Feels Like Love (La Toya Jackson song)

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"Feels Like Love"
Single by La Toya Jackson
ReleasedJuly 21, 2014 (2014-07-21)[1]
Recorded2013
GenreDance-pop
Length3:03
LabelJa-Tail Records
Songwriter(s)La Toya Jackson, J Phillips, B Howard
Producer(s)Brandon Howard
La Toya Jackson singles chronology
"Home"
(2009) 		"Feels Like Love"
(2014) 		"Trouble"
(2015)

"Feels Like Love" is a 2014 song by American singer-songwriter La Toya Jackson.

Song information

"Feels Like Love" is an uptempo dance-pop number in the key of B♭ minor. The song is about the power of music and dance to lower one's inhibitions. In the song's chorus Jackson asserts that music "feels like love" and that it "takes my body and I lose control". The lyrics describe a night spent dancing because music "gets me high when I'm feeling low."

The song was produced by

Brandon Howard, son of Jackson family friend and singer Miki Howard. Jackson recorded the song while she was planning her wedding to Phillips. In an interview she explained that it put wedge in their relationship. At first, Jackson didn't want to record the song, "I was so against doing this song."[2] Jackson explained that after making changes, the record "turn[ed] out differently. And I like it very much."[2]

The song is Jackson's first single in almost exactly five years, since 2009's "Home". It was released as a digital download by online music retailers on July 21, 2014.

Reception

Mike Wass of

Idolator compared the song to her previous dance hits like "Sexbox" and "Sexual Feeling" and called the song "outrageous in its own kooky way."[3]

In

The Huffington Post, Carly Ledbetter asserted that the song was "totally worth checking out" because "we actually kind of... love it."[4]

Michael K of

Madonna and Beyoncé. The author proclaimed "that the true Empress of Pop has come back to reclaim her rightful throne!"[5] K claimed that while the song would be lackluster in another artist's hands, Jackson's "artistic skills to turn it into a dance masterpiece."[5]

Instinct also welcomed Jackson back to music, calling her a "diva." The magazine urged readers to "tell all those other pop divas to guard their wigs because La Toya Jackson has dropped her latest single."[6]

The Palm Beach Post described the song as "sizzling" and challenged readers to "see if you can resist hitting the dance floor" when listening to the song.[7]

Tre’well Anderson of

Madonna realness."[8]

Lucas Villa of AXS commended the "elegant dance track" for its "slinky synths."[9] Noting that Jackson had "built her career" on dance music, Villa asserted that "Feels Like Love" was a "song fit for the return of a dance music icon."[9]

Live performances

This song was performed at Rasputin Nightclub in

West Hollywood in order to promote the single.[10]

Music video

The full music video for "Feels Like Love" was uploaded to streaming sites like

Oprah Winfrey Network on July 27, 2014.[9]

The video was directed by

updo and at a table sharing a bottle of champagne
with a male companion.

Jackson explained to SheKnows that she was nervous about shooting the video, because more than twenty years had passed since she last performed a dance routine in a music video, referring to 1988's "

twerk, but Jackson refused, explaining "that's just not me, it's not my style."[13]

Reception

Reviewing the music video,

Idolator proclaimed that "the thinking man’s Jackson puts on a master class in glamor, allure and elegance."[3]

Terra.com opined that Jackson looked like a "femme fatale" in the video and that the clip enticed viewers to "move your body with sensual movements."[14]

Villa called the video a "glowing comeback clip" and credited Jackson for being able to keep up with her back-up dancers with her "fierce hip swivels and armography."[13]

References

  1. ^ "La Toya Jackson – Feels Like Love". Discogs. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  2. ^
    SheKnows.com
    . Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. ^
    Idolator
    . Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  4. Huffington Post
    . Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  5. ^ a b K, Michael (July 25, 2014). "Bye Bye, Beyonce: Detective La Toya Is Back!". Dlisted. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  6. ^ Instinct Staff (July 27, 2014). "LaToya Jackson Returns w/ New Single/Music Video, "Feels Like Love"". Instinct. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  7. ^ "La Toya's Hot New Music Video: Feels Like Love July 26, 2014". The Palm Beach Post. July 26, 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  8. ^ Anderson, Tre’vell (July 28, 2014). "La Toya Jackson Releases Music Video For "Feels Like Love": WATCH". NewNowNext. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  9. ^
    AXS
    . Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  10. ^ "La Toya Jackson performs live "It Feels Like Love" in Weho at Rasputin Dec 2013". YouTube. Dec 26, 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  11. ^ Jackson, La Toya (26 Jul 2014). "We shot the video at TRU which use to be the old famous Hollywood club called the China Club. #LifeWithLaToya #FeelsLikeLove". Twitter. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  12. ^ Jackson, La Toya (26 Jul 2014). "Shoes are by Steven Madden #FeelsLikeLove on iTunes & Vevo". Twitter. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  13. ^ a b c Shalgos, Molly. "La Toya Jackson and twerking? "Absolutely not"". SheKnows. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  14. Terra Networks
    . July 25, 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
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