Hooked on a Feeling

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For the albums, see Hooked on a Feeling (Blue Swede album) and Hooked on a Feeling (David Hasselhoff album).
"Hooked on a Feeling"
Single by B. J. Thomas
from the album On My Way
B-side"I've Been Down This Road Before"
ReleasedOctober 29, 1968
Recorded1968
StudioAmerican Sound Studio, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre
Length2:48
LabelScepter
Songwriter(s)Mark James
Producer(s)Chips Moman
B. J. Thomas singles chronology
"The Eyes of a New York Woman"
(1968) 		"Hooked on a Feeling"
(1968) 		"It's Only Love"
(1969)

"Hooked on a Feeling" is a 1968 pop song, written by Mark James and originally performed by B. J. Thomas. Thomas's version featured the sound of the electric sitar (played by Reggie Young) and reached No. 5 in 1969 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3]

It has been recorded by many other artists, including Blue Swede, whose version reached No. 1 in the United States in 1974.[4]

Production

The song was written by Mark James, who was introduced to producer

RC Bannon
also recorded and released this song in 1979.

Chart performance

Weekly charts
Chart (1968–1969) Peak
position
Australia (Go-Set) [9] 35
Canada RPM Top Singles 3
New Zealand (Listener)[10] 10
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 5
US Cash Box Top 100 5
Year-end charts
Chart (1969) Rank
Canada[12] 31
US Billboard Hot 100[13] 99

Blue Swede version

"Hooked on a Feeling"
Hooked on a Feeling
B-side"Gotta Have Your Love"
Released1973[14]
Recorded1973
GenrePop rock
Length2:48
LabelEMI Svenska
Songwriter(s)Mark James
Producer(s)Bengt Palmers
Blue Swede singles chronology
"Hooked on a Feeling"
(1973) 		"Silly Milly"
(1973)

In 1973, the Swedish pop rock group Blue Swede did a cover version, which included the ooga chaka introduction from a 1971 cover by Jonathan King. King had heard Johnny Preston's Running Bear, which was the inspiration for the ooga chaka chant.[15] The Blue Swede version of the song also tweaked the lyrics to avoid a drug reference.[16] This version reached No. 1 in the United States.[4] Billboard ranked it as the No. 20 song for 1974. On 25 July 2012, the 1974 live performance by Blåblus video was officially uploaded to YouTube; it has generated nearly 6 million views as of October 2022.[17]

Record World said that "the opening hook will have buyers crying for the 'oogah chugga' record."[18]

In 1992, Blue Swede's recording was featured on the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's debut feature Reservoir Dogs.

In 1998, during an episode of the

comedy-drama series Ally McBeal, "Cro-Magnon", the main character's neurosis about being able to conceive a child before her biological clock runs out is illustrated by her imagining a computer generated baby dancing into her bedroom to Blue Swede's recording of "Hooked on a Feeling". A website featuring the dancing baby and the Blue Swede recording became an internet meme, further cementing the scene in pop culture history.[19]

The

film's soundtrack reached the top of the Billboard 200 chart in August 2014.[22] The song was also featured in the teaser trailer for the 2017 sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.[23]

Weekly charts
Chart (1974) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[24] 4
Canada RPM Top Singles[25] 2
New Zealand (Listener)[26] 7
US Billboard Hot 100[27] 1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[28] 31
US
Cash Box Top 100[29]
 1
Year-end charts
Chart (1974) Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[30][31] 29
Canada [32] 27
US Billboard Hot 100[33] 20
US Cash Box [34] 34

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[35] Gold 45,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[36] Gold 30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[37]
Blue Swede version 		Platinum 600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[38]
B.J. Thomas version 		Gold 1,000,000^
United States (RIAA)[39]
Blue Swede version 		Gold 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Covers

References

  1. ^ Billboard Staff (October 19, 2023). "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard. Retrieved February 11, 2024. The ooga-chaka-ing cover of B.J. Thomas' '60s top 5 hit that takes a good pop song and makes it immediately unforgettable.
  2. ^ Breihan, Tom (May 14, 2019). "The Number Ones: Blue Swede's "Hooked On A Feeling"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 19, 2023. In Thomas' hands, it's a Vegas version of psychedelia...
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  19. ^ "Hollywood Flashback: 'Ally McBeal' Made Meme History With a Dancing Baby". The Hollywood Reporter. August 10, 2017.
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