I Feel a Song

I Feel a Song
Studio album by Gladys Knight & the Pips
Released November 1974
Recorded 1974
Genre Soul
Length 34:44
Label Buddah
5612
Producer Tony Camillo, Kenny Kerner, Richie Wise, Burt Bacharach, Ralph Moss, Bill Withers, Gladys Knight, Bubba Knight, William Guest, Edward Patten
Gladys Knight & the Pips chronology
Claudine
(1974)		 I Feel a Song
(1974)		 Knight Time
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Robert ChristgauB+ [2]
Rolling Stone(not rated) [3]

I Feel a Song is a studio album recorded by American R&B group Gladys Knight & the Pips, released in November 1974 on the Buddah label. It was their third overall album for Buddah.

The first single release, "I Feel a Song (In My Heart)", reached #1 R&B and #21 on the Billboard Hot 100. The B-side, "Don't Burn Down the Bridge", also charted as a tag-along on the pop chart. A second single, "Love Finds Its Own Way", also charted, peaking at #47 pop and #3 R&B. The final single, a live medley recording of "The Way We Were"/"Try to Remember" was also a successful hit, peaking at #11 pop and #6 R&B. The song also gave the group its highest chart peaks on the adult contemporary and UK Singles charts, #2 and #4, respectively. The album was also their fourth of five R&B albums chart-toppers.

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "I Feel a Song (In My Heart)"  Tony Camillo, Mary Sawyer 2:48
2. "Love Finds Its Own Way"  Jim Weatherly 3:56
3. "Seconds"  Neil Simon, Burt Bacharach, 3:48
4. "The Going Ups and the Coming Downs"  Weatherly 3:35
5. "The Way We Were / Try to Remember" (Live Medley)Marvin Hamlisch, Alan & Marilyn Bergman / Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones 4:30
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
6. "Better You Go Your Way"  Bill Withers 4:15
7. "Don't Burn Down the Bridge"  Ronnie Miller 4:47
8. "The Need to Be"  Weatherly 4:07
9. "Tenderness is His Way"  Withers 2:58

Charts

Chart (1974) Peak
[4][5]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 17
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 1
UK Albums Chart 20
Singles
Year Single Chart positions[4]
US US
R&B		 US
A/C		 UK[5]
1974 "I Feel a Song" (A-side) 21 1 — —
"Don't Burn Down the Bridge" (B-side) — — —
1975 "Love Finds Its Own Way" 47 3 40 —
"The Way We Were"/"Try to Remember" (live medley) 11 6 2 4

Later Samples

See also

References

  1. ↑ Henderson, Alex. I Feel a Song review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "I Feel a Song review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
  3. ↑ Marsh, Dave. "I Feel a Song review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
  4. 1 2 "US Charts > Gladys Knight & the Pips". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  5. 1 2 "UK Charts > Gladys Knight & the Pips". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-10-16.

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