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"Feeling Good" (also known as "Feelin' Good") is a song written by English composers Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the musical The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd. It was first performed on stage in 1964 by Cy Grant on the UK tour. [1] Nina Simone recorded "Feeling Good" for her 1965 album I Put a Spell on You.
"Watermelon Man" is a jazz standard written by Herbie Hancock for his debut album, Takin' Off (1962). Hancock's first version was recorded in a hard bop style, featuring solos by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and saxophonist Dexter Gordon . [ 1 ]
Van Peebles wrote the music to Watermelon Man himself, in order to have creative control. A soundtrack album was released in 1970, and "Love, That's America", a song from the film and soundtrack, was released as a single in the same year. [8] The single was mentioned as a top pick in Billboard Magazine's October 31, 1970 issue. [9]
The upbeat instrumentals and the chorus with lyrics like “I’m walking on sunshine and don’t it feel good” makes this ‘80s song worth playing over and over again. Listen Here 21.
The bluesy track "Watermelon Man" made it to the Top 100 of the singles charts, [8] and went on to become a jazz standard. Hancock released a funk arrangement of “Watermelon Man” on his 1973 album Head Hunters. Takin' Off was initially released on CD in 1996 and then again in remastered form in 2007 by Rudy Van Gelder.
The said that when analyzed all the "feel-good" songs had were at least 10 BPM faster than the average pop song and most of them were written in a major key.
"Feel Good Inc.", a 2005 song by Gorillaz "Feel Good (Secret Code)", a 2020 song by Fromis 9 from My Little Society "Feelgood" (song) , 2008 song by Ola Svensson
Watermelon Man may refer to: "Watermelon Man" (composition), 1962 composition written by Herbie Hancock; Watermelon Man, 1970 American comedy directed by Melvin ...