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[[Rebbie Jackson]] recorded it for her 1984 debut album ''[[Centipede (album)|Centipede]]''
[[Rebbie Jackson]] recorded it for her 1984 debut album ''[[Centipede (album)|Centipede]]''


==Music videos (Chaka Khan version)==
==Chaka Khan version==
===Music videos ===
The first version of the [[music video]] for Khan's song featured her working in a club with female dancers. As [[rap music]] and [[break dancing]] were gaining popularity in mainstream pop culture at the time, the song was released and proved a success, so another version of the video, in an inner-city courtyard setting, was created. It featured Khan with a [[Disc jockey]] and break dancers [[Adolfo Quiñones]], [[Michael Chambers]], Bruno Falcon and Ana Sánchez—all of whom appeared in the movie ''[[Breakin']]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myvideo.de/watch/3034573/I_feel_for_you |title=I feel for You Video - Stiefelfreund2006 - MyVideo |publisher=Myvideo.de |date= |accessdate=March 29, 2014}}</ref> A remixed version of the video was created to match the 12" vinyl version of the single.
The first version of the [[music video]] for Khan's song featured her working in a club with female dancers. As [[rap music]] and [[break dancing]] were gaining popularity in mainstream pop culture at the time, the song was released and proved a success, so another version of the video, in an inner-city courtyard setting, was created. It featured Khan with a [[Disc jockey]] and break dancers [[Adolfo Quiñones]], [[Michael Chambers]], Bruno Falcon and Ana Sánchez—all of whom appeared in the movie ''[[Breakin']]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myvideo.de/watch/3034573/I_feel_for_you |title=I feel for You Video - Stiefelfreund2006 - MyVideo |publisher=Myvideo.de |date= |accessdate=March 29, 2014}}</ref> A remixed version of the video was created to match the 12" vinyl version of the single.

===Personnel===
* [[Chaka Khan]] - [[lead vocals]], [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]]
* [[David Frank (music)|David Frank]] - [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[synthesizer]], programming
* [[Philippe Saisse]] - keyboards, synthesizer, programming
* [[Robbie Buchanan]] - keyboards, synthesizer, programming
* Reggie Griffin - guitar, [[bass guitar|bass]], keyboards, synthesizer, programming
* [[Stevie Wonder]] - [[chromatic harmonica]]
* [[Grandmaster Melle Mel]] - [[Singing|vocals]]


==Charts==
==Charts==

Revision as of 23:13, 20 February 2016

For the Chaka Khan album, see I Feel for You (album).
"I Feel for You"
Song
"I Feel for You"
Song

"I Feel for You" is a song written by Prince that originally appeared on his 1979 self-titled album, one of two songs on that album (along with "I Wanna Be Your Lover") written as demos for Patrice Rushen, though neither appeared on any Rushen album.[1] The most successful and well known version was recorded by female R&B singer Chaka Khan, appearing on her 1984 album, I Feel for You. Prince, as songwriter, won the 1985 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song.

Khan's version featured an all-star supporting cast, with rapping from

Fingertips". The repetition of Khan's name by Melle Mel at the beginning of the song was originally a mistake made by producer Arif Mardin (actually a sample of Melle Mel's song "Step Off"), who then decided to keep it.[2]

This version of the song became a million-selling smash in the U.S. and UK, and it helped to relaunch Khan's career. The song hit No. 1 on the

UK Singles Chart.[5] While touring with Prince in 1998 in support of her collaborative album, Come 2 My House
, Khan and Prince performed "I Feel for You" as a duet.

The Pointer Sisters recorded the song in 1982, two years before Khan's version was a hit, on their album So Excited!.

Rebbie Jackson recorded it for her 1984 debut album Centipede

Chaka Khan version

Music videos

The first version of the

Adolfo Quiñones, Michael Chambers, Bruno Falcon and Ana Sánchez—all of whom appeared in the movie Breakin'.[6]
A remixed version of the video was created to match the 12" vinyl version of the single.

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1984) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[5] 1
Irish Singles Chart 1
French Singles Chart 22
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Hip Hop/R&B Songs 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 3

See also

  • List of number-one dance hits (United States)

References

  1. ISBN 0965577503. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); |format= requires |url= (help
    )
  2. ^ "Arif Mardin: Tales from the Recording Studio". NPR. December 19, 2005. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 144.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 321.
  5. ^
    ISBN 1-904994-10-5
    .
  6. ^ "I feel for You Video - Stiefelfreund2006 - MyVideo". Myvideo.de. Retrieved March 29, 2014.

External links

Preceded by Billboard
number-one single
(Chaka Khan version)
November 3, 1984 – November 17, 1984 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard
number-one single
(Chaka Khan version)
October 27, 1984 – November 10, 1984 		Succeeded by
Preceded by UK number-one single (Chaka Khan version)
November 4, 1984 – November 24, 1984 		Succeeded by
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Jim Diamond
number-one single
(Chaka Khan version)
November 17, 1984 – November 24, 1984
Preceded by
Cashbox Top 100
(Chaka Khan version)
December 8, 1984 		Succeeded by
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