelling without Moving (1996/1997) | Synkronized (1999) | A Funk Odyssey (2001) | Dynamite (2005) |
| Compilation albums |
| Jay's Selection (1996) | In Store Jam (promo, 1997) | Late Night Tales: Jamiroquai (2003/2005) | High Times: Singles 1992-2006 (2006) |
| Box sets |
| L'Intégrale des Maxi-Singles (1994) | The Single Box (1997) | The Singles Collection (1997) | Deeper Underground (1998) | 1999 Remixes (1999) | ULBC (Fanmade) (??) |
| Unofficial live recordings (ROIOs) |
| If I Like it, I do it (1993) | BBC 528 (1993) | Stockholm '93 (1993) | Club Citta '93 (1993) | Songs for Manitú (1993) | Firenze [sic] 1993 (1993) | Funky Paradise (1994) | JAZZiroquai (1995) | ... |
| DVDs |
| Live In Verona (2002/2003) | High Times: Singles 1992-2006 (2006) |
| Singles |
| When You Gonna Learn | Too Young to Die | Blow Your Mind | Emergency on Planet Earth | Space Cowboy | Half the Man | Stillness in Time | Light Years | The Kids | Do U Know Where You're Coming From? (Guest appearance) | Virtual Insanity | Cosmic Girl | Alright | High Times | Deeper Underground | Canned Heat | Black Capricorn Day | Supersonic | King for a Day | I'm in the Mood for Love (Guest appearance) | Little L | You Give Me Something | Love Foolosophy | Corner of the Earth | Main Vein | Feels Just Like It Should | Seven Days in Sunny June | (Don't) Give Hate a Chance | Runaway |
| Promotion-only / Cancelled / White label singles |
| Revolution 1993 | If I Like It I Do It | Morning Glory | Everyday | Travelling Without Moving | Hollywood Swingin' | Soul Education | An Online Odyssey | Feel So Good | Do It Like We Used To Do | Bad Girls | Dynamite | Starchild | Electric Mistress | Time Won't Wait | Emergency on Planet Earth & Blow Your Mind remixes | Talullah (Shelter mixes) | Multiquai |
